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Israel braces for first fatalities as virus numbers rise

by Associated Press
| March 18, 2020 1:03 AM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel braced for its first fatalities as the number of coronavirus cases spiked by 25% on Wednesday while Iraqis in Baghdad hunkered down as a week-long government-imposed curfew took effect and Iran pressed on with its struggle to control the Mideast's worst outbreak.

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