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| - Fresh outbreaks of the coronavirus have led to renewed, more localised, lockdowns, including the latest in Catalonia, the Indian state of Bihar and the rollbacks to reopening in California. Here is an overview: - SPAIN: The Catalan regional government on Wednesday told residents to stay home in an area in and around the northeastern city of Lerida, a measure affecting around 160,000 people. They are allowed to leave to go to work, buy food or medication, or to exercise. Moves to reconfine the local population had triggered a legal standoff on July 13 when a local court blocked the new order, prompting the regional government to enact legislative changes. - PORTUGAL: Lockdown at home has been in place since July 1 for 700,000 inhabitants in the Lisbon region, for a period of at least two weeks. - BRITAIN: On June 30 the city of Leicester began a localised two-week lockdown with non-essential shops shutting. Facemasks will be compulsory in all shops and supermarkets in England from July 24. - INDIA: The northern Indian state of Bihar, with a population of around 125 million people, will go into a 15-day lockdown from July 16 to July 31. The southern city and IT hub Bangalore, home to more than 13 million people, also began a week-long confinement on July 14. New restrictions have also been introduced in the western city of Pune and other states including Uttar Pradesh, home to 200 million people, badly hit Tamil Nadu and Assam. - THE PHILIPPINES: The 250,000 inhabitants of Navotas, a district in Manila, will go back into lockdown for two weeks in the coming days, an official said on July 13. - AZERBAIJAN: A strict lockdown was reinstated from June 22 to August 1. - UZBEKISTAN: The central Asian nation imposed a new lockdown on July 10. Restaurants, sports centres, swimming pools and non-food shops are closed until August 1. - UNITED STATES: California on July 13 drastically rolled back its reopening plans and ordered all indoor restaurants, bars and cinemas to close again. Churches, gyms, shopping malls, hair salons and non-essential offices must shut indoor operations in half of state's worst-hit and most densely populated counties, including Los Angeles. - ARGENTINA: A toughening of lockdown measures in Buenos Aires and its surrounding area has been imposed from July 1 to 17. - COLOMBIA: Bogota on July 13 enforced a strict zonal lockdown, affecting 2.5 million people, to restrict movement for the next two weeks. - MOROCCO: The city of Tangiers and its population of around one million, has been locked down again since July 13. - MADAGASCAR: The capital Antananarivo has gone under a fresh lockdown to last until July 20. - SOUTH AFRICA: A curfew from 9:00 pm to 4:00 am came back into effect on July 13. - WEST BANK: The Palestinian Authority on July 12 extended a lockdown of the occupied West Bank decided on July 3, also imposing a curfew. - ISRAEL: New restrictions came into force on July 7, including the closure of bars and sports centres and a limit on the number of people in public places. Some towns and neighbourhoods across the country, considered pandemic hotspots, are living under even stricter restrictions. - AUSTRALIA: Five million people have been obliged to stay at home since July 9 for six weeks in Australia's second biggest city Melbourne. The state of Victoria, where Melbourne is located, has closed all its borders to protect the rest of the country. bur-ber-eab/txw
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