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Iranian officials now say fifteen people in the country have died as a result of the virus. Other reports suggest the real figure is much higher and the US is deeply concerned that Iran may have covered up information about the outbreak. Flights cancelled due to coronavirus in and around China alone could knock 30 billion dollars off airline revenues. The Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Theo Leggett explains how the outbreak had been starting to affect flights elsewhere. While we're on air seven Democratic candidates for president are on stage in Charleston, South Carolina, in the last head to head debate before Saturday's South Carolina primary and the last before voters in 16 states and territories go to the polls on Super Tuesday, on March 3. We get the latest from the debate and the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's US State Department Correspondent, Barbara Plett Usher. Plus, one of the biggest names in corporate America is standing down. Disney has announced the resignation of its long standing CEO, Bob Iger. And Amazon opens its first high street grocery store, in Seattle.

All this and more discussed with our two guests throughout the show: Erin Delmore, political reporter in Washington DC. And Mehmal Sarfraz – co-founder of The Current PK, in Lahore.

(Photo: a Tehran Municipality worker cleans a bus to avoid the spread of the COVID-19. Credit: Getty Images.)