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Security guards stand in front of the entrance to the Palace of Fine Arts, now closed to the public, in central Mexico City, Monday, March 23, 2020. Beginning Monday, Mexico's capital shut down museums, bars, gyms, churches, and other non-essential businesses that gather large numbers of people, in an attempt to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Security guards stand in front of the entrance to the Palace of Fine Arts, now closed to the public, in central Mexico City, Monday, March 23, 2020. Beginning Monday, Mexico's capital shut down museums, bars, gyms, churches, and other non-essential businesses that gather large numbers of people, in an attempt to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

March 23, 2020

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Mexico's busy streetscape slows, but doesn't stop for virus
March 23, 2020 10:55 p.m.

Mexico's busy streetscape slows, but doesn't stop for virus

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Increasingly empty beaches and quieter streets in Mexico contrast with a still-crowded subway system and active street vendors, as shut-downs and social distancing measures have begun but remain very uneven.