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Table 1.

Lockdown dates for different countries. Source: Own elaboration with data from Website 1. (Web 1, 2020)

Cities	Lockdown dates 2020	Density of population	Lockdown ease 2020
Hong Kong (China)	23^rd January	6.764 inhabit/km²	8^th of April
Los Angeles (USA)	19^th March	3.046 inhabit/ km²	15^th of June
London (UK)	23^rd March	5.713 inhabit/ km²	19^th of July
São Paulo (Brazil)	24^th March	8.106 inhabit/ km²	11^th of June
Bangalore (India)	24^th March	11.394 inhabit/ km²	31^st May
Johannesburg (South Africa)	26^th March	3.425 inhabit/ km²	25^th of July
Sydney (Australia)	31^st March	2.951inhabit/ km²	2^nd June