Economics
Europe Widens Virus Lockdown, Moves to Limit Economic Damage
- Schengen nations consider closing Europe’s external borders
- Germany restricts borders with five neighboring countries
A metropolitan police officer closes access to La Mar Bella beach in Barcelona, on March 15.
Photographer: David Ramos/Getty Images
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Europeans faced increasingly draconian restrictions on public life, as governments tightened border controls to check the spread of the coronavirus and moved to limit damage to the continent’s fragile economies.