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Health officials carry daily necessities into an apartment in Daegu, South Korea, Saturday, March 7, 2020. The apartment complex has been put under group isolation after a mass infection was reported amid the rise in confirmed COVID-19 disease. (Lee Moo-ryul/Yonhap via AP)

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Italy announces quarantine affecting quarter of population
March 7, 2020 9:17 p.m.

Italy announces quarantine affecting quarter of population

BEIJING (AP) — Italy's prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe's outbreak.