6/12/2023 0 Comments Europe lockdown![]() Find all of our coronavirus coverage and travel resources here. We're reporting on how COVID-19 impacts travel on a daily basis. The COVID-19 related lockdown measures have drastically altered criminal trends within Europe, with the economic downturn and disruption to global travel. If this is what it takes to get to the end of this-it's what needs to be done.” The national lockdown the first in Europe this fall starts Monday and will last for 10 days minimum, and could be extended for a further 10 days, Schallenberg told reporters at a news. “Yet we know that we have to do whatever is necessary. “The initial sentiment was one of ‘oh no,’” says Andrea Grisdale, a travel specialist at ICBellagio, from her home in Lake Como, Italy. The Czech Republic, which recorded over 12,000 new cases on Saturday, has imposed a full lockdown and closed its borders to travelers. Belgian hospitals have also suspended non-urgent surgeries, as hospital occupancy increased by 87 percent in the past week. Belgium, which currently has the second-highest infection rate in Europe after the Czech Republic, is also experiencing a surge of cases (with case counts nearly 8 times those recorded in the spring), forcing those who had returned to offices to work from home once again. Poland has seen case counts double in less than three weeks, forcing the country to enter a nationwide “red zone” lockdown that has partially closed restaurants and primary schools (President Andrzej Duda has recently tested positive). On Sunday, nearly 20,000 new cases were reported. These rules could last for as long as six months, Johnson says. The Netherlands is poised to impose Western Europe’s first Covid-19 lockdown since the summer on Friday, according to multiple news reports, part of a string of new restrictions across the. ![]() nightly, offices were closed once again, gatherings of more than six were banned, and fines were announced for anyone leaving home without a mask. Pubs and restaurants were forced to close at 10 p.m. In the U.K., prime minister Boris Johnson (who contracted COVID-19 earlier this year) also announced a new wave of restrictions in late September, as infections began to rise. The situation has yet to improve: This Saturday, the country announced more than 50,000 new infections, which was a new record for the fourth day in a row. France, home to the fifth worst outbreak in the world, began locking down for a second time in late September, beginning with restaurant closures in the southern cities of Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, followed by two-week bar, gym, and pool closures in cities including Paris, announced in early October. ![]() New cases have increased by more than 50 percent over the past two weeks, bypassing daily case counts from April, according to The New York Times.Ĭases continue to spike in neighboring countries as well. More than one million cases have been reported in Spain, with 34,752 reported deaths as of Monday. These restrictions will be in place for 15 days, though Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez says he would ask parliament to extend the rules for six months if needed, warning of “tough months” ahead.
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