Coronavirus: are all European countries reconfining themselves?

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Like an air of déjà vu on the Old Continent.

Already heavily hit by the first wave, in the spring, Europe has been facing a resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic for several weeks.

It is forcing the various countries hit by this fall rebound to take more or less restrictive measures to try to limit the number of deaths, while preserving already fragile economies.

A puzzle where each state applies its own strategy, elementary protections not to freeze a country with the strictest confinement.

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Countries without curfews or re-containment

In the gloomy health picture that Europe presents at the beginning of November,

offers perhaps the lightest tone, or at least the less somber.

On Wednesday, the authorities announced another turn of the screw, without going as far as a re-containment.

Citizens are advised to avoid unnecessary travel and tourist stays at the hotel will be prohibited from Monday.

Restaurants, bars, sports, cultural and leisure facilities will be closed, but schools will remain open, as will all shops, with stricter rules.

Similar restrictions were put in place in 

 from Wednesday 14 October.

There, restaurants and cafes are closed, retail stores close at 8 p.m., the sale of alcohol and soft drugs is prohibited from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m.

It is impossible to receive more than three people at home, while the schools remain open.

In

, a closure has been decreed by almost all the regions in order to limit travel before the weekend of All Saints.

Apart from Extremadura, which is sparsely populated, all the regions of mainland Spain have sealed off their territory or, as in Galicia, that of certain municipalities.

The majority of these closures will last two weeks.

In Madrid, the measure will only apply this weekend and the next, both extended.

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Countries with a curfew or partial lockdown

On the side of

, the government has imposed in recent days what the media qualify as "semi-confinement": a curfew in several large regions, the closure of bars and restaurants at 6:00 p.m., as well as that of theaters. sports, cinema and concert.

According to the Italian press, the government is considering confinement of the country's major cities, starting with Milan and Naples, to try to curb contamination.

A ban on movement between different regions and the closure of businesses in urban "red zones" could be decreed.

In

, authorities announced new restrictions from Tuesday, with a nighttime curfew and the month-long closure of bars, restaurants and gyms in Athens and other cities across the country.

Traffic will be prohibited after midnight and until 5 a.m.

Schools and retail stores will remain open.

The

 has not surpassed the reconfinement but restricts the freedoms of movement, from Tuesday until late November.

There is now a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Restaurants, hotels, cultural and sports institutions are closed.

However, schools, nurseries, shops and hairdressers remain open.

The 

 will be submitted from Wednesday in a new partial containment, which will cover about 70% of its population.

The people concerned will be called upon to respect a "civic duty of home confinement", but will be able to leave their residence to go to work, if telework is impossible, or to take their children to school.

Shops will have to close no later than 10 p.m. and businesses will have to institute staggered working hours.

Countries that have reconfigured

The first European country to reconfigure, on October 22,

applies restrictions until the beginning of December.

Schools remain open, but non-essential businesses are closed and Irish people can only leave their homes to exercise within a three-mile radius.

The

announced a "containment tougher" for six weeks for his 11.5 million.

The measures that will come into force on Monday include in particular the closure of "non-essential" businesses, the limitation of home invitations to one person and, for businesses, the obligation of teleworking where it is possible.

The

applies from Thursday and until 2 December 1 reconfinement inspired by that applied in

since Friday: cafes, pubs and restaurants will remain closed doors unless they offer take-away or delivery .

The people of England are called upon to work from home and are only required to leave their homes for specific reasons such as exercising, going to a medical appointment or shopping for essential groceries.

Schools will remain open, as in

, where the population has been confined since October 23, at least until November 9.

In Slovakia, the entire population tested

In order to relax the restrictions, Slovakia has chosen to launch a screening program on Saturday among the entire population with antigenic tests, a world first, already criticized for poor preparation.

Some 45,000 medical, military and police professionals have been deployed to carry out the tests in the country of 5.4 million people.

Anyone who does not have a negative test certificate risks a hefty fine if they are stopped by the police outside their home.

Positive cases must isolate themselves at home for 10 days.