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FILE PHOTO: A journalist walks in front a wall at Tamara prison, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras has extended a curfew by one week through June 14 in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, security ministry spokesman Jair Meza said on Sunday.
Meza made the announcement on national television even as the Central American country is about to begin the gradual re-opening of its economy on Monday.
Reporting by Gustavo Palencia; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman
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