Coronavirus death toll in Europe crosses 400,000
Coronavirus death toll in Europe crosses 400,000
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The death toll due to corona virus crossed 400,000 on Saturday and the German minister Peter Altmaier said the partial lockdown in the country could extend till early spring next year. Italy, France, Spain and the UK are the worst-hit nations in Europe even as European nations push reopening ahead of Christmas holidays with several restrictions. 

The Belgium government said under strict lockdown measures it will reopen shops from December 1 including Luxembourg and the Netherlands. France is also planning to allow non-essential retailers to reopen. Belgium with almost 570,000 infection cases with 1,034 patients in ICU. There have been 16,300 fatalities due to the virus in Belgium with 142 deaths recorded on Thursday. Germany now has over 1 million infected cases in Second wave with the number of patients in intensive care soaring from nearly 360 in October to over 3,500 last week. 

England enforces tier 3 lockdown measures the strictest measure with Britain recording two-thirds of COVID-19 fatalities in Europe with 57,551 deaths. After December 2, Post lockdown at least 23 million people will be on "very high" alert level in England including Leeds, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham. London to follow tier 2 status after December 2. Britain recorded 498 deaths on Thursday and has nearly 1.6 million infection cases with testing and contact tracing high on the government's agenda.

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