A horse-drawn cart transports old goods in Soweto, South Africa, Thursday, March 19, 2020. As more African countries closed their borders, the coronavirus' local spread threatened to turn the continent of 1.3 billion people into an alarming new front for the pandemic. For most people the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For others it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
March 19, 2020
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