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A traveler wears a mask as he fills out a form at a check point set up by border at Rome's Termini train station, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. In Italy the government extended a coronavirus containment order previously limited to the country’s north to the rest of the country beginning Tuesday, with soldiers and police enforcing bans. Writing on glass window reads in Italian "control". (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A traveler wears a mask as he fills out a form at a check point set up by border at Rome's Termini train station, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. In Italy the government extended a coronavirus containment order previously limited to the country’s north to the rest of the country beginning Tuesday, with soldiers and police enforcing bans. Writing on glass window reads in Italian "control". (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

March 10, 2020

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Virus-hit Italy gets more isolated as nations restrict entry
March 10, 2020 4:23 p.m.

Virus-hit Italy gets more isolated as nations restrict entry

ROME (AP) — Italians faced travel restrictions at home and abroad Tuesday as other countries isolated Italy with flight bans and sweeping quarantine measures took effect nationwide in a desperate government bid to slow the new coronavirus’ silent spread.