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Nov 19, 2021

Japan unleashes more pandemic stimulus as European nations go back into lockdown

From the BBC World Service: The Japanese government has announced nearly half a trillion dollars to provide further economic support from the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Austria announces a full national lockdown starting Monday, while Germany won’t rule out a similar move. And, after a year’s long protest by hundreds of thousands of farmers in India, the government vows to repeal controversial farm laws. 

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A medical staff walks past an empty bed on an intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital of the Salzburg state clinics in Salzburg, Austria, on November 17, 2021, during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. - On November 15, Austria became the first EU country to lockdown the unvaccinated in a bid to halt spiralling virus infection rates of around 12,000 per day in the country of 8.9 million. - Austria OUT (Photo by BARBARA GINDL / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT (Photo by BARBARA GINDL/APA/AFP via Getty Images)
A medical staff walks past an empty bed on an intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital of the Salzburg state clinics in Salzburg, Austria, on November 17, 2021, during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. - On November 15, Austria became the first EU country to lockdown the unvaccinated in a bid to halt spiralling virus infection rates of around 12,000 per day in the country of 8.9 million. - Austria OUT (Photo by BARBARA GINDL / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT (Photo by BARBARA GINDL/APA/AFP via Getty Images)

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