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A lantern hangs outside an empty restaurant Saturday, March 28, 2020, in the Shimbashi section of Tokyo. okyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has repeatedly asked the city's 13 million residents to stay home this weekend, saying the capital is on the brink of an explosion in virus infections. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Virus infections top 600,000 globally with long fight ahead
March 28, 2020 7:50 a.m.

Virus infections top 600,000 globally with long fight ahead

BERLIN (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide topped 600,000 on Saturday as new cases stacked up quickly in Europe and the United States and officials dug in for a long fight against the pandemic.