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Egypt, Syria announce nighttime curfews to slow virus

by Associated Press
| March 24, 2020 9:27 AM

CAIRO (AP) — The Middle East's most populous country, Egypt, as well as Syria, a country ravaged by nine years of war, will impose nightly curfews starting this week in an effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, their governments announced Tuesday,

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