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A woman wearing a face mask sweeps on the street in the morning in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: China sends masks, medical supplies to France

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French descendants of Detroit founder visit city

By MEREDITH SPELBRING - Associated Press

Aircrafts are parked on a runway at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, March 15, 2020. Due to the Coronavirus, Lufthansa had to cancel half of its flights. 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/Michael Probst)

What’s Happening: Europe’s cafes and bars shut amid outbreak

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Paris' incumbent mayor Anne Hidalgo casts her ballot for the first round of the French municipal elections, Sunday March 15, 2020 in Paris. The new virus has shuttered all schools, banished cheek-kissing and upended daily life across France, but President Emmanuel Macron won't let it disrupt democracy, so he's maintaining nationwide elections this weekend. (Eliot Blondet/Pool via AP)

Virus voting: France holds local elections despite fears

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

A man sits outside the closed famed Les Deux Magots cafe Sunday March 15, 2020 in Paris. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that France is shutting down all restaurants, cafes, cinemas and non-essential retail shops, starting Sunday, to combat the accelerated spread of the virus in the country. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

Paris without its cafes? Virus shutdown hits France’s core

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Medical personnel say the best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to the coronavirus, which spreads through close contact, coughing and sneezing.people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP) (Associated Press photographs)

The coming coronavirus carnage

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

A man wearing a mask walks pasts the Eiffel tower closed after the French government banned all gatherings of over 100 people to limit the spread of the virus COVID-19, in 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)

France orders closure of non-essential locations in attempt to stop coronavirus outbreak

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Firemen spray disinfectants outside a public market in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The Latest: US advises Americans to reconsider travel abroad

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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech during a ceremony to honor victims of terror attacks in Europe, at the Trocadero in Paris, Wednesday March 11, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron and King of Spain Felipe VI are paying homage to victims of terrorism in a special ceremony prompted by attacks that hit both their countries and changed Europe's security posture. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

France, Spain honor hundreds of terrorism victims, vow unity

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The Costa Fortuna cruise ship is docked at the Marina Bay Cruise Center Singapore on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Singapore has allowed the Costa Fortuna to dock after it was rejected by Thailand and Malaysia. Singapore's port authority and tourism board said in a joint statement Monday, March 9, that the ship has declared that none of its passengers had any symptoms of respiratory illness.(AP Photo/Ee Ming Toh)

The Latest: After delay, 361 Taiwanese fly back from Wuhan

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Scotland's Adam Hastings, left, runs with the ball next to France's Gregory Alldritt during the Six Nations rugby union international match between Scotland and France at the Murrayfield stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sunday, March 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

14-man France loses Grand Slam bid after defeat in Scotland

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FILE - In this Sunday, July 28, 2019 file photo, Colombia's Egan Bernal, left, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, center, races on the Champs Elysees during the Tour de France cycling race in Paris. The team of reigning Tour de France champion Egan Bernal has withdrawn from all races over the next three weeks amid the spread of the new virus outbreak and following the death of one of its sports directors. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Skiing finals, Italian cycling races canceled due to virus

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

France players celebrate after the Six Nations rugby union international between Wales and France at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

France can close in at Murrayfield on settling virus-hit 6N

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PSG's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the French League One soccer match between Paris-Saint-Germain and Dijon, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Bad news for Dortmund: Mbappé’s becoming even more prolific

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

The high-speed TGV train is pictured after it has derailed on a trip to Paris, in Ingenheim, near Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, March 5, 2020. The train driver was seriously injured but managed to slam on the emergency brakes and bring the train to a halt. It was the first derailment on a high-speed TGV train in nearly 40 years of commercial service. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

High-speed train derails in eastern France; 21 injured

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FILE - In this Mar. 28, 2001 file photo, Foreign Minister Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru, speaks to reporters during a pause in the session of the annual meeting of ministers from the Latin American Group of Rio and the European Union in Santiago, Chile. The former UN Secretary Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar has died in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Santiago Llanquin, File)

Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian two-term UN chief, dies at 100

By FRANKLIN BRICENO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Mar. 28, 2001 file photo, Foreign Minister Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru, speaks to reporters during a pause in the session of the annual meeting of ministers from the Latin American Group of Rio and the European Union in Santiago, Chile. The former UN Secretary Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar has died in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Santiago Llanquin, File)

Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian two-term UN chief, dies at 100

By FRANKLIN BRICENO - Associated Press

A tourist wearing a mask walks away from the Louvre museum in Paris, Monday, March 2, 2020. The Louvre Museum was closed again Monday as management was meeting with staff worried about the spread of the new virus in the world's most-visited museum. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Schools close in French, German virus cluster zones

By Lori Hinnant - Associated Press

Tourists, some wearing a mask, queue to enter the Louvre museum Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 in Paris. . The world is scrambling to get on top of the new coronavirus outbreak that has spread from its epicenter in China to most corners of the planet. Governments and doctors are presenting an array of approaches as the virus disrupts daily routines, business plans and international travel around the world (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

Virus fears close down France’s famed Louvre Museum

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

A health worker wearing a protective suit walks between the ambulances to transport patients in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, March 1, 2020. The coronavirus has claimed its first victim in the United States as the number of cases shot up in Iran, Italy and South Korea and the spreading outbreak shook the global economy.(Ryu Young-seok/Yonhap via AP)

France closes the Louvre as virus spreads to new fronts

By JOHN LEICESTER and COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press