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Italy cancels Venice carnival in bid to halt spread of virus

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Italy cancels Venice carnival in bid to halt spread of virusScrambling to contain rapidly soaring number of new coronavirus infections in northern Italy, authorities on Sunday stepped up measures to ban public gatherings, including stopping Venice’s famed carnival events, which has drawn tens of thousands of revelers to a region that is now in the heart of the outbreak. Museums, schools, universities and other public venues will be shut as well in Venice and the rest of Veneto. Authorities said three people in Venice have tested positive, all of them in their late 80s and who are hospitalized in critical condition.

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