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Coronavirus lockdowns around the world in 2020 | South China Morning Post

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The world was shocked when China imposed a draconian lockdown on the central city of Wuhan in January 2020 in an attempt to contain a new coronavirus that would develop into a global pandemic. As Covid-19 spread around the world, so did lockdowns. As of the first week of April, about half of the world’s population o…

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