Tough local lockdowns to rapidly isolate new coronavirus sufferers could be thrown in place from Thursday, The Sun can reveal.

Boris Johnson plans to announce the government’s crucial new ‘track and trace’ programme to stamp out new coronavirus contagion trails tomorrow.

He will say it will go live either on Thursday or Friday, when an army of 25,000 contact tracers will begin work hunting down new cases.

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With an increasing number of new COVID-19 cases in Singapore linked to foreign worker dormitories, Minister Lawrence Wong on Thursday (Apr 9) said that the Government was “sparing no effort” to contain the spread of COVID-19 virus in the foreign worker dormitories. “We have a responsibility for these foreign workers who have come all the way here at considerable expense to make a living in Singapore,” Mr Wong said. Singapore will use military camps and floating hotels to accommodate workers who are well. https://cna.asia/2VjdQQV read more

The Quebec government is enacting restrictions on free movement in certain areas to slow the spread of COVID-19. The province now has the highest number of reported cases in Canada.
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The number of novel coronavirus cases has soared to over 150, the most outside Asia, as a dozen Northern Italian towns are on lockdown with the famed Carnival festival canceled.

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