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A Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officer checks transit to or from the cordoned area in Codogno, some 50 kilometers South-East of Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Police manned checkpoints around quarantined towns in Italy's north on Monday and residents stocked up on food as the country became the focal point of the outbreak in Europe and fears of its cross-border spread. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)