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An Indian passenger wearing face mask and gloves as a precaution against COVID-19 opens glass window of a train compartment at Secunderabad Railway Station in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, March 21, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

An Indian passenger wearing face mask and gloves as a precaution against COVID-19 opens glass window of a train compartment at Secunderabad Railway Station in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, March 21, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

March 21, 2020

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Despite lockdowns cases keep rising, straining hospitals
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.