Swiss Border Guard control a French citizen at the Franco-Swiss border at the Jougne Customs office, in Vallorbe, during the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic, in Vallorbe, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. From 17 March 2020 until further notice, Switzerland's authorities proclaiming the state of necessity to fight against the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causing the Covid-19 disease. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
March 17, 2020
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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.