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22 Apr, 4 tweets, 3 min read
This week on Hotspots we join @ramsaysky as he returns to Europe’s first epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, while @AlexCrawfordSky is in Beirut following the catastrophic blast that shocked the world.

Watch tonight 10pm Sky Documentaries I Saturday 9pm Sky News
Chief correspondent @ramsaysky returned to Bergamo to see how the city was coping months after it became Europe’s first COVID crisis point.

His award-winning report at the beginning of March 2020 warned the world what to expect from #COVID19

Watch now👇
Special correspondent @AlexCrawfordSky headed to #Beirut after the catastrophic blast, that killed at least 210 people, shocked the world.

She arrived at the same time as the first international search and rescue teams - and witnessed the destruction first hand
Hotspots is on Sky Documentaries tonight at 10pm, and then on Sky News on Saturday night at 9pm.

Watch our previous #Hotspots episodes here 👇
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