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Can I go for a run? When will this end? How should testing work? A WHO expert on coronavirus explains

People maintain the one-meter distance in-between each other as they stand in a line to buy groceries at a supermarket during the time government lifted the curfew, as the number of people tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country increases, in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC27QF910AWZ

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Robin Pomeroy
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