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Chris Smith
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- The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is hitting Europe, as the number of new daily cases has been increasing considerably for a few days.
- Germany plans to use three strategies to reduce the COVID-19 spread in fall and winter, with Chancellor Angela Merkel vowing not to instate a nationwide lockdown that would hurt the economy.
- Germany is looking to improve its test and trace practices, refocus messaging on hygiene and social distancing, and implement local lockdowns if the number of cases exceeds certain thresholds.
Unlike the US and other countries, most of Europe was able to keep the coronavirus transmission under control during the summer. The curve was flattened by early summer, and countries slowly lifted restrictions, opening economies and bringing some sense of normalcy to everyday life.
But as fall is setting in, more and more European nations report increasing numbers of daily COVID-19 counts, signaling the second wave of the pandemic. Spain, the UK, France, and even Germany have seen significant upticks in cases, forcing lawmakers to consider additional measures to reduce the spread. Germany, a success story for handling the first wave of the pandemic, is considering three strategies to keep COVID-19 transmission under control. Locking down the country and shutting the economy isn’t one of them.
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