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Brazil’s Biggest State to Begin Quarantine to Slow Virus

Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk down a street in Sao Paulo on March 19. — Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk down a street in Sao Paulo on March 19.
Photographer: Rodrigo Capote/Bloomberg

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By Felipe Marques

March 21, 2020 at 10:44 PM UTC

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March 22, 2020 at 5:20 PM UTC

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Brazil’s biggest state will begin a 15-day quarantine on Tuesday, with all non-essential stores closing, to slow the rise of Covid-19 cases in Latin America’s biggest nation.