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Egypt announces 2-week, nighttime curfew to slow virus

by Associated Press
| March 24, 2020 6:05 AM

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt will impose a two-week, nightly curfew in the Arab world's most populous country in an effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, its prime minister announced Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund warned that a shortage of medical supplies could affect the Mideast's poorest nations.

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