Workers wearing protective gears uses disinfectant to clean a voting booth as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 on the eve of the municipal elections in a Neuilly-sur-Seine polling station, outside Paris, Saturday, March 14, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
March 14, 2020
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Spain locks down its citizens, while France shuts nightlife
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain locked down its 46 million citizens and France ordered the closing of just about everything the rest of the world loves about it — the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the cafes and restaurants — as governments took increasingly desperate measures to put more space between people and contain the coronavirus.