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Monday, March 23, 2020
UK orders 3-week lockdown to tackle coronavirus
LONDON — Britain orders a three-week lockdown to tackle the spread of coronavirus, shutting “non-essential” shops and services, and banning gatherings of more than two people.
“Stay at home,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson says in a televised address to the nation, as he unveils unprecedented peacetime measures, after the death toll climbed to 335.
— AFP