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Germany’s biggest state Bavaria first to order lockdown
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGermany’s largest state Bavaria becomes the first region in the country to order a lockdown to prevent coronavirus infections.
“From midnight tonight for a provisional period of two weeks, there will be fundamental restrictions on going out,” state premier Markus Soeder says.
“We are not locking Bavarians in but we are winding down public life almost completely,” Soeder says at a press conference, adding that restaurants will be closed and citizens will no longer be allowed to meet in groups outside.
— AFP
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