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F1 now on high alert over coronavirus crisis

Feb.28 Formula 1 has gone into high alert over the ever-deepening coronavirus crisis. When a reporter for RTBF had a coughing fit during an interview on Thursday, Esteban Ocon asked him at the Barcelona test: "That's not coronavirus, is it?" It was a joke, but the widespread anxiety is real. Alpha Tauri, whose factory is located in the highly affected northern region of Italy, has gone so far as to ban handshakes. "We have asked the employees to take hygiene measures a lot more seriously," team boss Franz Tost told RTL. "This is really serious," he added. "We have instructed employees from the red zones to stay at home because we do not want them at the...
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