ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered schools and universities to close until April 5 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, state media reported on Thursday, after the country's first registered death from the disease.
Algeria has confirmed 24 cases of coronavirus, mostly among members of a single family in the city of Blida, south of the capital.
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