World leaders have implemented strict measures in their countries to halt the spread of Covid-19.
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World leaders have implemented strict measures in their countries to halt the spread of Covid-19.

The measures include enforcing staying at home, travel bans, school closures and prohibitions on gatherings.

Here are some of the strict measures taken by world leaders in five countries.

Austria
Austrians have been urged to self-isolate, with police deployed to disperse groups of more than five in public.

Gatherings of more than five people are allowed only for activities serving to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the country.arks, schools and public gardens have been shut and people are allowed to exercise only around their homes.

The publication added that people would also be restricted to each municipality for reasons other than “non-deferrable and proven business, health reasons or other urgent matters”.

US
Individual states dramatically ramped up restrictions, with New York and Illinois joining California in ordering residents to stay home.

The order applies to everyone, except for those who are needed to maintain continuity of operation of the federal critical infrastructure sectors.

South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the outbreak a national disaster last Sunday.

He announced a ban on travel from high-risk countries, including Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Germany, the US, the UK and China.

Ramaphosa also closed down 53 of the country’s 72 ports of entry (land, sea and air).