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Shoppers buy face masks on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland, on Tuesday. Ireland's government is putting the country at its highest level of coronavirus restrictions for six weeks in a bid to combat a rise in infections.

Health & Safety

Ireland To Impose 6-Week National Lockdown, Estimates 150,000 Job Losses

4:43pm October 20, 2020

by Reese Oxner

Under the lockdown, nonessential retail businesses will be closed, and restaurants and bars will be takeout only. Residents are to stay within about a 3-mile radius of their homes.

Screenshot of a chart comparing projected cases in scenarios where preventative measures were not taken.

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Modelers Suggest Pandemic Lockdowns Saved Millions From Dying Of COVID-19

3:22pm June 09, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

Researchers cast a backward look to see what might have happened during the first months of the coronavirus crisis without any preventive measures.