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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a worker handles medical supplies mobilized by Chinese charities that are heading to France to help combat the coronavirus, at Liege airport, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Liege, Belgium. Desperate travelers choked European border crossings Wednesday after countries implemented strict controls to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, which has now infected more than 200,000 people worldwide and killed more than 8,000. The virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough, for most people, but severe illness is more likely in the elderly and people with existing health problems. (Zheng Huansong/Xinhua via AP)

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a worker handles medical supplies mobilized by Chinese charities that are heading to France to help combat the coronavirus, at Liege airport, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Liege, Belgium. Desperate travelers choked European border crossings Wednesday after countries implemented strict controls to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, which has now infected more than 200,000 people worldwide and killed more than 8,000. The …

March 21, 2020

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China, on virus PR offensive, sends masks and experts abroad
March 21, 2020 1:03 a.m.

China, on virus PR offensive, sends masks and experts abroad

BEIJING (AP) — As the fight against a new virus shifts to Europe and beyond, China is supplying millions of masks and other desperately needed items to struggling governments, hoping to build political ties and defuse criticism that it allowed the disease to spread early on.