The continent now accounts for a fifth of the world's total cases of more than 15 million and remains the hardest hit in terms of deaths.
The European Parliament was meanwhile examining a massive recovery package hammered out at a hard-fought summit that saw fiscally disciplined nations oppose huge aid grants to coronavirus-hit countries such as Spain and Italy.EU chief Charles Michel said the total stimulus would reach 1.8 trillion euros .
Funding of $199 billion per month would provide 2.7 billion people with a temporary basic income and the"means to buy food and pay for health and education expenses", the UN Development Program said. Belgium on Thursday made masks mandatory in outdoor markets and busy areas. Anyone venturing out in Australia's second-biggest city Melbourne was also ordered to wear a mask.
Announcing a strengthening of the rules is a hard blow for our morale, but we'd prefer to take these measures today than to regret it tomorrow.In Melbourne, local resident Adam Ozmen added:"We should go to… whatever is necessary to just eliminate the thing and go back to what's left of our normal lives."
But city attractions are seeing homegrown crowds, such as the Seine river cruise ships that are usually swamped by visitors from the United States and Latin America.
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