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Europe imposes new restrictions amid 2nd Covid-19 wave
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SME Times News Bureau | 26 Oct, 2020
Several countries in Europe have imposed new restrictive measures amid a second coronavirus wave in the continent.
According
to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the
continent has so far reported a total of 8,343,983 Covid-19 cases, with
251,844 deaths.
On Sunday, France, one of the worst-affected
country, reported a daily record of 52,010 new cases, two days after
becoming the second European nation to register more than 1 million
coronavirus infections, according to the Public Health Agency.
The
grim second wave of the pandemic has forced the French government to
impose curfews in a majority of regions across the country, requiring
more than two-thirds of the French population, or around 46 million
people, to stay home between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. for six weeks.
Struggling
with an explosive rebound, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte
announced on Sunday that pubs, bars, restaurants and ice cream shops
must shut down at 6 p.m. as part of new measures to contain the
pandemic, effective through November 24.
He added that the
government will promote smart working in public administration and that
it "strongly recommends" the private sector do the same in order to
reduce crowding on public transportation.
Spainish Prime Minister
Pedro Sanchez has announced a state of emergency, days after the
country became the first EU member to pass the 1-million-infection mark.
The State of Alarm, effective from Sunday, is due to run 15 days.
But
the prime minister said his government aims to keep it in force until
May 9 next year, a move that will need the support of a majority in the
country's 350-seat congress.
Also on Sunday, another 19,790
people in the UK tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the national
tally to 873,800, with 44,896 death.
The latest figures come as British doctors raised grave concerns about the pandemic situation in the autumn and winter period.
The
alert system entails the closure of pubs and bars in the region unless
they serve substantial meals while different households are banned from
mixing indoors and outdoors, including in private gardens.
Meanwhile,
cases have also risen strongly in Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria and
Lithuania, some of which have reported record daily surges in infections
in recent days.
Having reported record daily increases for five
consecutive days as of Sunday, Croatia's National Civil Protection
Headquarters announced new measures that will take effect on Monday
midnight.
The measures include mandatory physical distancing, a
ban on all public events with more than 50 people, and a new limit on
the number of people attending weddings and funerals.
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