(ANSA-AFP) - VIENNA, MARCH 20 - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian
Kurz said Friday his country would extend strict measures put in
place to stem the coronavirus pandemic until April 13.
Austria ordered schools and restaurants shut from Monday and
is allowing people to only leave home in very limited
circumstances, such as working -- if it is not possible to work
from home -- buying food or helping others.
"The measures will be extended until April 13," Kurz told
reporters. "We will continuously evaluate if from April 14 we
can lift the measures step by step to get back to business as
usual."
On Friday, the Alpine nation of almost nine million people
said it had recorded more than 2,200 cases of the novel
coronavirus and six deaths. (ANSA-AFP).
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