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In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, photo, a Chinese woman wearing a protective face mask walks under the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked tenfold in a week. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Egypt says cruise ship quarantined over new virus cluster
March 7, 2020 3:52 p.m.

Egypt says cruise ship quarantined over new virus cluster

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — A cruise ship on Egypt's Nile River with over 150 tourists and local crew was in quarantine Saturday in the southern city of Luxor, as 45 people on board tested positive for the new coronavirus, authorities said.