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A vendor wearing a protective mask walks past a church in suburban Quezon city, in Manila, Philipines on Saturday March 14, 2020. Masses at churches in metropolitan Manila have been suspended as a precautionary measure against the spread of the new Coronavirus. Philippine officials on Saturday declared a night curfew in the capital and said millions of people in the densely populated region could only go out of their homes for work, buy necessities and medical emergencies at daytime under a monthlong quarantine to be imposed to fight the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A vendor wearing a protective mask walks past a church in suburban Quezon city, in Manila, Philipines on Saturday March 14, 2020. Masses at churches in metropolitan Manila have been suspended as a precautionary measure against the spread of the new Coronavirus. Philippine officials on Saturday declared a night curfew in the capital and said millions of people in the densely populated region could only go out of their homes for work, buy necessities and medical emergencies at…

March 14, 2020

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Spain locks down its citizens, while France shuts nightlife
March 14, 2020 6:26 p.m.

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.