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Lockdowns may not be effective in all EMs

Lockdowns have proved successful at limiting the spread of coronavirus in the likes of China, Korea and the Czech Republic, but they are likely to be less effective in poorer countries – notably much of Africa, India and Bangladesh – where households are larger and social distancing will be harder to enforce.

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