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Rights group: Reporter jailed in Egypt dies from virus

| July 13, 2020 1:03 PM

CAIRO (AP) — A prominent Egyptian journalist who had been jailed on charges of broadcasting false news died of COVID-19 on Monday, according to an international press watchdog, raising fears that the coronavirus may be spreading undetected in Egypt’s notoriously crowded prisons.

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