CORRECTS DAY - Police officers leave a supermarket after ordering it closed after finding costumers not wearing surgical masks to cover mouth and nose in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, March 15, 2020. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ordered residents in the capital of Caracas and six states to stay home under a quarantine bid to control the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
March 16, 2020
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