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A locked gate is seen by the Etihad Stadium where Manchester City was due to play Burnley in an English Premier League soccer match Saturday March 14, 2020, after all English soccer games were cancelled due to the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. For most people, the new COVID-19 coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause more severe illness.(AP Photo/Jon Super)

The Latest: The coronavirus sweeps curling world

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FILE - This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Some political leaders are hailing a potential breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19: simple pin-prick blood tests or nasal swabs that can determine within minutes if someone has, or previously had, the virus. But some scientists have challenged their accuracy. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Virus test results in minutes? Scientists question accuracy

By ARITZ PARRA and CIARÁN GILES and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE, in this Wednesday, March 18, 2020 file photo, medical workers wearing face masks gesture from hospital La Paz in Madrid, Spain. The coronavirus is winning a war of attrition waged against health care workers throughout the world but more so in Spain, where necessary equipment to shield them from contagion and enough testing kits for the new virus have been lacking for weeks. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

‘We are collapsing’: Virus pummels medics in Spain and Italy

By JOSEPH WILSON and ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

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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A woman wearing a face mask walks near workers wearing protective gears preparing to spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 16, 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/Lee Jin-man)

As pandemic spreads, China’s ex-epicenter down to 1 new case

By ARITZ PARRA and ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

A woman wearing a protective mask walks past Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Friday, March 13, 2020. Real Madrid have said its players were being placed in isolation after one of the club's basketball players, who share facilities with Madrid's soccer players, tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. That led to the instant decision by the Spanish league to bring matches to a halt for the next two rounds. 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/Paul White)

Athletes try to stay fit amid coronavirus outbreak

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

An employee in protective gears sprays disinfectant in the wake of coronavirus outbreak inside a train at the Senen train station in Jakarta Indonesia, Sunday, March 15, 2020. Indonesia's capital city announced a lockdown of all tourist destinations and entertainment spots as well as the closing all of its public schools for the next 14 days amid the global outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Daily life near a standstill as nations try to halt pandemic

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

A woman plays with her daughter as they wait at Barcelona airport, Spain, Saturday, March 14, 2020. Spain's prime minister has announced a two-week state of emergency from Saturday in a bid to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. 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/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain limits movements, closes shops to stem virus spread

By Aritz Parra and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Players of the Chinese Super League team Wuhan Zall arrive at the Atocha train station in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. The Chinese first-division soccer club from the city of Wuhan enters its second month in Spain without knowing when it will be able to return home. . It hasn't been easy for the nearly 50 members of the Wuhan Zall squad, but on Sunday they will get some reprieve from their ordeal by attending the Spanish league &quot;clasico&quot; between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Wuhan soccer team leaving Spain to escape virus

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Spanish karate federation, Spanish karate athlete Sandra Sanchez takes part in a Senior Female Kata - Final bout in Madrid, Spain, on Dec. 1, 2019. Personal determination has taken Sanchez to the top of the world rankings, and in a few months from now the 38-year old will reach the biggest moment of her career by competing in the inaugural Olympic karate tournament at the upcoming summer Tokyo Olympic Games. (Xavier Servolle, Kphotos, Via AP)

Stubbornness leads Sánchez to inaugural Olympic karate event

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

A couple kiss, at the Barcelona airport, Spain, Thursday, March 12, 2020. President Donald Trump, who had downplayed the coronavirus for weeks, suddenly struck a different tone, announcing strict rules on restricting travel from much of Europe to begin this weekend. 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/Emilio Morenatti)

On the heels of Italy, Spain to go drastic in battling virus

By ARITZ PARRA and JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Spain tops England 1-0 in SheBelieves Cup

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Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez during an interview with The Associated Press at the at the Spanish foreign ministry in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Spain is not dangling its defense cooperation with the United States as leverage in its push against tariffs on European products, the Spanish foreign minister said on Wednesday ahead of a visit to Washington that aims to end the loss of business by Spanish producers of wine, olives and their oil. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain eyes trade, defense talks ahead of US state visit

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

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

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Young students play in a public school, in Vitoria, northern Spain, Monday, March 9, 2020. Health authorities in the Madrid region say that infections for the new coronavirus have more than doubled in the past 24 hours. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Madrid to close all schools for 2 weeks after virus spike

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

A worker in protective suit controls a big disinfectant spray as they sanitize a school which has suspended classes as a precautionary measure against a new coronavirus in San Juan city, east of Manila, Philippines on Monday, March 9, 2020. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of public health emergency throughout the country after health officials confirmed over the weekend the first local transmission of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Italy expands lockdown, Israel tightens entry to halt virus

By COLLEEN BARRY and ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

United States midfielder Julie Ertz (8) celebrates after scoring a goal during the second half of a SheBelieves Cup soccer match against Spain Sunday, March 8, 2020, in Harrison, N.J. The United States won 1-0. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)

Julie Ertz’s header gives U.S. 1-0 win over Spain in SheBelieves Cup

By Tom Canavan - Associated Press

United States forward Megan Rapinoe (15) controls the ball as she is pursued by Spain defender Marta Corredera (7) during the first half of a SheBelieves Cup soccer match Sunday, March 8, 2020, in Harrison, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Ertz’s header gives US 1-0 win over Spain in SheBelieves Cup

By TOM CANAVAN - Associated Press

Tottenham, Liverpool, PSG seek Champions League revival

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Spain arrests 89 for speed boat smuggling of migrants, drugs

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