Covid-19 keeps 500 million people at home
A jogger taking a picture of flowering cherry trees in Romainville, France, yesterday. France is under lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of Covid-19. – EPA pic, March 19, 2020.
SOME 500 million people have been subject to lockdown measures around the world because of the coronavirus outbreak that started in China and has quickly ballooned globally, according to an AFP count. From China to the Czech Republic to Venezuela, governments have told their citizens to stay indoors to try and slow the spread of the pandemic.
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