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Organised ‘overkill’: China shows off rapid lockdown system after latest outbreak
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Organised ‘overkill’: China shows off rapid lockdown system after latest outbreak

BEIJING (Reuters) – Days after a 17-year-old girl tested positive for COVID-19 in a remote part of western China last…
‘Eating rats’: Myanmar’s second lockdown drives hunger in city slums
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‘Eating rats’: Myanmar’s second lockdown drives hunger in city slums

YANGON (Reuters) – After the first wave of coronavirus hit Myanmar in March, 36-year-old Ma Suu closed her salad stall…
UK PM Johnson not heading for a national lockdown yet, minister says
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UK PM Johnson not heading for a national lockdown yet, minister says

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is not yet heading towards a full national lockdown in England despite…
Coronavirus lockdown 2.0 deepens divisions in Israel
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Coronavirus lockdown 2.0 deepens divisions in Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israel went into lockdown last spring, Jerusalem pub owner Leon Shvartz moved quickly to save his…
UK unveils 3-level lockdown plan; Liverpool at highest risk
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UK unveils 3-level lockdown plan; Liverpool at highest risk

LONDON (AP) — The British government carved England into three tiers of coronavirus risk on Monday in a bid to…
Businesses shut in effort to contain virus in NYC hot spots
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Businesses shut in effort to contain virus in NYC hot spots

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of businesses and schools in New York City neighborhoods where coronavirus cases have spiked were…
Jordan returns to weekend lockdown as COVID-19 cases mount
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Jordan returns to weekend lockdown as COVID-19 cases mount

AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan will enter a nationwide 48-hour lockdown on Friday for the first time in months as health…
Tunisia imposes night curfew to slow second wave of pandemic
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Tunisia imposes night curfew to slow second wave of pandemic

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian authorities will impose a curfew in the capital Tunis to slow a surge in coronavirus cases,…
Amid rising infections, Israeli ultra-Orthodox defy lockdown
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Amid rising infections, Israeli ultra-Orthodox defy lockdown

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — After a revered ultra-Orthodox rabbi died this week from COVID-19, Israeli police thought they had…
Madrid officials reluctantly ready city for partial lockdown
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Madrid officials reluctantly ready city for partial lockdown

MADRID (AP) — Madrid’s regional government has appealed against a national order that requires a partial lockdown of the Spanish…
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