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Coronavirus: US breaks daily record with 127,000 new positive cases

While attention is fixed on vote counting in the US presidential election, the US continues to break records with new daily COVID-19 cases.

World

Sweden's COVID-19 death toll passes 6,000 with PM in isolation

“The developments are going in the wrong direction fast," wrote Stefan Lofven. "More are infected. More die. This is a serious situation.”

France

France's intensive care units near full as infections hit record high

Meanwhile Paris enforced additional restrictions for take-away and delivery services.

France

Iconic Paris bookshop hit by lockdown urges customers to buy a book

Founded by Sylvia Beach in 1919, Shakespeare & Company became a creative hub for expatriate writers including Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Joyce.

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United Kingdom

England enters day 1 of lockdown 2 as Wales emerges from 'firebreak'

England has entered its second lockdown with the public being warned of steep fines if they flout the rules.

United Kingdom

COVID-19: UK's Sunak extends jobs support scheme throughout winter

The government will pay up to 80% of workers' wages to avoid mass layoffs during the pandemic until the end of March 2021.

Italy

Organised crime believed to be behind Italy's anti-lockdown riots

They are turning peaceful protests violent, mixing with honest business owners who are in financial difficulties because of the coronavirus restrictions.

Denmark

Denmark to cull millions of minks as mutated coronavirus spreads

The world's biggest mink fur producer is to cull all of the country's minks after a mutated version of the virus was detected at mink farms and spread to people.

United Kingdom

COVID-19: England goes back into lockdown as cases spike around Europe

People enjoyed a final night out in England on Wednesday ahead of a second national lockdown, brought in to stem the spread of coronavirus.

Travel News

Nepal reopens to mountaineers after seven month lockdown

Mountaineers can once again scale the peaks of Nepal's Himalayas. The country has opened its borders after a seven month lockdown.

Sweden

Sweden introduces new coronavirus measures amid Europe second wave

Austria and Greece also introduced new measures yesterday and England will introduce a near-total lockdown from Thursday.

World News

COVID-19 cases hit new highs as Europe struggles to contain virus

European states are imposing new lockdowns in a desperate effort to halt the spread of a pandemic that has killed 1.2 million worldwide.

World News

Coronavirus: Italy sees highest daily death toll in six months

The number of dead from COVID-19 reached levels not seen since early May in Italy on Tuesday, while Hungary and the Netherlands announced new measures.

Slovakia

Slovakia attempts to test entire adult population for coronavirus

As countries battle the second wave of coronavirus in Europe, some are rolling out novel testing regimes to try to get a grip on the pandemic. Slovakia's is one of the most ambitious.

World News

COVID-19: Greece and Austria among those to impose further measures

European countries imposed further measures in the fight against coronavirus on Tuesday, as the continent battles a second wave of the virus.

United Kingdom

COVID-19 deaths in England would double without lockdown, says UK PM

Boris Johnson rejected claims he was moving slower than European neighbours in introducing restrictions to combat the virus.

United Kingdom

Nigel Farage to rebrand Brexit Party to oppose coronavirus lockdowns

Nigel Farage to rebrand Brexit Party as he joins anti-lockdown sentiment felt in other parts of Europe.

Italy

Italy introduces tougher measures to stem rise in new COVID infections

New measures adopted by the Italian government to contain a new spike in coronavirus cases are leading to protests all over the country.

World

Governments need to explain COVID prevention measures, says expert

As European countries go into lockdown, one health expert tells Euronews that governments aren't effectively communicating their COVID strategy.

World

Germany enters 'lockdown light' in bid to curb COVID infections spike

Germany began a month-long partial lockdown on Monday as part of efforts to curb the momentum of the coronavirus that has infected half a million people across the country.