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US officials: Foreign disinformation stokes coronavirus fear

by Associated Press
| March 16, 2020 12:30 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says a foreign disinformation campaign is underway aimed at spreading fear in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, including spreading the false rumor that the nation would be locked down in quarantine, three U.S. officials said Monday.

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