Medical personnel at work in the intensive care unit of the hospital Pourtales site "Hospital Pourtales" during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Monday, March 23, 2020. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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.