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  2020-04

  “People have described it as these times are unprecedented."

  “People have described it as these times are unprecedented. Nobody has had to endure or deal with or live through something like this of this magnitude in the past. I know that there's always been previous flus or outbreaks or epidemics here and there you know the black plague obviously was a big one the Spanish Flu the flu of 1918 was pretty bad and you know a lot of those were pretty treacherous for how many lives that they took and how much it affected communities that way so thankfully we haven't had to deal with that a whole lot with this one as of right now.”
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  03/14/2020

  Malaysia reports 41 new cases of coronavirus, most linked to religious event

  Religious event attended by several different countries is linked to an outbreak in the coronavirus
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  2020-03-23

  Mass Religious Gathering In Pakistan Leads To Fresh Concerns Over COVID-19 Spread

  The diplomat Ahmed Rabi said there was supposed to be a two-day gathering on march 12th in eastern Pakistan. The gathering of the Tablighi Jamaat which is a Muslim missionary group brought together thousands of Muslim preachers from 80 countries and they have raised concerns about the spread of the virus. One member Arif Rana said the gathering was canceled on March 12th because of rain but the Punjab chief master said it ended because of the coronavirus fears.