Europe On 'Red Alert' For Christmas Lockdown

 

Daily Mail: Europe on 'red alert' for Christmas lockdown: Austria sees record cases despite Covid apartheid, Germany braces for a 'really terrible' winter and Belgium enforces work from home as infections explode across continent 

* WHO warned Europe was only region in the world where deaths had increased 

* Coronavirus fatalities spiked by five percent on the continent this week 

* Belgium's PM Alexander De Croo today said 'the alarm signals are all red' 

* Austria has seen rising cases despite locking down unvaccinated on Monday 

* Germany has seen a record-breaking number of cases - rise of 40% on last week 

* Berlin virologists warned: 'We are going to have a really terrible Christmas' 

* Germany, Italy, Greece are considering joining Austria with vaccine apartheid 

Europe is facing a second consecutive Christmas under lockdown with record-breaking coronavirus cases in nations across the continent sparking 'red alert' warnings. 

The WHO said today Europe was the only region in the world where deaths had increased - with fatalities spiking by five percent this week. 

Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said 'the alarm signals are all red' as he imposed tough restrictions, ordering people to work at home for at least four days a week. 

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