Cabinet has approved the extension of the national state of disaster by another month.

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The previous extension only made provision for the coronavirus lockdown until Saturday but it will now last until 15 June. The extension of the national state of disaster comes amid a warning from the Health Department about the rapid increase in new COVID-19 cases in the country.

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