A worker in protective suit controls a large disinfectant spray machine as they sanitize a school that has suspended classes as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus in San Juan city in Manila, Philippines on Monday, March 9, 2020. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of public health emergency throughout the country after health officials confirmed over the weekend the first local transmission of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
March 9, 2020
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Italy expands lockdown, Israel tightens entry to halt virus
SOAVE, Italy (AP) — The battle to halt the coronavirus brought sweeping new restrictions Monday, with Italy expanding a travel ban to the entire country, Israel ordering all visitors quarantined just weeks before Passover and Easter, and Spain closing all schools in and around its capital.