COVID-19 lockdown

Sydney: The Covid-19 lockdown rules were slightly eased on Friday in Australia's New South Wales (NSW), the current epicentre of the pandemic, as the state capital Sydney entered the 12th week of restrictions. Addressing a press conference…
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Canberra: Anger is growing in Australia as 13 million people -- about half the nation's population, endure fresh lockdowns to deal with the Covid-19 outbreaks. Many people have expressed frustration at being back in the highly policed…
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Kolkata: Keeping in mind the imminent threat of the third wave, the West Bengal government has decided not to take any risk and continue on with the Covid-induced restrictions till July 30, with some relaxations. Though the state has not…
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London: The UK is "very likely" to ease Covid measures and people will be able to go back to life "as it was before Covid" on July 19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. The easing of lockdown measures in the UK was pushed back…
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Bengaluru: As the pandemic's second wave wanes, Karnataka is reading to partly unlock from Monday in 19 districts where the test positivity rate has fallen below 5 per cent, an official said. "As announced by Chief Minister B.S.…
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Melbourne: The two-week lockdown in Melbourne, the second most populous city of Australia, will end on Thursday midnight as the state of Victoria recorded only one new confirmed Covid-19 case. Health authorities in the state have been…
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Patna: Bihar will start the process of partially easing its lockdown measures from June 14 onwards, allowing markets to remain open till 5 pm. The decision was taken after a drop in Covid cases across the state. Relaxation has been…
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Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government extended the Covid curfew on Monday till May end after a cabinet meeting was held chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy. Chief Minister M YS Jagan has directed the officials to take…
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Dehradun: Amid the rise in Covid-19 cases in Uttarakhand, a lockdown has been imposed in the state for seven days, announced State Cabinet Minister Subodh Uniyal. The lockdown will be effective from 6 am of May 11 till 6 am of May 18.…
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Chennai: Amid the rise in Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu, a lockdown has been imposed in the state for two weeks, announced Chief Minister MK Stalin. The lockdown will be effective from 4 am of May 10 till 4 am of May 24. In view of the…
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