Coronavirus Europe

• Fast-spreading variants boost coronavirus surge across Europe

  Europe recorded 1 million new COVID-19 cases last week, an increase of 9% from the previous week and a reversal that ended a six-week decline in new infections.

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  Mar 6, 2021
  
• EU chief expresses ‘deep regret’ over vaccine rollout, export control threats

  The EU chief went on to say that the bloc's much-criticized vaccine rollout could be partly blamed on the EU being over-optimistic, over-confident, and plainly "late."

  Feb 10, 2021
  
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• Music festival organizers in Belgium want to help with coronavirus vaccine rollout

  With nothing on their agendas for months to come, music festival organizers want to use their know-how to help the country's vaccination campaign.

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  Nov 30, 2020
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• Germany becomes 12th country to surpass 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases

  Germany will probably have to stick with measures to dampen the coronavirus pandemic into January, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.

  World

  Nov 27, 2020
• Not yet clear if new coronavirus restrictions in Germany will be extended: minister

  Germany is just one European country that has seen a sudden surge in COVID-19 infections, sparking a new wave of restrictions or outright lockdowns.

  World

  Nov 13, 2020
• Coronavirus cases soar in Russia as Europe battles increasing infections

  Coronavirus infections hit a new high this week in Russia, while Germany and the U.K. announced plans to expand virus testing as European nations battled rapidly increasing infections and hospitalizations that strained health care systems.

  World

  Nov 3, 2020
• New rules and shutdowns sweep across Europe as coronavirus cases rise

  In Germany, restaurants, bars, theatres, cinemas, gyms and other leisure facilities closed in a four-week "wave-breaker" shutdown.

  Nov 2, 2020
• Europe braces for a ‘difficult winter’ as it breaks coronavirus records

  WHO’s European regional director Dr. Hans Kluge said “hospitalizations have risen to levels unseen since the spring” and deaths have sharply risen by more than 30 per cent.

  World

  Oct 29, 2020
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• France has ‘lost control’ of coronavirus, may need 2nd lockdown, doctors warn

  Nations across Europe enact more sweeping restrictions to try to slow surging infection rates.

  World

  Oct 26, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Curfews, restrictions expand across Europe as cases rise

  Italy, Greece and France have all placed curfews amid the pandemic.

  World

  Oct 22, 2020