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Thursday, April 2, 2020
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Thursday, April 2, 2020
Over half of world’s population now under instruction to remain at home
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePARIS — More than 3.9 billion people, or half of the world’s population, are now being called on to remain in their homes to combat COVID-19, according to an AFP tally.
The measures — which include compulsory or recommended confinement, curfews and quarantines — are in place in more than 90 countries and territories. The introduction of a curfew in Thailand, which takes tomorrow, pushes the number past half of the global population of 7.8 billion.
Some 2.78 billion residents of 49 countries and territories are currently subject to obligatory confinement at home.
— AFP
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