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Medical staff members check the temperature of a passenger at the border crossing with Germany in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, Friday, March 13, 2020. The Czech Republic is renewing checks on the borders with Austria and Germany at midnight Friday, and is barring entry to citizens from 15 "risk countries" due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus COVID-19. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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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.