People wearing protective masks as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus are reflected on a bus window, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. President Nicolas Maduro ordered citizens to stay home, and to wear a mask when in public. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
March 17, 2020
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March 17, 2020 9:36 p.m.
Disruption frenzy: Nations try to slow virus, aid economies
BERLIN (AP) — Mass disruptions shuddered around the globe as governments struggled to slow the spread of the coronavirus while trying to keep afloat their economies. The impact included border traffic jams in Lithuania, the deaths of 17 elderly residents in one Madrid nursing home and a bus service halt in Detroit when drivers didn't show up for work.