Extremely light traffic moves along the CA-110 highway towards downtown Los Angeles on Monday, March 23, 2020. Traffic is light as many people heeded warnings to stay home amid the coronavirus outbreak. California is one of the hardest-hit states, with more than 1,600 confirmed cases and 30 deaths. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
March 23, 2020
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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.