Some European countries have registered record high daily coronavirus infection numbers, with many cities tightening restrictions.
Several European countries have announced new restrictions to curb surging coronavirus infections.
"The number of people in hospital is doubling every eight days or so... we will do what it takes to keep people safe," he said.Britain imposed new COVID regulations on the North West, Midlands and West Yorkshire from Tuesday.Intensive care admissions and deaths have also begun to tick up, especially in Spain and France.
France on Thursday registered almost 10,600 new infections, its highest daily count since the start of the pandemic. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said his government was preparing"regional" measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak after the Netherlands registered a record 1972 cases in the past 24 hours.ANA-MPA
Europe is still hoping not to follow the example of Israel, which entered a second country-wide lockdown on Friday at the onset of the Jewish high-holiday season. US statistics suggest the coronavirus has infected more than 6.67 million and killed almost 198,000 people in the country.
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