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Inter Milan, left, and Ludogorets line-up inside the empty San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy ahead of their Europa League round of 32 second leg soccer match Thursday Feb. 27, 2020. Inter beat Ludogorets 2-1 in an empty stadium as a precaution because of the virus outbreak in Italy. (Emilio Andreoli, UEFA via AP )

Inter beats Ludogorets 2-1 in eerily empty stadium

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Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio holds up a map of Italy showing the municipalities in regions of Lombardy and Veneto where it is not possible to travel, during a press conference at the foreign press association, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. The government is seeking to calm fears about the outbreak, which has seen countries issue travel advisories warning their citizens to avoid visiting hard-hit Lombardy and Veneto regions, which have seen the most cases. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italy blasts virus panic as it eyes new testing criteria

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Tourists, wearing face masks, pose for a selfie in downtown Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. In Europe, an expanding cluster in northern Italy is eyed as a source for transmissions of the COVID-19 disease. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

What’s happening: Virus forges on, as world hunts solutions

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A passenger wearing a mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 arrives to the Sao Paulo International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

With first case, Latin America prepares for COVID-19 virus

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Gonzaga suspends all its academic courses in Florence, Italy

Associated Press

Police officers wearing masks stand in front of the H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel in La Caleta, in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Spanish officials say a tourist hotel on the Canary Island of Tenerife has been placed in quarantine after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and Spanish news media says some 1,000 tourists staying at the complex are not allowed to leave. (AP Photo)

Virus fears keep guests trapped in sunny ‘luxurious prison’

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Juventus supporters tour Lyon, central France, ahead of the Champions League , round of 16th, first leg match Lyon against Juventus, Wednesday Feb. 26, 2020. Up to 3,000 Juventus fans are expected. As the coronavirus cases clustered in northern Italy kept climbing and European countries reported new ones with Italian travel ties Tuesday, authorities across the continent tried to strike a balance between taking prudent public health measures and preventing panic. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Italian fans mingle calmly in Lyon amid coronavirus fears

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Opposition populist leader Matteo Salvini gestures during press conference at the Foreign Press association, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. The Italian Senate voted by a large margin Wednesday to allow the prosecution of Salvini for making 131 rescued migrants to remain on a coast guard vessel for days when he was Italy's interior minister. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Coronavirus spread fuels anti-immigration opposition

By Madison Hirneisen - The Washington Times

Italy's Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, and World Health organization Director for Europe Hans Kluge arrive for a press conference at the end of their meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy seeks to calm fears in Europe as cases, deaths rise

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Italian Army soldiers and police check transit to and from the cordoned areas near Turano Lodigiano, Northern Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Civil protection officials on Tuesday reported a large jump of cases in Italy, from 222 to 283. Seven people have died, all of them elderly people suffering other pathologies. (Claudio Furlan/Lapresse via AP)

Europe: Officials try to stem virus panic, keep borders open

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

A health worker takes notes at the infectious disease clinic in Zagreb, Croatia, where the first coronavirus case in Croatia is hospitalized, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Croatia confirmed its first case of coronavirus in a man who had been to Milan, the capital of Lombardy, Italy. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

6 European nations report virus cases with Italy link

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Workers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus at a market in Bupyeong, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. South Korea reported another large jump in new virus cases Monday a day after the the president called for &quot;unprecedented, powerful&quot; steps to combat the outbreak that is increasingly confounding attempts to stop the spread. (Lee Jong-chul/Newsis via AP)

WHO: Don’t call the COVID-19 crisis a pandemic just yet

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officers set a road block in Codogno, Northern Italy, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Italy scrambled to check the spread of Europe's first major outbreak of the new viral disease amid rapidly rising numbers of infections and a third death. Road blocks were set up in at least some of 10 towns in Lombardy at the epicenter of the outbreak, to keep people from leaving or arriving. (AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia)

Italy tries to contain virus as isolated towns hunker down

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and GIADA ZAMPANO and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

People queue outside a supermarket in Casalpusterlengo, Northern Italy, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Italy scrambled to check the spread of Europe's first major outbreak of the new viral disease amid rapidly rising numbers of infections and a third death. Road blocks were set up in at least some of 10 towns in Lombardy at the epicenter of the outbreak, including in Casalpusterlengo, to keep people from leaving or arriving. (AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia)

Italian soccer could be played without fans because of virus

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Office workers wearing protective face masks take their lunch break in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. China says it is postponing its most important political meeting of the year because of the outbreak of the new virus. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

As world scrambles, experts warn virus spread in US certain

By ADAM GELLER and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

A woman wearing a sanitary mask walks past the Duomo gothic cathedral in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. A dozen Italian towns saw daily life disrupted after the deaths of two people infected with the virus from China and a pair of case clusters without direct links to the outbreak abroad. A rapid spike in infections prompted authorities in the northern Lombardy and Veneto regions to close schools, businesses and restaurants and to cancel sporting events and Masses. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italy rushes to contain Europe’s first major virus outbreak

By LUCA BRUNO and FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Electric screens about precautions against the illness COVID-19 are seen in a subway train in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. South Korea's president said Sunday that he was putting his country on its highest alert for infectious diseases and ordered officials to take &quot;unprecedented, powerful&quot; steps to fight a soaring viral outbreak. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Virus pushes beyond Asia, taking aim at Europe, Mideast

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and MATT SEDENSKY - Associated Press

REMOVES REFERENCE TO NUMBER OF VIRAL INFECTIONS - Visitors wearing face masks walk near the Gwanghwamun, the main gate of the 14th-century Gyeongbok Palace, and one of South Korea's well-known landmarks, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. South Korea's Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip says the outbreak has entered a serious new phase but expressed cautious optimism that it can be contained to the region surrounding Daegu, where the first case was reported on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea put on high alert, Italy battles virus outbreak

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

6N: Scotland posts first win and tries in beating Italy 17-0

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A model wears a creation as part of the Salvatore Ferragamo women's Fall Winter 2020-21 collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Armani to hold runway show in empty theater due to new virus

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press