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An Iraqi health worker takes the temperature of a man returning from Iran at the Najaf International Airport on February 21, 2020. AFP
An Iraqi health worker takes the temperature of a man returning from Iran at the Najaf International Airport on February 21, 2020. AFP
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22 February, 2020