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Coronavirus: EU states enact tough measures to stem spread
Several states ban mass events and close schools, as infection and death rates fall in China
European countries have scrambled to enact tough measures aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus as an unprecedented nationwide lockdown imposed by the Italian government won praise from the EU.
As the rate of new infections and deaths continued to fall in China and South Korea, multiple European countries outlawed mass public events and announced bans on people entering their territories from virus-affected states.