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COVID-19 is 10 times more deadly than swine flu: WHO

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The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, also called H1N1, which caused a global pandemic in 2009, the World Health Organization says, calling for control measures to be lifted "slowly". SOUNDBITE

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