(NPR) New COVID-19 Outbreaks Are Driving Some Places Back Under Lockdown And Behind Masks

New COVID-19 Outbreaks Are Driving Some Places Back Under Lockdown And Behind Masks



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New COVID-19 Outbreaks Are Driving Some Places Back Under Lockdown And Behind Masks







People line up in their cars to get tested for COVID-19 at a pop-up testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney on June 25. Parts of Sydney will go into lockdown late Friday after a coronavirus outbreak in Australia's largest city continued to grow.



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New COVID-19 Outbreaks Are Driving Some Places Back Under Lockdown And Behind Masks






Health officials around the world announced further restrictions this week as they see clusters of outbreaks due to the Delta variant of the coronavirus.