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      <text>Malaysia begins a phase one of the 14-day total lockdown that only allows essential economic sectors and manufacturing services that continue to be operated as a measure to control the spread of COVID-19 following a sharp rise of cases since April. </text>
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    <text>Malaysia begins phase one of its 14-day total lockdown that only allows essential economic sectors and manufacturing services to operate in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 following a sharp increase in the number of cases since April. </text>
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    <text>Nursery and primary schools reopens in France after a three-week closure in the first step of the partial lockdown easing. </text>
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      <text>Belgium announces new strict lockdown measures, which closes schools and non-medical contact professions such as hairdressers, restricts operation of non-essential shops, and bans outdoor gatherings of more than four people. The measures will begin from March 26 and last for at least four weeks. </text>
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      <text>Belgium announces new strict lockdown measures, which closing schools and non-medical contact professions, such as hairdressers, restricts operation of non-essential shops and ban outdoor gatherings more than four. The measures will begin from March 26 for at least four weeks. </text>
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    <text>Belgium announces new strict lockdown measures, which will close schools and non-medical contact professions such as hairdressers, restrict operation of non-essential shops, and ban outdoor gatherings of more than four people. These measures will begin on March 26 and will last for at least four weeks. </text>
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    <text>First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces that four people from two households will be able to meet outdoors from March 12, three days sooner than expected, as part of easing of their national lockdown. </text>
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      <text>President Emmerson Mnangagwa announces a slight easing of the lockdown in Zimbabwe amid a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases. Inter-city travel is resumed and small and large businesses have been allowed to reopen. </text>
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      <text>President Emmerson Mnangagwa announces a slight easing of the lockdown in Zimbabwe amid a decline of COVID-19 cases. Inter-city travel is resumed and small and large businesses have been allowed to reopen. </text>
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      <text>President Emmerson Mnangagwa sightly ease their lockdown in Zimbabwe amid decline of COVID-19 cases. Inter-city travel are resumed and small and large businesses have been allowed to reopen. </text>
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    <text>President Emmerson Mnangagwa announces a slight easing of the lockdown in Zimbabwe amidst a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases. Intercity travel is resumed, and small and large businesses have been allowed to reopen. </text>
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      <text>Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces the phased reopening of schools from March 1 starting with junior and senior infants as well as senior students facing Leaving Certificate exams. Meanwhile, the government extends the level 5 lockdown restrictions until April 5. </text>
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    <text>Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces the phased reopening of schools beginning on March 1 with junior and senior infants as well as senior students facing Leaving Certificate exams. Meanwhile, the government extends the level 5 lockdown restrictions until April 5. </text>
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      <text>Iraq announces that they will reimpose a partial lockdown from February 18 until March 8 after reporting their first cases of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2. </text>
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      <text>Iraq announces they will reimpose a partial lockdown from February 18 until March 8 after reports of the first cases of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2. </text>
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      <text>Iraq announces to reimpose a partial lockdown from February 18 until March 8 after it reported the first cases of UK variant of SARS-CoV-2. </text>
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    <text>Iraq announces that they will re-impose a partial lockdown from February 18 until March 8 after reporting their first cases of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2. </text>
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      <text>The Assembly of the Republic votes to extend their state of emergency, allowing the government to extend their second lockdown until March 1. </text>
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      <text>The Portuguese Assembly of the Republic votes to extend their state of emergency, allowing the government to extend their second lockdown until March 1. </text>
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      <text>Portuguese Assembly of the Republic votes to extend their state of emergency, allowing the government to extend their second lockdown until March 1. </text>
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    <text>The Assembly of the Republic votes to extend its state of emergency, allowing the government to extend its second lockdown until March 1. </text>
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      <text>The government extends the Level 5 lockdown restrictions until March 5. It also agree to impose 14-day mandatory hotel quarantine for people who travelled to the Republic of Ireland without negative COVID-19 test results as well as arrivals from Brazil and South Africa. </text>
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    <text>The government extends the Level 5 lockdown restrictions until March 5. They also agree to impose a 14-day mandatory hotel quarantine for all travelers without negative COVID-19 test results as well as all travelers from Brazil and South Africa. </text>
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    <text>Queensland declares all of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory to be COVID-19 hotspots and will close its border with both regions on Saturday August 8 at 1 am (AEST). </text>
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  <text>The Australian Capital Territory enters lockdown after the first locally acquired case of COVID-19 in over a year were reported. Every state and territory on the east coast of Australia, where the majority of the national population lives, is now under lockdown. The last time this was the case was at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. </text>
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