Across Europe, curfews or partial containment are being taken.

The Covid-19 epidemic is raging violently in many countries, only northern Europe seems relatively unscathed by health restrictions.

Faced with the second wave of coronavirus that is sweeping, curfew or partial containment measures are taken across Europe.

Belgium is one of the most affected countries on the continent.

In Brussels, for example, the curfew will now start at 10 p.m. on Monday evening.

Theaters, museums and sports halls close their doors Monday while bars and restaurants have already lowered the curtain for a week.

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In Italy, the same type of measures have been taken for the fields of culture and sport.

Restaurants will close at 6 p.m. announced Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

The curfew already in place in the Rome, Naples and Milan regions is expected to expand this week.

The epidemic out of control in the Czech Republic

Restrictions are also increasing in the East, which had been relatively untouched by the first wave.

A curfew has been in effect in Slovenia since Saturday, while a partial containment has been adopted in Slovakia.

All of Poland is placed in the red zone.

In the Czech Republic, where the epidemic seems out of control, movement is now restricted and shops closed, as are some of the schools.

Prime Minister Andrej Babis warned on Sunday that it would probably be necessary to do even more.

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Only northern Europe - Scandinavia and the Baltic States - seems relatively untouched by the rise in power of this second wave.