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Virus masks, apps: The race is on to avoid hidden carriers

by Associated Press
| April 2, 2020 6:03 AM

PARIS (AP) — The worldwide race to protect people against being infected by unwitting coronavirus carriers intensified Thursday, pitting governments against each other as they buy protective gear and prompting new questions about who should wear masks, get temperature checks or even be permitted to go outside.

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