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Tunisian streets fall silent under coronavirus curfew

A general view shows empty streets at the entrance of Ariana city during a curfew to counter the spread of the coronavirus, near Tunis, Tunisia March 18, 2020.

The only sounds at dusk on Wednesday as Tunisia’s first night of a curfew against coronavirus kept traffic from the streets were barking dogs and, faintly in the wind above the scent of orange blossom, Koranic recitations from a mosque.

Police have set up some checkpoints on highways and the army will also be deployed for two weeks to stop people leaving their homes between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., except for security and emergency personnel or those seeking urgent medical assistance.

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