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Britain, Austria and more reimpose lockdowns as COVID-19 cases surge unabated
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Europe is seeing a drastic resurgence of COVID-19 cases, forcing countries to reimpose restrictions in a bid to curb further spread of the virus.
Austria will enter a second national lockdown from Tuesday to the end of November, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced on Saturday.
“You know we are seeing an intense second wave all over Europe,” said Kurz at a press conference, adding that many neighboring countries are already in a second lockdown.
With an almost “explosive increase” of new cases in Austria in the last week, there must be “hard measures,” the chancellor noted.
This time, in contrast to the first lockdown, retail escapes a closure, but social distancing must be properly implemented. Ten square meters must be available for each customer. If the shop is smaller, only one person can be admitted.
In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Saturday that England will enter a month-long lockdown from Thursday.
“Now is the time to take action because there is no alternative,” Johnson said in a virtual press conference at Downing Street.
The prime minister’s announcement of the toughest restrictions, second of its kind since the outbreak in Britain, came just hours after official figures showed that the country’s confirmed cases surge past 1 million mark.
“From Thursday until the start of December you must stay at home, you may only leave home for specific reasons,” he said in the live broadcasted news conference.
France, epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe, on Saturday reported another 35,641 cases in a 24-hour span, though the figure was notably lower than Friday’s 49,215 cases and the daily record of 52,010 cases reported on Oct. 25.
this is a surge in pcr test results which are of unknown relevance and certainly don’t mean cases of “disease” as claimed. It just means perfectly healthy people who tested positive in a fraudulant ‘test’ conducted for a newly invented and unsubstantiated “disease” by highly untrustworthy criminals. Stefan Lanka explained this fraud already months ago in misconception of virus parts 1 and 2.