Germany Sees Beginning of Virus Epidemic as Cases Increase

Medical personnel wait to take nose and throat mucous samples for coronavirus testing at a new outdoor facility in Munich, on March 23. 

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Germany is just starting its fight against the new coronavirus as it tightens measures to contain the epidemic, the country’s public health authority said.