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2 Min Read March 9 (Reuters) - Estonian government banned groups larger than two people on Tuesday, closed non-essential shops and told restaurants to switch to take-aways as part of a drive to contain a surge in COVID-19 infections. Primary school will have to switch to online education, which was mandated to older students earlier this month in the Baltic nation of 1.3 million battles the second highest per capita rate of infections in the European Union after the Czech Republic. The government said it had recorded 1,336 COVID-19 cases over the previous 14 days per 100,000 people, more than twice the level seen a month ago and a fifth more than last week, when it told restaurants and many shops to close during weekend to control the surge.

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