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US, UK brace for soaring death tolls as pandemic bears down

by Associated Press
| April 6, 2020 3:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — The U.S. and Britain braced for what could be one of their bleakest weeks in memory Monday as the human and financial toll of the coronavirus outbreak mounted. But new deaths and infections appeared to be slowing in Italy, Spain and France, suggesting that lockdowns and social distancing are working.

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