People queue for public transport in Harare, Zimbabwe, Monday, March, 23, 2020. Zimbabwe has closed its borders to non essential human traffic following its first recorded coronavirus related death. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
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.