Traffic jams return as COVID-19 lockdowns ease

Countries are slowly lifting restrictions that have been in place due to coronavirus

Last updated: May 12, 2020 | 10:50

Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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Commuters make their way along a busy road after the government eased the nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Karachi.

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Traffic in downtown Beirut as Lebanon gradually eases its lockdown measures against the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus.

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A general view of a road traffic and the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) building in the background, after Pakistan started easing the lockdown as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Motorists queue in a traffic gridlock as commercial activities return at the end of a five-week COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Heavy traffic jam seen at NH 24 after some restriction lifted on the first day of the third round of nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi.

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Motorcyclists are seen at a traffic junction after a few restrictions were lifted during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India.

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Commuters make their way along a busy road after the government eased the nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Karachi.

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Motorists queue in a traffic gridlock as commercial activities return at the end of a five-week COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown in Lagos, Nigeria.

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A man (in white) distributes food to people in need during a road traffic after the government eased the nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Karachi.

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Traffic jam near Ghazipur following the relaxation of restrictions during the nationwide lockdown, imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus in New Delhi.

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Commuters ride on their bicycles as cars stop at the traffic light in Paris on the first day of France's easing of lockdown measures in place for 55 days to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus.

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Heavy traffic fills the ring road in Paris during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease.

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A general view of a road traffic after Pakistan started easing the lockdown as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Karachi.

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Motorists are pictured in morning rush hour traffic on a congested road in Hanoi.

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