Officials are facing renewed scrutiny on measures to curb the virus's spread.
ABC News’ Maggie Rulli reports on wineries in Europe turning their wine crops into hand sanitizer, detailing their hopes and struggles as they endure the pandemic’s economic impact.
The Czech Republic isn't alone. Little affected in the spring, many of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are now experiencing a strong outbreak of theGermany, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia all recorded their highest daily increases in cases on Friday."What we see here is what the other countries were facing over springtime and over the summer," Dr. Martin Balik, the head of the intensive care unit at the General University Hospital of Prague, told ABC News.
"Within a few weeks we were able to really decrease the number of cases to almost ground zero," Health Minister Roman Prymula told ABC News, reflecting on the first wave."And all the people were respecting ... were wearing masks in their homes, it was great. But recently it's completely different." A man runs across an empty medieval Charles Bridge in Prague, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. The Czech Republic has imposed a new series of restrictive measures in response to a record surge in coronavirus infections.A health care worker puts on personal protective equipment in front of the room for COVID-19 patients in an intensive care unit at Thomayer Hospital on Oct. 14, 2020, in Prague.
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