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A city police officer in a car tells a woman sitting on a bench to leave Piazza del Popolo square in Rome, Thursday, March 12, 2020. A sweeping lockdown is in place in Italy to try to prevent it from becoming the next epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A city police officer in a car tells a woman sitting on a bench to leave Piazza del Popolo square in Rome, Thursday, March 12, 2020. A sweeping lockdown is in place in Italy to try to prevent it from becoming the next epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

March 12, 2020

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EU condemns Trump travel ban from Europe as virus spreads
March 12, 2020 4:06 p.m.

EU condemns Trump travel ban from Europe as virus spreads

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Thursday lashed out at President Donald Trump’s decision to restrict travel from Europe to the United States because of the new coronavirus, calling the the pandemic a global crisis that “requires cooperation rather than unilateral action.”