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Equatorial Guinea said on Tuesday it would impose a curfew for the first time, limit flights and reintroduce other restrictions after the rebound in coronavirus cases in the West African country.
The small state, led by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, 78 for 41 years, reduced a string of tightly enforced restrictions in August.
But bars, restaurants, nightclubs, casinos and other “leisure sites” will be closed again, according to a decree read on television on Tuesday.
But places of worship, which were closed in the first wave last year, will remain open.
Added to these measures is the country’s first curfew, which will run from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., as well as a reduction in thefts.
Domestic flights will be reduced to one per day, while international flights will be reduced to two per week for domestic airlines and one per week for international carriers.
The wearing of masks in public places will remain compulsory.
Equatorial Guinea, a country of 1.3 million people, has officially recorded 5,614 cases of coronavirus, of which 87 have been fatal.
But Tuesday’s decree warned of “the aggressive spread of the pandemic.”
According to official figures reported on public television, there were less than 15 cases per week by the end of 2020, compared to more than 50 per week currently.
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