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In this March 23, 2020 photo, Karina Briceno plays with beans amid chickens outside her home in the Nueva Esperanza shantytown in Lima, Peru, during a near-total 15-day quarantine to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

In this March 23, 2020 photo, Karina Briceno plays with beans amid chickens outside her home in the Nueva Esperanza shantytown in Lima, Peru, during a near-total 15-day quarantine to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

March 27, 2020

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From Dhaka to Gaza: How do you socially distance in a crowd?
March 27, 2020 1:28 p.m.

From Dhaka to Gaza: How do you socially distance in a crowd?

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Josna Begum lives with her son in a house with four other families in a slum in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, the world’s most densely populated city. “Distancing is impossible for us,” she said.