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Turkmenistan bans media from using word ‘coronavirus’

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The autocratic ex-Soviet nation of Turkmenistan led by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has banned the media from using the word “coronavirus.” People wearing face masks or talking about the coronavirus are also liable to be arrested by plainclothes police.

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