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Big events banned, NCAA tells fans to stay home over virus

by Associated Press
| March 11, 2020 4:05 PM

SEATTLE (AP) — Undertaking the most sweeping efforts yet to contain the nation’s coronavirus outbreak, authorities banned large gatherings in the hard-hit Seattle area and in San Francisco and closed Seattle's schools Wednesday, while the NCAA announced it will hold March Madness basketball games around the country in near-empty arenas.

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