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Egypt shuts churches as Zimbabwe confirms first case

Pope Tawadros II, the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark Cathedral, leads Egypt's Coptic Christmas eve Mass at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) east of Cairo, Egypt January 6, 2020. [AFP]

Egypt’s Al-Azhar mosque, one of its oldest and largest mosques, and churches were ordered to shut their doors over coronavirus fears

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