Algeria tightening travel curbs to contain virus

Algeria will reimpose travel restrictions and increase testing in a bid to stop a rise in novel coronavirus infections, the government said on Thursday. Under the measure, citizens will be barred from travelling to and from 29 provinces including the capital, Algiers, the government said in a statement after a meeting chaired by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to discuss the health situation. The authorities last month eased restrictions, shortening a curfew to 8pm to 5am from 7pm to 7am in those provinces and ending it in the remaining 19. —