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Iceland orders pubs to close for fours days to contain COVID-19 spread

FILE PHOTO: A man with a face mask walks past a tourist shop as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Reykjavik, Iceland, September 3, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley

Iceland has ordered the closure of entertainment venues and pubs in the capital area for four days between September 18-21 in order to counteract the spread of COVID-19, the government said in a statement on Friday.

(Reporting by Nikolaj Skydsgaard; Editing by Jon Boyle)

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