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An employee of a supermarket protects food before proceeding with sanitization operations at closure, in Rome, Sunday, March 22, 2020. 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. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)

An employee of a supermarket protects food before proceeding with sanitization operations at closure, in Rome, Sunday, March 22, 2020. 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. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)

March 22, 2020

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Italy's restrictions grow more specific in bid to slow virus
March 22, 2020 4:32 p.m.

Italy's restrictions grow more specific in bid to slow virus

SOAVE, Italy (AP) — In its most far-reaching measures to stop the spread of coronavirus, Italy is slowing industrial production nationwide, while the hardest-hit region of Lombardy banned any outdoor exercise not on personal property and set distance limits on dog-walking.