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A cleaner walks in an empty corridor of the Statale University in Milan, Italy, Thursday, March 5, 2020. Italy's virus outbreak has been concentrated in the northern region of Lombardy, but fears over how the virus is spreading inside and outside the country has prompted the government to close all schools and Universities nationwide for two weeks. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

A cleaner walks in an empty corridor of the Statale University in Milan, Italy, Thursday, March 5, 2020. Italy's virus outbreak has been concentrated in the northern region of Lombardy, but fears over how the virus is spreading inside and outside the country has prompted the government to close all schools and Universities nationwide for two weeks. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

March 5, 2020

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Virus, what virus? Italy's "nonni" step in as schools close
March 5, 2020 11:56 a.m.

Virus, what virus? Italy's "nonni" step in as schools close

ROME (AP) — Italian grandparents — “nonni” as they are called — were pulled in two contradictory directions on Thursday — and as usual the grandchildren won out.