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Veterinary Eva Martinez feeds lemurs during a daily check up at the Madrid Zoo, Spain, Thursday, March 19, 2020. It's feeding time for the animals and it business as usual at the Madrid Zoo and aquarium despite the state of emergency in place across Spain. Just like on the almost empty streets of the Madrid capital, the zoo workers are keeping a minimum social distancing between themselves and when possible with the animals. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the disease. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Coronavirus extends across West, Californians must stay home
March 19, 2020 11:20 p.m.

Coronavirus extends across West, Californians must stay home

ROME (AP) — Italy's deaths from the coronavirus pandemic eclipsed China’s on Thursday as the scourge extended its march across the West, where the United States and other countries increasingly enlisted the military to prepare for an onslaught of patients and California's governor ordered people in the most-populous U.S. state to stay home.