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Correction: Virus Outbreak-The Latest story

The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 years, 4 months AGO
by The Associated Press
| March 10, 2020 8:34 PM

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The Grand Princess cruise ship passes beneath the Golden Gate Bridge in this view from Sausalito, Calif., Monday, March 9, 2020. The cruise ship carrying over a dozen people infected with the coronavirus passed under the bridge as federal and state officials in California prepared to receive thousands of people on the ship that has been idling off the coast of San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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A man wears a face mask in central Madrid, Spain, Monday, March 9, 2020. Health authorities in the Madrid region say that infections for the new coronavirus have more than doubled in the past 24 hours. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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A worker in protective suit disinfects a school which has suspended classes as a precautionary measure against a new coronavirus in San Juan city, east of Manila, Philippines on Monday, March 9, 2020. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of public health emergency throughout the country after health officials confirmed over the weekend the first local transmission of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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A worker in protective suit controls a large disinfectant spray machine as they sanitize a school that has suspended classes as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus in San Juan city in Manila, Philippines on Monday, March 9, 2020. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of public health emergency throughout the country after health officials confirmed over the weekend the first local transmission of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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In this Feb. 10, 2020, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures near a heart shape sign and the slogan "Race against time, Fight the Virus" during an inspection of the center for disease control and prevention of Chaoyang District in Beijing. As the rest of the world grapples with a burgeoning virus outbreak, China's ruling Communist Party has turned to its propaganda playbook to portray its leader as firmly in charge, leading an army of health workers in a "people's war" against the disease. (Liu Bin/Xinhua via AP, File)

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A tent used as a waiting room for people with covid-19 symptoms is set up in a courtyard of the Henri Mondor Hospital in Creteil, near Paris, Monday, March 9, 2020. The coronavirus is set to strike a severe blow to French growth in 2020, cutting several decimal points off a figure that may struggle to reach one percent, the finance minister said Monday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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The Grand Princess arrives in San Francisco on Monday, March 9, 2020. The cruise ship, which had maintained a holding pattern off the coast for days, is carrying multiple people who tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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People go on a run in one of Beirut's main nightlife hubs, Lebanon, Monday, March 9, 2020. Lebanon's Tourism ministry ordered bars to close until March 15, and called on restaurants to avoid hosting live events, part of its efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus. Lebanon has at least 41 confirmed cases infected with the virus. The new decision comes after an earlier one asking nightclubs to shut down, a significant move in the country that prided itself in a bustling nightlife despite experiencing several wars. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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A pedestrian wears a face mask in the World Financial Center complex, Monday, March 9, 2020, in New York. New York continued grappling Monday with the new coronavirus, as case numbers, school closings and other consequences grew. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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A commuter wears a face mask in the New York City transit system, Monday, March 9, 2020, in New York. New York continued grappling Monday with the new coronavirus, as case numbers, school closings and other consequences grew. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Relatives of Rebibbia prison's inmates face police after inmates staged a protest against new coronavirus containment measures, in Rome, Monday, March 9, 2020. Italian penitentiary police say six inmates protesting coronavirus containment measures at the northern Italian prison of Modena have died after they broke into the infirmary and overdosed on methadone. The protest Sunday in Modena was among the first of more than two-dozen riots at Italy's overcrowded lock-ups that grew Monday. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

ROME (AP) — In a story March 9, 2020, about the coronavirus outbreak sweeping the globe, The Associated Press erroneously reported that there were confirmed cases in Guadeloupe, one of France's overseas territories. A French official says there are currently no proven cases of the virus in the Guadeloupe archipelago.

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