COVID-19 surge in Europe as it heads into winter could bode ill for US
BERLIN — Winter is coming, and Europe is once again a coronavirus epicenter.
Germany’s beloved Christmas markets are in peril, and its intensive-care beds are filling up. Austria is telling the unvaccinated to stay out of restaurants and cafes. The Netherlands appears headed for a partial lockdown, the first in western Europe since summertime.
In eastern Europe, where vaccination rates are generally low, the situation is far more dire, with surging daily fatality rates in states such as Romania and Bulgaria, which are European Union members. The World Health Organization, which includes Russia in its European region, on Wednesday reported a 10% rise in coronavirus deaths in Europe over the previous week, bucking a trend
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