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A passenger walks through an empty terminal at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 23, 2020. Most flights have been canceled to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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In global fight vs. virus, over 1.5 billion told: Stay home
March 23, 2020 11:45 p.m.

In global fight vs. virus, over 1.5 billion told: Stay home

NEW YORK (AP) — With masks, ventilators and political goodwill in desperately short supply, more than one-fifth of the world’s population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what could be a pivotal week in the battle to contain the coronavirus in the U.S. and Europe.