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The United Kingdom has taken its biggest step yet out of lockdown, with rules easing in England, Scotland and Wales despite mounting concern over the spread of a highly contagious coronavirus variant. From Monday, for the first time in…

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi called for a nationwide lockdown as the country  reports 357,229 new cases over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose 3,449 for a toll of 222,408, Read Also: India’s COVID cases near 20…

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has lifted the COVID-19 lockdown he imposed last month, allowing for a reopening of bars and restaurants, religious services and schools, as the rate of infections eases in the East African country. Curbs…

Turkey is re-introducing weekend lockdowns in most provinces and will impose restrictions over the Muslim holy month of Ramadan following a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases. Read Also: China to provide 10 million vaccine doses to COVAX…

About 4,000 people will attend the BRIT Awards next month, in what organisers of Britain's pop music honours said would be the first major indoor music event with a live audience as the country emerges from COVID-19 lockdown. The ceremony,…

South Sudan ministry of health officials said they plan to extend the one-month-long partial lockdown imposed recently following rapid rise in positive cases of COVID-19. Richard Lako, incident manager for COVID-19 in the ministry of…

Israel plans to reopen restaurants around March 9 and restart tourism with Cyprus as part of a gradual return to normality thanks to a COVID-19 vaccination campaign, officials said on Sunday. With more than 41% of Israelis having…

Rwanda’s capital city will remain locked down for seven more days, the government said. “To further contain the spread of the pandemic, the cabinet extended existing measures countrywide including the current lockdown in the City of…

Lebanon’s second city of Tripoli has witnessed its third straight night of angry protests and riots, with hundreds of people taking to the streets to denounce harsh living conditions and insufficient government aid during a strict…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has urged the Federal Government to avoid locking down the economy again due to the increasing number of confirmed cases and deaths from the second wave of COVID-19, stating that the lockdown on the economy…