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Africa readies for new virus as cases confirmed on continent

by Associated Press
| March 2, 2020 10:30 AM

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Across Africa, steps are being taken to prepare for — and to reduce the effects of — the spread of the new coronavirus. Testing laboratories are being supplied, quarantine and hospital treatment facilities are being readied for patients, and public health advisories have been issued.

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