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FILE - In this March 14, 2020 file photo, boxes of rum are stacked against a wall as a duty free employee wears a mask while working at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitians rushed to buy food, gas, soap and face masks Friday, March 20, 2020, after the announcement of two imported cases of the coronavirus sparked worries that the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation could be overwhelmed by the illness. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

FILE - In this March 14, 2020 file photo, boxes of rum are stacked against a wall as a duty free employee wears a mask while working at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitians rushed to buy food, gas, soap and face masks Friday, March 20, 2020, after the announcement of two imported cases of the coronavirus sparked worries that the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation could be overwhelmed by the illness. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

March 20, 2020

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Haitians rush for supplies after first COVID-19 cases found
March 20, 2020 10:05 p.m.

Haitians rush for supplies after first COVID-19 cases found

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitians rushed to buy food, gas, soap and face masks Friday after the announcement of two imported cases of the coronavirus sparked worries that the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation could be overwhelmed by the illness.