Personnel of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport unload boxes with medical supplies, in Athens, Saturday, March 21, 2020. China has sent medical supplies to Greece, including hundreds of thousands of surgical and protection masks. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
March 21, 2020
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March 21, 2020 6:07 a.m.
Despite lockdowns cases keep rising, straining hospitals
BERLIN (AP) — Streets, squares and highways were deserted in large parts of the world Saturday as curfews and lockdowns multiplied in the face of a rapidly advancing virus that is severely straining many health systems.