Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to come together like they did in the spring to slow the spread of the coronavirus as the country posted another daily record of new cases Saturday.
“Difficult months are ahead of us,” she said in her weekly video podcast. “How winter will be, how our Christmas will be, that will all be decided in these coming days and weeks, and it will be decided by our behavior.”
Meanwhile, new restrictions went into effect in several other European nations in an effort to staunch the resurgence of the pandemic.
The World Health Organization has warned that intensive care units in a number of European cities could reach maximum capacity in the coming weeks if the number of infections doesn’t slow.
French - Curfews in Paris and eight other cities.
Britain - Tier-3 regional approach to battle the pandemic. On Saturday tier-2 cities like London and York.
Northern Ireland - Lockdown lasting four weeks came into force Friday.
Czech Republic - new restrictive measures after the number of new infections surpassed 10,000 for the first time.
Italy - Strict measures, including a shutdown of schools for two weeks.
Covid-19 spreads in Europe, Canada
Europe — which in CNBC’s analysis of Hopkins data includes the 27 European Union countries plus the United Kingdom — is reporting an average of roughly 97,000 new cases per day, up 44% from one week ago.
Meanwhile, Canada is experiencing a second wave of coronavirus infections as the provinces of Quebec and Ontario report the bulk of the country’s Covid-19 death toll, Carissa Etienne, WHO’s regional director for the Americas, said on Wednesday.
Reference: CNBC, BBC
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