Algeria extends curfew to nine more provinces over coronavirus outbreak


  • World
  • Friday, 27 Mar 2020

A general view shows an empty street after a curfew was imposed from 7pm-7am to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Algiers, Algeria March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria will impose a curfew in nine more provinces to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the prime minister's office said on Friday.

The government this week imposed a curfew in the capital and a full lockdown in the neighbouring province of Blida.

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