A man wearing a face mask walks over a pedestrian bridge over the normally jammed Sudirman Street in the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 23, 2020. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ruled out the possibility of imposing a lockdown on the capital city and has instead ordered mass testing to contain the coronavirus disease spread and has prepared about 200 hospitals run by government, military and police as well as private as the country braces fo…
March 23, 2020
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Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming
PARIS (AP) — The hunt for masks, ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe on Monday, as new coronavirus infections soared and political paralysis stalled efforts for a quick aid package from Congress.