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Italy and Kenya Become Latest Nations to Order New Coronavirus Lockdowns

HeadlineNov 05, 2020

Italy has ordered four regions into lockdown to slow community spread of the coronavirus, joining Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and other European countries with tough new measures.

Kenya has ordered bars and restaurants to close and will ban political gatherings for two months, as an exponential rise in coronavirus cases threatens to surpass July’s peak.

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