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Peoples walk through a 'Auto Sanitizing Gate' in hopes to avoid the spread of the coronavirus outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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Italy expands lockdown, Israel tightens entry to halt virus
March 9, 2020 6:58 p.m.

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.