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Spread of coronavirus triggers travel bans, US market plunge

by Associated Press
| March 12, 2020 7:05 AM

ROME (AP) — Sweeping travel bans accelerated around the globe Thursday, walling regions apart, keeping people inside their homes and slowing the engines of commerce to slow the unfolding coronavirus pandemic. In the U.S., stocks dropped so fast that it triggered a halt in trading for the second time in a week.

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