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A police checkpoint in Lanzhou, one of the locked down cities. Photo: AFP
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12 January 2022
Third China city in lockdown on anniversary of first Covid death
A man holding an umbrella crosses the road in Colombo on October 1, 2021, after the government lifted the lockdown that was earlier imposed to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP
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02 October 2021
Sri Lanka lifts virus lockdown, retains night...
Sri Lanka on Friday lifted a near six-week lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus...
People wear face masks in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: EPA
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03 January 2021
Bangkok imposes partial lockdown to combat virus
Bangkok's nightlife will go quiet as a ban on bars, nightclubs and restaurant alcohol...
Residents of Saint Mande celebrate the end of containment measures in the street and thank medical and health care personnel amid the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in front of a building decorated with French flags and banners in Saint Mande, near Paris, France, 11 May 2020. Photo: EPA
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16 May 2020
Europe opens up despite fears of virus surge
More parts of Europe opened up on Friday as the world tried to get back on the road to...
Stray dogs in Kolkata usually rely on scraps and refuse for food but are going hungry during the coronavirus lockdown (AFP Photo / Dibyangshu SARKAR)
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09 April 2020
Monkeys, elephants and dogs reclaim India's...
Hundreds of monkeys have taken over the streets around India's presidential palace,...
A Buddhist monk and a man pull a rope of the boat at the Chindwin river in Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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09 April 2020
Lockdown decision in Sagaing reversed
Officials in a Myanmar state and region have reversed earlier decisions to impose...
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28 March 2020
Delhi to feed about 400,000 people daily, preps...
The Delhi government has arranged to serve lunch and dinner to the needy in 325 schools...
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao addressing a press conference in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Photo: ANI
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25 March 2020
Indian CM ‘Follow lockdown or situation may arise...
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday said the state government might...