People wearing protective mask ride their bicycle at the Castello Sforzesco castle in Milan, Italy, Thursday, March 19, 2020.For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
March 19, 2020
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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.