Latvia is first country to reimpose lockdown in Europe’s new Covid wave
by Pjotr Sauer in Moscow from on (#5QXY1)
Former coronavirus success story announces month of restrictions including night-time curfew
Latvia has announced a month-long Covid-19 lockdown after an unprecedented surge in infections, becoming the first country in Europe to reimpose far-reaching restrictions as countries across the continent suffer a new wave of cases.
The Baltic country has one of the highest rates of new Covid cases per capita in the world, according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after successfully keeping the virus at bay for months.
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