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German leader calls coronavirus biggest challenge since WWII

by Associated Press
| March 18, 2020 12:27 PM

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has not faced a challenge like the new coronavirus outbreak since World War II and every person in the country must help protect those most vulnerable to illness, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday night in her first direct televised address to the nation other than her annual New Year’s speech,

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