Coronavirus: Europe further tightens curbs to stem second wave as global deaths top 1.3 million
- Infections have flared throughout America and Europe, with governments forced to take more drastic action despite the economic costs
- Even with a vaccine expected soon, a top WHO expert warned that growing public distrust could make effective treatments useless against the pandemic
Infections have flared throughout America and Europe, with governments forced to take more drastic action despite the potential devastation of their economies.
Greece, battling a saturated national health system, has shut down all schools and imposed a nationwide night curfew from Friday.
The government announced the closure of primary schools, kindergartens and day care centres, with secondary schools already closed and all lessons online since Monday.
“Closing junior schools was the last thing we wanted to do. This is a measure of how serious the situation is,” said Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Saturday.
In Italy, Naples plunged into the “red zone” of tough restrictions on a total of seven regions, or 26 million of the 60 million population.
