{"id":142315,"date":"2021-11-27T16:44:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T20:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=142315"},"modified":"2021-11-28T11:05:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T15:05:21","slug":"listen-pm-says-antigua-could-postpone-lifting-curfew-in-light-of-new-covid-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/listen-pm-says-antigua-could-postpone-lifting-curfew-in-light-of-new-covid-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"PM: Government could reverse decision to lift state of emergency and curfew because of Omicron"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2240822989\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Postpaid_Come Cross Postpaid 1200x400_Opt.1_1\"><img 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