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Cuba Works to Slow Coronavirus Spread

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   Cuba is launching its most restrictive measures Tuesday to stop the
   spread of the coronavirus- banning citizens from leaving the island
   without authorization and placing foreign tourists under quarantine.

   Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said in a televised address Mondaythat
   justover 32 thousand tourists will have to stay in hotels until
   theysecure aflight home.

   Cuba had resisted imposing the restrictions because tourism is the
   lifeblood oftheisland nation's economy.

   Authorities in Cuba on Monday also announced schools and
   universitieswill close.

   Cuba's Ministry of Public Health on Monday confirmed 40 cases of the
   virus and doctors are monitoring more than 37- thousand other Cubans
   showing symptomssimilar tothe coronavirus.

   So far, Cuba has confirmed one death, an Italian tourist.

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