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UN forecasts virus will cost global economy a trillion dollars

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Specialist Dilip Patel reacts while working at his post at the New York Stock Exchange Source: AAP

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The UN Trade and Development Agency is warning that few countries are likely to be left unscathed by the COVID-19 outbreak’s financial ramifications.

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