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A pedestrian wears a mask to help guard against the new Coronavirus in Shahr-e-Ray, south of Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March, 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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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.