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UNDATED (AP) — Mexico's government has broadened its shutdown of “non-essential activities” to the private sector and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people to fight the spread of the new coronavirus. The one-month emergency measures will be in effect from March 30 to April 30. Mexico had previously stopped non-essential government services and banned mass gatherings. The move came as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Mexico reached 1,094, with 28 deaths. Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell said Mexicans would be urged to stay off the streets for one month, but announced no sanctions for not doing so.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is defending his decision to extend restrictive social distancing guidelines through the end of April, while bracing the nation for a coronavirus death toll that could exceed 100,000. Trump says, “Challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days,” and he says refraining from public outings is “our shared patriotic duty” during the outbreak. The comments come a day after Trump made a dramatic course reversal and announced he would not be moving to ease the guidelines and get the economy back up and running by Easter, as he said last week he hoped to do.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's government has broadened its shutdown of “non essential activities,” and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people. The one-month emergency measures will be in effect from March 30 to April 30. The move came as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Mexico reached 1,094, with 28 deaths. Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell said Monday that Mexicans would be urged to stay off the streets for one month, but announced no sanctions for not doing so. Mexico will ask older people who are at greater risk to stay at home, even if they work in so-called essential sectors like health care or law enforcement.

UNDATED (AP) — Family and friends are remembering a Michigan legislator who died from the coronavirus as a cheerful battler for Detroit. Rep. Isaac Robinson died Sunday, hours after checking into a hospital. He wasn't tested for the virus but his mother says doctors told the family it was the likely cause. The 44-year-old Democrat was serving his first term in the state House, but he was involved with politics nearly all his life. He worked for a former congressman and the Teamsters union, and managed the campaigns of his mother, whose House seat he assumed when she retired in 2018. Fellow legislator Tyrone Carter says Robinson was a tireless and brilliant advocate for the underprivileged.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed on Wall Street Monday, led by big gains for health care companies announcing developments that could aid in the coronavirus outbreak. The rally tacked more gains onto a recent upswing for the market, which is coming off the best week for the S&P 500 in 11 years. Nascent optimism is budding that the worst of the selling may be approaching, but markets around the world are still tentative as global authorities try to nurse the economy through the pandemic. The S&P 500 remains 22.4% below its record set last month, and oil tumbled to an 18-year low.

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