Brunei extends partial lockdown amid daily spike of over 100 Covid-19 cases


The new cases included 120 local infections and two imported cases. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 21 (Xinhua): Brunei extended its partial Covid-19 national lockdown measures for two weeks, as the country reported 122 new cases on Saturday, bringing the national tally to 1,455.

"Taking into account that the current situation is still unstable in Brunei Darussalam, it is hereby announced that the control measures that have been restricted and informed during the Ministry of Health's press conference on Aug. 7 and Aug. 9, 2021, are extended until Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021," the health ministry said in a press statement.

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