Coronavirus news updates: concern as Britons defy stay-at-home orders; Italy tightens lockdown
Indian PM urges citizens to observe restrictions but there are concerns in the UK after Britons flock to seaside towns in defiance of orders to stay at home. Follow all the developments live
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Another Australian state is effectively closing its borders by requiring all entrants to undergo 14 days quarantine.
The Western Australian border will close at 1.30pm Tuesday, at the same time as South Australia and the Northern Territory. The WA police commissioner Chis Dawson indicated that self-isolation would occur at the point of arrival.
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Two people are dead and six wounded in a protest at a Sri Lankan prison where guards fired on inmates to prevent them from fleeing.
Prisoners at the Anuradhapura prison, about 200km from Colombo, were complaining about the decision by the authorities not to allow visitors as a move to contain the virus.
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