Article 55HTC Coronavirus: Bogotá to re-enter strict lockdown –as it happened

Coronavirus: Bogotá to re-enter strict lockdown –as it happened

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Melissa Davey (now); Kevin Rawlinson, Martin Belam
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US prison officials have announced California will release up to 8,000 people from state prisons to curb the spread of Covid-19 throughout the institutions.

Officials on Friday announced three separate efforts, approved by the governor, Gavin Newsom, that they say will decrease the prison population by 8,ooo by the end of August. The measures mark the largest release efforts the state administration has taken since Covid-19 began to circulate among prison staff and incarcerated people.

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