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Red Cross workers place a coffin, containing someone who died of Ebola, into a grave on October 11 in Mubende, Uganda

Uganda introduces its first Ebola lockdown while it waits for vaccines

19 October 2022

Officials in Uganda have introduced a 21-day lockdown in the Mubende and Kassanda districts in a bid to tackle the ongoing outbreak
ZAOZHUANG, CHINA - MARCH 23, 2020 - Ten thousand mu peach blossom in full bloom, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, China, March 23, 2020.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Costfoto / Barcroft Studios / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

China's covid-19 lockdowns brought forward spring bloom by eight days

25 August 2021

Clearer skies from restrictions on traffic during the covid-19 pandemic seem to have brought forward China’s spring by around eight days, resulting in so much vegetation growth that the country was almost a fifth "greener"
Air pollution halved in first UK lockdown but fell less in the third

Air pollution halved in first UK lockdown but fell less in the third

27 April 2021

During the first coronavirus lockdown, air pollution halved in the UK, but more recent lockdowns saw a drop of only 28 per cent as more people used gas boilers while working from home and for keeping warm during the winter

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