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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

AP Was There: The surreal, first day of the pandemic

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

On the day the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, Koloud “Kay” Tarapolsi reflected the views of many people when she told an Associated Press reporter: “If we avoid each other and listen to the scientists, maybe in a few weeks it will be better.”

If only she knew.

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