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Slovakia Imposes Strict Covid Lockdown as Hospitals Get Overrun
- Government closes restaurants and most shops, imposes curfew
- Lockdown starts on Thursday, will be reviewed after two weeks
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Slovakia imposed a strict lockdown, including a curfew, as it is struggling to curb one of the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks.
The government of the European Union nation approved a state of emergency starting on Thursday and closed most retail businesses for at least two weeks, Prime Minister Eduard Heger said on Wednesday. Residents can only leave their homes to go to work or school and to visit essential shops and services.