On this week's World Review, Jeremy Cliffe dials in from Rome and Emily Tamkin from Washington DC to discuss the history making events of the week. Then they're joined by Fintan O'Toole to discuss how British, American and Swedish exceptionalism has exacerbated the coronavirus crisis.

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