Europe COVID19 cases top 3 million as countries reimpose restrictions
BRUSSELS - Europe hit more than three million coronavirus cases on Thursday while spiking infection numbers from Belgium to Tokyo and Melbourne led authorities to reimpose restrictions on citizens.
A 750-billion-euro post-coronavirus recovery plan was hammered out at an EU summit this week, where fiscally-rigid nations butted heads with hard-hit countries like Spain and Italy that have called for huge aid grants."This moment, it's my conviction, is pivotal in European history. We acted fast and with urgency," Michel told the bloc's parliament in Brussels.Meanwhile, the UN warned that the world's poorest also need help.
"Many people who are losing livelihoods, once the borders start opening, will feel compelled to move," he told AFP. But as the Americas continue to be ravaged by the pandemic, Bolivia announced it was delaying its general election by six weeks to October. Australia, Belgium, Hong Kong and the Japanese capital Tokyo all had early successes in containing outbreaks, but are now facing an upsurge, prompting new restrictions.
Tedros said the claim was "untrue and unacceptable" and warned against the "politicization of the pandemic".
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