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Members of a humanitarian aid agency disinfect Ibn Sina hospital as prevention against coronavirus in the city of Idlib, Syria, Thursday, March 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

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Virus now in Gaza, Syria, raising fears in vulnerable areas
March 22, 2020 4:44 p.m.

Virus now in Gaza, Syria, raising fears in vulnerable areas

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The arrival of the coronavirus in the Gaza Strip, an impoverished enclave where the health care system has been gutted by years of conflict, and Syria, which has been devastated by nine years of civil war and sanctions, raised fears Sunday that the pandemic may soon prey on some of the most vulnerable populations in the world.