狸の親子さんの おぼえた日記 - 2020年10月19日(月)

Europe sees another wave of infections -NHK WORLD-JAPAN -7 hours ago

Many countries in Europe are seeing another wave of coronavirus infections. Paris and other parts of France have introduced nightly curfews to curb the spread.

The daily tally of new cases surpassed 32,000 in France on Saturday. The central area of the capital is bustling with people.

But as the clock strikes 9 p.m., few people remain. The streets are nearly deserted.

In some areas hit hard by the virus, nightly curfews from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. will stay in place for at least four weeks.


One restaurant in central Paris has started offering dinner an hour earlier than usual. All the customers leave by 9.

The restaurant owner said, "The number of customers had finally started to recover in autumn, but now we get this shock. I think it is going to be a very difficult time for us and many other restaurants."

New cases are also rising again in other countries, shooting past levels seen during the spring.

In Italy, nearly 11,000 cases were confirmed on Saturday. It was single-day record. Germany and Poland also reported one-day records.

Belgium will implement a curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. on Monday. All bars and restaurants must stay closed for four weeks.

The foreign ministers of Belgium and Austria have both tested positive for the virus.

They sat next to each other at a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Luxemburg earlier this month. But it's not confirmed that the two cases are related.