A pedestrian wears a mask to help guard against the new Coronavirus in Shahr-e-Ray, south of Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March, 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 8, 2020
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March 8, 2020 2:17 a.m.
Italy announces quarantine affecting quarter of population
BEIJING (AP) — Italy's prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe's outbreak.