A health officer checks the temperature of a passenger in truck at a health check point in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 26, 2020. The country is on the first day of month long state of emergency enforced to allow its government to impose stricter measures to control the coronavirus that has infected hundreds of people in the Southeast Asian country. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
March 26, 2020
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March 26, 2020 2:55 a.m.
World leaders to meet virtually to coordinate virus response
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Leaders of the world's most powerful economies will convene virtually on Thursday to try and coordinate a response to the fast-spreading coronavirus, which has shuttered businesses and forced well over a quarter of the world's population into home isolation.