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Orthodox believers gather for Sunday's prayer in the Kazansky Cathedral in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, March 29, 2020. The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church is calling on believers to stay away from churches during the coronavirus pandemic and to pray at home instead. 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/Dmitri Lovetsky)

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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.