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Boxes of rum are stacked as a duty free employee wears a mask while working at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.   As of Saturday, Haiti has no reported cases of COVID-19 coronavirus.  For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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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.