Published on: March 13, 2020 at 10:00 AM

By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times

As governments around the world ramp up responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus, institutions in the Birmingham metro area are working to prepare local government and schools to minimize the risk.

While there have been no identified COVID-19 cases in Alabama, local officials are trying to get out front of the disease.

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