New restrictions unveiled across Europe as COVID-19 cases continue to rise on the continent, with several countries reporting record one-day rises in cases this week.
Early cases of COVID-19 are believed to be linked to a live-animal market in Wuhan, China.Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
Among the new rules are wider mask mandates, restrictions on social gatherings and curbs to the hospitality industry, just months after theItaly, Germany and France all reported record single-day rises in cases, though that has not translated into the similar death counts seen in the early days of the pandemic.
"At the moment it's mainly young people getting infected, because they want to party, want to travel and because they feel invulnerable, but they are not," he said.A sign outlining social distancing is displayed near customers in Jackson's Bar in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland on Oct. 8, 2020. In England, proposals for a new lockdown have been speculated in the British media over the past few weeks, but so far the government is dealing with the pandemic by placing local restrictions on social gatherings particularly in the north of the country. Social gatherings of more than six people from different households are now banned.
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