By Tyler Durden
As with the first set of lockdowns in the spring, the
restrictions meant to curb the renewed spread of�Covid-19 in
Europe are happening fast and all at once.
Spain and France, where a second wave of infections spread from
mid-July, led the way by imposing local lockdowns from early and
mid-October, respectively. While France announced a
national lockdown to start Friday, Spain’s local solution now
includes several major provinces.
Germany is following these cues to lock down the country
starting Nov. 2 (opting for the national route), and
as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz notes, several other
European countries followed suit this week – among them Poland,
which explicitly does not call its new measures a lockdown while
still applying all the hallmark restrictions from restaurant and
school closures to cancelling cultural and other events, limiting
the number of groups that can meet to five, restricting hotel
access and urging people not to travel around the country.
You will find more infographics at Statista
Several more countries have introduced curfews to
harness the spread of the coronavirus, forbidding their citizens to
move around during night hours without a good
reason. Spain is imposing
this measure nationwide in addition to local lockdowns. Italy
recently started to employ a similar approach while adding early
closing of restaurants into the mix. Still, opposition to the
measures has been fierce in both countries. National curfews are
also in place in Slovenia, Slovakia, Cyprus and Hungary, where all
bars and restaurants are closed.
As with the first wave of lockdowns, enforcement varies
significantly between countries, with Germany merely
urging residents to stay at home, while more stringent checks are
customary in Spain and France. Unlike the first time around,
several governments imposing restrictions have said that they are
expecting to ease them again rather soon, starting in early
December.
We won’t hold our breath.
Source:
Zero Hedge
Image: Pixabay
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