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Laboratory technicians from Mount Kenya University produce hand sanitizer gel from locally-produced alcohol in response to the scarcity of such products as a result of high demand due to the new coronavirus, for use by the tens of thousands of university students and staff in its campuses across the country, in Thika, north of the capital Nairobi, in Kenya Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Muchucha)

Laboratory technicians from Mount Kenya University produce hand sanitizer gel from locally-produced alcohol in response to the scarcity of such products as a result of high demand due to the new coronavirus, for use by the tens of thousands of university students and staff in its campuses across the country, in Thika, north of the capital Nairobi, in Kenya Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especiall…

March 25, 2020

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Zimbabwe doctors, nurses strike over little virus protection
March 25, 2020 2:30 p.m.

Zimbabwe doctors, nurses strike over little virus protection

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's public hospital doctors and nurses went on strike Wednesday over a lack of protective gear as the coronavirus begins to spread in a country whose health system has almost collapsed. It's the latest blow to a nation where some patients' families are asked to provide such basics as gloves and clean water.