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FILE - In this Friday, March 6, 2020 filer, a waiter waits for customers in front of a restaurant in Navona square in Rome. The focal point of the coronavirus emergency in Europe, Italy, is also the region's weakest economy and is taking an almighty hit as foreigners stop visiting its cultural treasures or buying its prized artisanal products, from fashion to food to design. Europe’s third-largest economy has long been among the slowest growing in the region and is the one that is tallying the largest number of virus infections outside Asia. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

FILE - In this Friday, March 6, 2020 filer, a waiter waits for customers in front of a restaurant in Navona square in Rome. The focal point of the coronavirus emergency in Europe, Italy, is also the region's weakest economy and is taking an almighty hit as foreigners stop visiting its cultural treasures or buying its prized artisanal products, from fashion to food to design. Europe’s third-largest economy has long been among the slowest growing in the region and is the …

March 7, 2020

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Virus outbreak hits weakened Italian economy where it hurts
March 7, 2020 4:44 p.m.

Virus outbreak hits weakened Italian economy where it hurts

MILAN (AP) — The focal point of the coronavirus emergency in Europe, Italy, is also the region's weakest economy and is taking an almighty hit as foreigners stop visiting its cultural treasures or buying its prized artisanal products, from fashion to food to design.