KHARTOUM — Sudan is extending a lockdown in the state of Khartoum aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus by one week until July 7, the government spokesman said on Sunday. From July 8 there will be a gradual return to normal, though a night curfew will be imposed from 6 p.m. until 5 a.m., spokesman Faisal Salih said. Sudan has confirmed 9,258 cases of the novel coronavirus, including 572 deaths. Authorities have extended the closure of Khartoum’s international airport until July 12. In North Darfur, the corona pandemic emergency technical committee announced the expansion of the pandemic to include 10 localities in the state, after the emergence of cases in the localities of El Waha, Tawila, Mellit and Darelsalam. In its report, the committee expressed its concern about what it described as complacency in the application of some health decisions and requirements, noting that there are crowded markets and bakeries and the overcrowding of patient attendants in front of hospitals and others. — Agencies