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This GoPro image provided Saturday March 28, 2020 by the French Army shows doctors taking care of evacuated patients infected with the Covid-19 disease, aboard a military plane from Mulhouse, eastern France to Bordeaux, southwestern France, Friday March 27, 2020. France is evacuating its citizens infected with the coronavirus in Eastern France. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Dicod via AP)

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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.