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- Schools to close from the end of the day on Friday except for children of key workers and the most vulnerable.
- Some Dorset schools already closed or partially closed.
- Supermarkets continue to be very busy at opening times.
- Hospitals enforce visitor restrictions.
- 2,626 positive tests for coronavirus across UK with 104 deaths as of 9am on Wednesday, March 19.
- Seven positive tests in the BCP Council area and five in the Dorset Council area.
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