Europe Coronavirus

• Europe ramps up COVID-19 vaccinations as people celebrate 2nd Easter amid pandemic

  The city of Sarcelles north of Paris was among those where officials kept vaccine sites open Sunday amid mushrooming infections and demand.

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  Apr 4, 2021
  
• Europe’s drug agency says it will need 4 more weeks to approve first COVID-19 vaccine

  The agency also said Tuesday it could decide as early as Jan. 12 whether to approve an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna Inc.

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  Dec 1, 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.

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  Nov 27, 2020
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• U.K.’s Boris Johnson self-isolating after contact with coronavirus case

  Johnson met lawmakers in Downing Street on Thursday, including Lee Anderson, a Conservative Party member who subsequently developed COVID-19 symptoms and tested positive.

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  Nov 15, 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.

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  Nov 13, 2020
• Ireland reimposes lockdown measures as coronavirus cases surge

  Unlike the first lockdown, this time, schools will stay open and essential services such as construction are allowed to continue.

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  Oct 20, 2020
• ‘Reliving the nightmare’: Hospitals under pressure in Italy as coronavirus cases surge

  In response to the new surge, Premier Giuseppe Conte's government twice tightened nationwide restrictions inside a week.

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  Oct 14, 2020
• Europe weighs new restrictions after 700,000 new coronavirus cases in a week

  It's a jump of 34 per cent compared to the previous week, with Britain, France, Russia and Spain accounting for more than half of new infections recorded in the region.

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  Oct 13, 2020
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• Europe scrambles as second coronavirus wave overwhelms several countries

  Record high daily infections in several countries have made clear that Europe never really crushed the COVID-19 curve as hoped, after springtime lockdowns.

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  Oct 10, 2020
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• Europe tightens coronavirus restrictions as infections surge

  The growing push to reimpose tough new measures in Europe to beat back a scourge that was seemingly under control in the spring contributed to a sharp drop on Wall Street in the morning.

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  Sep 21, 2020