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Coronavirus: latest live updates across Dorset

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  • - All schools across the UK will be closed until further notice from Friday, March 20
  • - As of 9am on Tuesday, there were six confirmed cases of coronavirus in the BCP Council area and two in Dorset
  • - Monkey World has announced it will be closing to members of the public from 5pm today
  • - New Forest District Council has closed all its health and leisure centres until the end of the month
  • - Highcliffe School is closed to year 9 pupils today
  • - Bournemouth & Poole College is closing its sites to students from 3pm today
  • - Tesco is reducing opening times for all its 24 hour stores
  • - Sainsbury's is the latest supermarket to announce elderly-only shopping

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