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Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte adjusts his jacket as he refers to parliament on the ongoing Covid-19 situation, in Rome, Thursday, March 26, 2020. After more than two weeks of a nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus, the Italian government decided to expand the mandatory closure of nonessential commercial activities to heavy industry in the eurozone's third-largest economy, a major exporter of machinery, textiles and other goods. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte adjusts his jacket as he refers to parliament on the ongoing Covid-19 situation, in Rome, Thursday, March 26, 2020. After more than two weeks of a nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus, the Italian government decided to expand the mandatory closure of nonessential commercial activities to heavy industry in the eurozone's third-largest economy, a major exporter of machinery, textiles and other goods. The new coronavirus cause…

March 27, 2020

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EU tempers fray as virus hits lives, livelihoods, economies
March 27, 2020 1:23 p.m.

EU tempers fray as virus hits lives, livelihoods, economies

As the coronavirus claims lives, ruins livelihoods and wreaks economic havoc, tensions are rising between European Union countries over how best to respond as the pandemic overwhelms some member nations, once more raising troubling questions about the EU's ability to stand united in times of crisis.