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Peru President Announces Two-Week Lockdown to Curb a Rise in COVID-19
Infections

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   Peru begins a15-daylockdown Sunday innine regionsand the capital,
   Lima,tocurb asecond surgein COVID-19 cases.

   On Tuesday night,PresidentFranciscoSagastiannounced
   thatmetropolitanLima andthe regions ofLima, Callao, Ancash,
   Pasco,Huanuco, Junin, Huancavelica, Ica, and Apurimacwillbe
   underrestrictionsfrom January 31 to February 14.

   During the lockdown, people can leave home only
   topurchasenecessitiesandare urged to work from home.Restaurantswill
   onlyaccommodatetakeout ordersand non-essential businesseswillclose.

   A curfew willbe in effectbetween 8:00p.m. and 4:00a.m.with restrictions
   on personal vehicularuse on Saturday and Sunday.

   PresidentSagastisaysPeru will keeprestrictions for international
   flights from Europe, as well as Brazil,where moreeasily spreadstrainsof
   the virushave been detected.

   So far, Peru has more than 1,093,000 confirmed COVID-19 infections and
   39,608 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins UniversityCOVID Resource
   Center.

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