Lockdown

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1. COVID-19.

Severe restrictions on people's movement and public gatherings, together with the closure of non-essential businesses and the cancellation of events, designed to reduce the spread of COVID-19.


2.

Any emergency measure or condition in which people are temporarily prevented from entering or leaving a restricted area or building, during a threat.


3.

The confinement of prisoners to their cells for all or most of the day as a temporary security measure.


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