Covid-19: Europe strengthens its system to deal with a second wave

Poles are now required to wear a mask in public spaces.

Here, a screening center in Warsaw, October 2, 2020. REUTERS / Kacper Pempel

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Faced with the resurgence of Covid-19 cases, many European countries are reinstating restrictions: closing bars and restaurants, wearing a mask compulsory in public spaces.

Europe is alarmed by a second wave with an uncontrolled spread of the virus.

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There is no longer any question of being caught off guard a second time by the coronavirus because almost everywhere in Europe, the figures speak for themselves and they are very worrying.

The number of people infected is increasing day by day. 

So to try to contain the epidemic, several large European cities are strengthening their anti-Covid system.

In 

, Belgium, cafes and bars closed on Thursday.

Their curtain will remain lower for a month.

Berlin and Frankfurt are also making arrangements, the two German cities are establishing a curfew.

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Poles are now required to wear a mask in public space, as do Italians, and beware of offenders: Rome is setting up a fine that can reach 1,000 euros. 

For their part, the

waging a battle against the coronavirus but also a legal battle.

After partially confining the capital and its region, a Madrid court overturned this decision.

Madrid is one of the European cities most affected by the virus.

There is also Russia, the country is reaching records of new daily contaminations.

The level is equivalent to the peak of last May. 

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