Europe’s Second Wave

THE U.S. IS BY NO MEANS THE only country experiencing a resurgence of COVID-19. Novel coronavirus cases in Europe hit over 1.7 million by late July, with 1,704,897 cases reported as of July 30 in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the U.K., according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

Fears over a second wave of the outbreak have been raised across Europe following recent spikes in cases in Spain, France and Germany. These nations reported increases in new infections ranging from 36 to 50 percent in the second half of July.

Spain

In the week from July 23 to 29, the country reported a total of 15,090 new