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A man, who hoped to vote in the scheduled primary election, stands outside a closed polling station Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at Schiller Recreation Center in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio called off its presidential primary just hours before polls were set to open there and in three other states, an 11th-hour decision the governor said was necessary to prevent further fueling the coronavirus pandemic that has paralyzed the nation. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

A man, who hoped to vote in the scheduled primary election, stands outside a closed polling station Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at Schiller Recreation Center in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio called off its presidential primary just hours before polls were set to open there and in three other states, an 11th-hour decision the governor said was necessary to prevent further fueling the coronavirus pandemic that has paralyzed the nation. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

March 17, 2020

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State and local officials take a harder line on the virus
March 17, 2020 9:59 a.m.

State and local officials take a harder line on the virus

Nearly 7 million people in the San Francisco area were all but confined to their homes Tuesday, while Florida put a damper on spring break and St. Patrick's Day by ordering the closing of all bars, as state and local officials took an increasingly hard line against the coronavirus.