Photos: Coronavirus changes lives around the world

As the virus spreads and governments react, people are feeling the impacts in different ways

By Associated Press

Updated: March 16, 2020 Published: March 16, 2020

An employee of the pubic transport company wearing protective equipment walks during the daily disinfection of busses, part of the procedures to limit the spread of the coronavirus, in the early morning hours in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, March 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

COVID-19 continues to spread around the world. News sources have new stories almost by the minute. Regions, countries, states, cities, towns and families are all trying to find their way through the break-neck speed of developments.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems.

Lufthansa aircraft are parked on a runway at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, March 15, 2020. Due to the Coronavirus Lufthansa had to cancel half of its flights. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

The highway leading to Barcelona is seen empty of cars on Sunday, March 15, 2020. Spain's government announced Saturday that it is placing tight restrictions on movements and closing restaurants and other establishments in the nation of 46 million people as part of a two-week state of emergency to fight the sharp rise in coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A homeless man wearing a mask sleeps in the doorway of a building, in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, March 15, 2020. Spain's government announced Saturday that it is placing tight restrictions on movements and closing restaurants and other establishments in the nation of 46 million people as part of a two-week state of emergency to fight the sharp rise in coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A participant washes her hands with soap and water against the new coronavirus at a women's 5km fun run in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, March 15, 2020. Ethiopia reported on Thursday its first case of the new coronavirus which causes COVID-19. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

Pope Francis walks to reach S. Marcello al Corso church, where there is a miraculous crucifix that in 1552 was carried in a procession around Rome to stop the great plague, Sunday, March 15, 2020. (Vatican News via AP)

People queue to buy marijuana at the coffeeshop Bulwackie in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, March 15, 2020, after a TV address by health minister Bruno Bruins who ordered all Dutch schools, cafes, restaurants, coffeeshops and sport clubs to be closed on Sunday as the government sought to prevent the further spread of coronavirus in the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A Venezuelan woman is help by men as he crosses illegally into Colombia from Venezuela, near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge in La Parada near Cucuta, Colombia, Saturday, March 14, 2020. Colombian President Ivan Duque has ordered the nation's border with Venezuela closed as a coronavirus containment measure. (AP Photo/Antonio Ospina)

A member of the Venezuelan civil protection agency explains commuters symptoms and preventive measures for the new coronavirus in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, March 15, 2020. Venezuela announced quarantine measures in six states and in Caracas. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Zhili Sun, practices tai chi under a blooming cherry tree while wearing a mask, Sunday, March 15, 2020, along the tidal basin in Washington. Sun, who is from China, says he was visiting his son in the U.S. when COVID-19 struck and has been unable to get home. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

A girl leans out of a window to applaud in Milan, Italy, Saturday, March 14, 2020. The nationwide lockdown to slow coronavirus is still early days for much of Italy, but Italians are already showing signs of solidarity with flash mob calls circulating on social media for people to ''gather'' on their balconies at certain hours, either to play music or to give each other a round of applause. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

A man unfolds an Italian flag as he stands next to a banner reading everything will be alright, at the Garbatella neighborhood, in Rome, Saturday, March 14, 2020. The nationwide lockdown to slow coronavirus is still early days for much of Italy, but Italians are already showing signs of solidarity with flash mob calls circulating on social media for people to ''gather'' on their balconies at certain hours, either to play music or to give each other a round of applause. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

An aerial view of the Villa Doria Pamphili park, one of the biggest green area of Rome, Saturday, March 14, 2020. A sweeping lockdown is in place in Italy to try to slow down the spread of coronavirus epidemic, including the closing parks. (AP Photo/Luigi Navarra)

A tourist shows the location of his hotel to a local police in downtown Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 15, 2020. Spain awoke to its first day of a nationwide quarantine on Sunday after the government declared a two-week state of emergency. The government imposed the special measures including the confinement of people to their homes unless shopping for food and medicine, going to and from work, and to meet other basic needs. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Passengers wait in an empty subway station, in Bilbao, northern Spain, Saturday, March 14, 2020. Spain's prime minister has announced a two-week state of emergency from Saturday in a bid to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Catholic priest Catholic priest Jesus Higueras from the Santa Maria de Cana parish is seen on a smartphone during a live video streamed mass in Pozuelo de Alarcon, outskirts Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 15, 2020. Pope Francis has praised people for their continuing efforts to help vulnerable communities, including the poor and the homeless, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

People wearing masks and carrying supplies walk past a mannequin wearing a mask in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, March 14, 2020. Spain's prime minister has announced a two-week state of emergency from Saturday in a bid to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Children wearing face masks amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, return home after knowing that public gatherings and schools are shut following late-night state government order, at a village in Kannauj, in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, March 14, 2020. India has reported at least 83 positive cases for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus and two deaths. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

An Indian patient and his attendant wait at a Corona virus help desk at the Government Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, March 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

A man's temperature is checked by an army trooper before entering the metropolis at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Quezon city, Philippines Sunday, March 15, 2020. Thousands of Philippine police, backed by the army and coast guard, have started sealing the densely populated capital from most domestic travelers in one of Southeast Asia's most drastic containment moves against the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Colorado National Guard medical personnel perform coronavirus test on a motorist at a drive-through testing site outside the Denver Coliseum Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Denver. Officials planned to administer 150 tests but the line of vehicles wrapped around three city blocks. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A sign suggesting motorists avoid gatherings is seen on westbound Interstate-880 on Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Costco customers roll groceries to their cars as others wait to enter the store on Saturday, March 14, 2020, in San Leandro, Calif. Empty store shelves. Empty churches. Shuttered classrooms and courts. Warnings everywhere to wash hands and avoid close contact. Efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus in California are affecting virtually every facet of life in the Golden State in ways big and small — and in some cases, surreal. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

The Auburn fan section got creative by placing paper plate faces on the seats during the Class 1C boys high school basketball tournament championship game against Ogallala at Pinnacle Bank Arena, Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Lincoln, Neb. Crowds were limited to staff and immediate family due to concerns over the coronavirus. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

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