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A police car drives through an avenue in the castle garden, which is more crowded on sunny days, Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday, March 29, 2020. To slow down the spread of the coronavirus, meetings of groups of more than two people are forbidden. Exceptions are families and persons living in the same household.(Sebastian Gollnow/dpa 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.