▁With ▁Love ". ▁ ▁Rest ▁of ▁Europe ▁ ▁As ▁cases ▁of ▁the ▁virus ▁spread ▁to ▁and ▁took ▁hold ▁in ▁more ▁European ▁countries , ▁many ▁followed ▁the ▁earlier ▁examples ▁of ▁China ▁and ▁Italy ▁and ▁began ▁inst itut ing ▁policies ▁of ▁lock down . ▁Notable ▁among ▁these ▁were ▁Ireland ▁( where ▁schools ▁have ▁been ▁closed ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁March ▁and ▁limits ▁set ▁on ▁sizes ▁of ▁meet ings ), ▁Spain ▁( where ▁a ▁lock down ▁was ▁announced ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁March ), ▁Czech ▁Republic , ▁Norway , ▁Den mark , ▁I cel and , ▁Poland , ▁Turkey ▁and ▁France , ▁while ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁notice ably ▁lag ged ▁behind ▁in ▁adopt ing ▁such ▁measures . ▁▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 1 8 ▁March , ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 5 0 ▁million ▁people ▁are ▁in ▁lock down ▁across ▁Europe . ▁ ▁Rest ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁immediate ▁context ▁of ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁pan demic ▁in ▁Wu han , ▁countries ▁neighbour ing ▁or ▁close ▁to ▁China ▁adopted ▁a ▁c aut ious ▁approach . ▁For ▁example , ▁Sri ▁L anka , ▁Mac au , ▁Hong ▁Kong , ▁Vietnam , ▁Japan ▁and ▁South ▁Korea ▁had ▁all ▁im posed ▁some ▁degree ▁of ▁lock down ▁by ▁ 1 9 ▁February . ▁As ▁countries ▁across ▁the ▁world ▁reported ▁es cal ating ▁case ▁numbers ▁and ▁death s , ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁countries ▁began ▁to ▁announ ce ▁travel ▁restrictions ▁and ▁lock down s . ▁Africa ▁and ▁South ▁America ▁were ▁relatively ▁delayed ▁in ▁the ▁spread ▁of ▁the ▁virus , ▁but ▁even ▁on