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US border construction projects spur rural coronavirus fears

by Associated Press
| April 2, 2020 9:27 AM

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Major construction projects moving forward along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico are raising fears that the coronavirus could race through temporary camps and workers could spread it to nearby rural communities that would not be able to handle an outbreak.

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