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US to ban passenger flights from China

The order applies to four airlines, including Air China and Hainan Airlines, from 16 June

The order applies to four airlines, including Air China and Hainan Airlines, and will come into effect on 16 June. Chris Campbell used to be an assistant secretary of the Treasury under President Trump and is now the chief strategist at the financial firm Duff and Phelps. We get his assessment of the ban.
As overseas visitors return to Italy, we look at the balance between tourism and health. Sophie Sadler is editor of Tomorrow magazine, published for ex-pats and locals in Portugal, and discusses the appetite for a return of tourists there. And Simon Calder, travel editor of The Independent, tells us how ideas like quarantine for visitors will impact the countries, such as the UK, that are proposing them.
Also in the programme, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Karishma Vaswani reports on how small businesses in Asia are faring in the wake of coronavirus. Plus we hear about a controversy over the demolition of a government building in Oslo that features a design by Pablo Picasso.

(Picture: An Air China plane. Credit: Getty Images)

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