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    Photos: Borders tighten as countries race to contain coronavirus outbreak

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    Photos: Borders tighten as countries race to contain coronavirus outbreak

    Countries around the world have tightened their borders to contain the spread of COVID-19


    Published:  March 19, 2020 12:58 Compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Digital Content Producer

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    A German police officer directs a car at the German-French border after Germany announced border controls, as the country faces an aggressive progression of the coronavirus disease, in Kehl, Germany Image Credit: REUTERS
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    People and police officers gather while the Hungarian-Austrian border is closed, near Nickelsdorf, Austria Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Copy of 2020-03-17T220051Z_1482837760_RC2YLF9QVPJ5_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-HAITI-1584607978324
    A member of the Dominican Republic Armed Forces closes the gate at the border between Malpasse, in Haiti, and Jimani, in Dominican Republic, as seen from Malpasse, Haiti. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Copy of 2020-03-18T224632Z_1162084877_RC2MMF9D32JE_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA-1584608041217
    Recreational vehicles and cars of "snowbirds", a term for people who leave Canada before the snow falls and return in the spring, and other Canadians return after it was announced that the border would close to "non-essential traffic" to combat the spread of novel coronavirus disease at the US-Canada border crossing in Lacolle, Quebec, Canada Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A view of the closed border between Peru and Bolivia, after Peru's government's announcement of the border closure, in Desaguadero, Bolivia Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Copy of 2020-03-18T012253Z_1263230280_RC21MF9YEPXQ_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-PERU-1584608011816
    Health workers take the temperature of a police officer at Jorge Chavez International Airport after the Peruvian government closed the country's borders, in Lima, Peru Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A lorry traffic jam is seen at the German-Polish border checkpoint Forst near Cottbus in Germany Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Men carry a woman across the Tachira river, through an illegal crossing near the Colombian-Venezuelan border, after the Colombian government decided to close the Simon Bolivar international bridge as, in Cucuta, Colombia Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Serbian army soldiers patrol at the Serbia's Batrovci border crossing with Croatia's Bajakovo, as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world near Batrovci, Serbia. Under the new set of restrictions, the Serbian military will take over all border crossings and maintain guard at over a dozen state-operated camps for illegal migrants from Asia and the Middle East. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A passenger awaiting the rescheduling of a cancelled flight is attended to upon fainting at Jorge Chavez International Airport after the Peruvian government closed the country's borders, in Lima, Peru Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Trucks line up to US customs to enter into Blaine, Washington, at the truck route border crossing, after additional measures to combat the spread of novel coronavirus disease were announced, in Surrey, Canada Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A truck driver Anatoly Koval shaves as he waits in a long queue to enter a crossing point at the border between Belarus and Lithuania, as Lithuania closed the borders for foreigners, near the village of Muravevka, Belarus Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Emergency worker checks vehicles at Poland-Germany border following an order from the Polish government to set up controls over coronavirus disease in Kolbaskowo, Poland Image Credit: via REUTERS
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    Stranded passengers sit on the international bridge at the border between Peru and Bolivia, after Peru's government's announcement of the border closure in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, in Desaguadero, Bolivia Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A nurse wearing a protective gear talks of travellers at a one-time special passage created to help people cross the Hungary-Austria border in Hegyeshalom, Hungary Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Austrian police officer checks a car while the Hungarian-Austrian border is closed, near Nickelsdorf, Austria Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A child wearing protective face mask is carried across the border between Colombia and Venezuela at Simon Bolivar international bridge in Cucuta, Colombia Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Peruvian soldiers stand at the border between Peru and Bolivia after Peru's government's announcement of the border closure, in Desaguadero, Bolivia Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A woman gets a temperature check, during coronavirus disease symptoms testing, on the Polish-German border crossing point coming from Frankfurt/Oder, Germany Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A man looks at an information board displaying cancelled flights after Malaysia’s government closed its borders, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A woman wearing a protective mask carries her baby as she walks towards El Paso, Texas, US at the international border bridge Paso del Norte, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A Haitian National Police (PNH) officer looks on as Haitians stand behind him in the border of Malpasse, Haiti. Haiti has suspended flights from Europe, Latin America and Canada and impose major restrictions on the border with the neighbouring Dominican Republic Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A custom worker checks a person's temperature at the border between Chile and Peru, after Chile's government's announcement of the border closure, at Chacalluta check point, Arica, Chile Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A nurse wearing protective gear checks the temperature of a man amid coronavirus disease concerns, at the border check point between Belarus and Lithuania near the village of Kamenny Log, Belarus Image Credit: REUTERS

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