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A man gestures in almost empty Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral, center, and the Spasskaya Tower, right, seen through a part of a lattice of the Nikolsky Gate in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 29, 2020. 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/Victor Berezkin)

A man gestures in almost empty Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral, center, and the Spasskaya Tower, right, seen through a part of a lattice of the Nikolsky Gate in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 29, 2020. 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/Victor Berezkin)

March 30, 2020

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Moscow goes into lockdown, rest of Russia braces for same
March 30, 2020 2:03 p.m.

Moscow goes into lockdown, rest of Russia braces for same

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian capital, Moscow, on Monday woke up to a lockdown obliging most of its 13 million residents to stay home, and many other regions of the vast country quickly followed suit to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.