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'Where there has been political division at the national level [and] blatant disrespect for science, confusion has spread and cases and deaths have mounted,' WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned this week (Photo: Catherine Thackstone)

Europe is back in (partial) lockdown

The burden on healthcare systems all across the bloc, as a result of the surge of coronavirus infections, is triggering new nationwide lockdowns and restrictive measures in nearly all EU member states.

Belgium has the highest rate of new coronavirus infections per capita in the EU - followed by the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Slovenia, the Netherlands and France, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

Earlier this month, Belgian health officials warne...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

'Where there has been political division at the national level [and] blatant disrespect for science, confusion has spread and cases and deaths have mounted,' WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned this week (Photo: Catherine Thackstone)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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