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Italy's initial virus hotspot back to school after 7 months

by Associated Press
| September 14, 2020 1:03 AM

CODOGNO, Italy (AP) — The morning bell Monday marked the first entrance to the classroom for the children of Codogno since Feb. 21, when panicked parents were sent to pick up their children after the northern Italian town gained notoriety as the first in the West to record local transmission of the coronavirus.

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