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FILE --- In this Thursday, March 15, 2018 photo visitors walk past a booth in one of the exhibition halls during the opening day at the Leipzig International Book Fair in Leipzig, Germany. The Leipzig book fair 2020 which was planed to took place between March 12 and March 15, 2020 has been chancelled due to the the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

FILE --- In this Thursday, March 15, 2018 photo visitors walk past a booth in one of the exhibition halls during the opening day at the Leipzig International Book Fair in Leipzig, Germany. The Leipzig book fair 2020 which was planed to took place between March 12 and March 15, 2020 has been chancelled due to the the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

March 3, 2020

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France fights mask hoarding; Virus deaths soar in Italy
March 3, 2020 4:55 p.m.

France fights mask hoarding; Virus deaths soar in Italy

PARIS (AP) — France requisitioned protective masks and sent tens of thousands of students home from school, deaths in Italy soared and Spain isolated dozens of health workers Tuesday as the new coronavirus spread further into Europe.