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COVID-19: Coronavirus prompts global response

By ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS

March 10, 2020

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, speaks during a meeting on countermeasures against the new coronavirus infections at his official residence in Tokyo today.
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Exile Tibetan Buddhist nuns wear protective masks as a precaution against a new coronavirus during a protest march marking the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising in Lhasa, as Tibetans gather in Dharmsala, India, today.
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A food delivery rider passes by a giant TV screen broadcasting a news of Chinese President Xi Jinping talks by video with patients and medical workers as he visiting the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, at a shopping mall in Beijing, today. Xi visited the center of the global virus outbreak Tuesday as Italy began a sweeping nationwide travel ban and people worldwide braced for the possibility of recession. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.
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An employee of the national public road maintenance company sprays a litter bin with disinfectant to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus at a rest area of the M70 motorway near Csornyefold, southwestern Hungary, today.
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Racegoers use hand sanitizer to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, on day one of the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, England, today.
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Mourners wearing face masks and gloves carry the body of former politburo official in the Revolutionary Guard Farzad Tazari, who died Monday after being infected with the new coronavirus, at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery just outside Tehran, Iran, today. Iran is the hardest-hit country in the Mideast by the new coronavirus, which sickens but largely doesn't kill those afflicted.
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A Sri Lankan sales manger wearing a protective mask as a precaution against a new coronavirus await customers at a shop at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, today.
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Women wear protective masks as they ride a passenger jeepney in Manila, Philippines today.
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A man walks with a stick passes by a huge screen showing a colourful art at a quiet shopping mall in Beijing, today.
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Italian municipality police stand by empty Spanish Steps, in Rome, today. Italy entered its first day under a nationwide lockdown after a government decree extended restrictions on movement from the hard-hit north to the rest of the country to prevent the spreading of coronavirus.
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Empty seats of Spanish parliament's lower house in Madrid, Spain, today. The Spanish parliament's lower house has cancelled its activities for a week after a prominent lawmaker from the upstart far-right Vox party tested positive for the COVID-19 disease caused by a new coronavirus. The infection of Vox's General Secretary Javier Ortega Smith triggered an apology by the national-populist party for holding a political rally of thousands over the weekend in Madrid despite the spike in new virus infections in the region.
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President Donald Trump, joined by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, speaks to reporters after meeting with Republican senators, on Capitol Hill in Washington today. Trump wants Congress to pass payroll tax relief as he looks to calm financial markets' fears over the impact of the coronavirus epidemic.
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Vice President Mike Pence takes reporters questions in the briefing room of the White House in Washington today.
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A woman talks on her cell phone as she leaves the Nicosia General Hospital in capital Nicosia, Cyprus today. Nicosia General Hospital, the country's premier public health facility is under a 48-hour lockdown until the doctor's patients and colleagues are tested and areas where he works are disinfected.
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Commuters pass through Grand Central Terminal today in New York.
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A worker disinfects a classroom at a closed school in Prague, Czech Republic today. The Czech Republic is banning all public events with more than 100 people and is closing schools in response to the new coronavirus outbreak in Europe.
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Tottenham's manager Jose Mourinho, right, and Leipzig's head coach Julian Nagelsmann touch their forearms instead of shaking hands due to the coronavirus after the Champions League round of 16, 2nd leg soccer match between RB Leipzig and Tottenham Hotspur in Leipzig, Germany, today. Leipzig defeated Tottenham with 3-0.
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Atalanta's Josip Ilicic, left, scores his side's fourth goal during the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Valencia and Atalanta in Valencia, Spain, today.
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A statue representing a former fan is pictured ahead of the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Valencia and Atalanta in Valencia, Spain, today.
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A sign providing instructions on how to reduce the risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19 is hung on the front door of New Rochelle City Hall today in New Rochelle, N.Y. State officials are shuttering schools and houses of worship for two weeks in part of the New York City suburb New Rochelle and sending the National Guard there to help respond to what appears to be the nation's biggest cluster of coronavirus cases.
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The Regal Princess cruise ship is shown docked, Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Florida Department of Health says three employees of a company that greets cruise ship passengers have tested positive for the new coronavirus. Two cruise ships that left from Fort Lauderdale, the Regal Princess and the Caribbean Princess, were later issued "no sail" orders by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after crew members who had possibly been exposed on a California ship were tested. The Regal Princess eventually docked at the port late Sunday and passengers were able to leave the ship. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Students leave New Rochelle High School after classes are dismissed, Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in New York. State officials are shuttering schools and houses of worship for two weeks in part of the New York City suburb New Rochelle and sending the National Guard there to help respond to what appears to be the nation's biggest cluster of coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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A woman wears a mask under her costume as she works in Times Square, New York, today.
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A couple kisses as they pose for a photo at the top of the TKTS stairs today in New York's Times Square.
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Oregon Gov. Kate brown elbow-bumps student Charlie Abrams at a ceremony today where she signed a sweeping executive order for the state to reduce carbon emissions to combat global warming.
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Two visitors wear masks as they walk through the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York today.
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A dog walks by the umbrella of a closed bar at the Naviglio Grande canal, one of the favorite spots for night life in Milan, Italy, today.
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A woman shops in a market, in Vitoria, northern Spain, today.
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A woman wearing a mask looks for shopping at a supermarket in the XIII Chinese district of Paris, today.
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A civil defense worker wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus, in the main market, Baghdad, Iraq, today.
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