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An in-house expert helped Microsoft decide to let workers stay home.

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TRMbqv

New York Schools Close

By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3d4jTR6

Pence Pledges High-Speed Coronavirus Testing From 2,000 Labs This Week

By BY DENISE GRADY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2vkQPUu

Spain’s King Cuts Financial Ties With Father Amid Scandal

By BY RAPHAEL MINDER from NYT World https://ift.tt/2IR4q9c

Countries across the world have restricted travel.

By BY ERNESTO LONDOÑO AND AIMEE ORTIZ from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2UcD7f3

California Calls for Residents 65 and Older to Stay at Home

By BY THOMAS FULLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/38U4tMf

A Sunday Without Church: In Crisis, a Nation Asks, ‘What is Community?’

By BY ELIZABETH DIAS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2xJoKax

Czech Republic restricts movement of people to fight coronavirus spread

The Czech Republic tightened restrictions on Monday to combat the new coronavirus outbreak, banning people from moving around except for work, shopping and some other limited activities until March 24. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/39ULu5x

Italy's coronavirus toll surges as worries grow over hospitals

Italy recorded 368 more deaths from the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, its biggest one day rise, amid growing concern about the ability of its strained health system to cope with the relentless increase in new cases. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ILebG6

Argentina to close borders for non-residents to combat coronavirus

Argentina will close its borders for 15 days to non-residents in order to combat the spread of coronavirus, President Alberto Fernandez said on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vYafPz

Crown Resorts adopts social distancing measures in Melbourne casino to stem virus spread

Crown Resorts said on Monday it was adopting several "social distancing" measures at its casino in Melbourne in light of the growing threat posed by the spreading coronavirus. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Qd0fc3

Jordan's coronavirus cases rise as it moves to cushion economy

Jordan confirmed 12 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, as the central bank announced measures to help troubled businesses and a tourism sector hit hard by the impact of the crisis. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QkyEWt

Guatemala reports first coronavirus death, an elderly man back from Spain

Guatemala has registered its first fatality from coronavirus infection, an elderly man who had recently visited Madrid, Health Minister Hugo Monroy said on Sunday, in one of the first deaths from the outbreak to hit Central America. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wV1jdV

Venezuela orders 'social quarantine' in response to coronavirus

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday ordered businesses to close and citizens to remain in their homes in a "social quarantine" affecting six states and the capital, Caracas, starting on Monday to slow the spread of the coronavirus. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2IL9YSO

Colombia cancels classes to halt the spread of coronavirus

Classes at Colombia's public schools and universities will be canceled from Monday to contain the spread of the coronavirus, President Ivan Duque said on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2TRBK6d

France preparing confinement order to fight coronavirus sources

France is preparing an order that would put its inhabitants under partial lockdown to combat the coronavirus epidemic, sources aware of the planning said on Sunday, a move that would tighten further restrictions on public life. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/33jUhve

As Spain clamps down on coronavirus, archbishop celebrates YouTube mass

The tones of Madrid's archbishop rang through an echoey and empty Almudena cathedral on Sunday evening, as he gave his first digital-only Sunday service due to coronavirus. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2TRfrh0

Canada will not rule out border closures; medical officer urges strong action against outbreak

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday would not rule out closing borders to combat a coronavirus outbreak, while the chief medical officer said time was running out to prevent a spike in cases. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2U9K4NS