Coronavirus latest: France enters nationwide lockdown
18 March 2020 |
6:50 am
Widespread containment measures have gone into effect across much of Germany, France and Spain. Non-essential businesses and shops are closed, people have been ordered to stay at home and borders have been shut.
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