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Former Cook Islands leader dies from virus in New Zealand

by Associated Press
| September 5, 2020 4:03 AM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Joe Williams may have been 85 years old, but when the coronavirus struck this year, the Auckland doctor worked extra hard to warn his Pacific Island patients of its dangers. His friend suggested he take a vacation, but Williams was having none of it.

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