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Almost-empty shelves are seen at a supermarket in Moscow, Russia, Mar. 16, 2020. On March 16, Russian health officials announced that they recorded 30 new cases of coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, bringing the country's number of confirmed COVID-19 infections to 93. (Photo: China News Service/ Wang Xiujun)

Almost-empty shelves are seen at a supermarket in Moscow, Russia, Mar. 16, 2020. On March 16, Russian health officials announced that they recorded 30 new cases of coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, bringing the country's number of confirmed COVID-19 infections to 93. (Photo: China News Service/ Wang Xiujun)

Almost-empty shelves are seen at a supermarket in Moscow, Russia, Mar. 16, 2020. On March 16, Russian health officials announced that they recorded 30 new cases of coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, bringing the country's number of confirmed COVID-19 infections to 93. (Photo: China News Service/ Wang Xiujun)

Almost-empty shelves are seen at a supermarket in Moscow, Russia, Mar. 16, 2020. On March 16, Russian health officials announced that they recorded 30 new cases of coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, bringing the country's number of confirmed COVID-19 infections to 93. (Photo: China News Service/ Wang Xiujun)

Almost-empty shelves are seen at a supermarket in Moscow, Russia, Mar. 16, 2020. On March 16, Russian health officials announced that they recorded 30 new cases of coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, bringing the country's number of confirmed COVID-19 infections to 93. (Photo: China News Service/ Wang Xiujun)

Almost-empty shelves are seen at a supermarket in Moscow, Russia, Mar. 16, 2020. On March 16, Russian health officials announced that they recorded 30 new cases of coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, bringing the country's number of confirmed COVID-19 infections to 93. (Photo: China News Service/ Wang Xiujun)