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Iraq announces two coronavirus deaths

Iraqi health authorities announced on Wednesday the country's first two deaths from the new coronavirus, one in the capital Baghdad and the other in the autonomous Kurdish region.

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Africa looks to Ebola lessons in fight against coronavirus

Their continent has so far only registered two coronavirus cases, but sub-Saharan African governments are looking to their experience with Ebola as they prepare their fragile public systems for outbreaks of the new virus.

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Expert discusses global response to coronavirus

Earlier this month, experts from around the world convened at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, to strategize how to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

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Vexed by how to contain virus, countries take tough steps

Saudi Arabia cut travel to Islam's holiest sites, South Korea toughened penalties for those breaking quarantines and airports across Latin America looked for signs of sick passengers Thursday as the new virus troubled a mushrooming ...

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