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Syrians brace for lockdown after first virus case

by Associated Press
| March 23, 2020 3:03 AM

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrians rushed to stock up on food and fuel Monday amid fears that authorities would resort to even stricter measures after reporting the first coronavirus infection in the country, where the healthcare system has been decimated by nearly a decade of civil war.

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