European restrictions and bans
coronavirus
28 Aug 2020
/ 19:30
(CGTN Europe) Britain reported its biggest daily increase in cases since 12 June on Thursday, with 1,522 people added to the list – the sharpest rise since non-essential shops reopened in England.
- Ukraine registered a record 2,438 new daily cases on Friday, for a total of 114,497. The country this week imposed a temporary ban on most foreigners from entering the country until 28 September and extended lockdown measures until the end of October.
- France recorded its highest number of new daily cases since lockdown ended and its second-highest ever. The 6,111 new infections on Thursday – which followed another post-lockdown record jump on Wednesday – take the total to 259,698.
- France is hoping to avoid quarantine measures being imposed on its citizens traveling to and from Switzerland, the country's junior European affairs minister, Clement Beaune, said on Friday.
- Face masks must be worn everywhere outdoors in Paris from Friday after a mandate from French Prime Minister Jean Castex – although Paris police later excused those exercising or cycling and those aged 11 and under.
• Britain reported its biggest daily increase in cases since 12 June on Thursday, with 1,522 people added to the list – the sharpest rise since non-essential shops reopened in England.
• Face masks must be worn everywhere outdoors in Paris from Friday after a mandate from French Prime Minister Jean Castex – although Paris police later excused those exercising or cycling and those aged 11 and under.
- Spanish schoolchildren aged six and over must wear masks to class when they return to school in less than two weeks, said the country's health minister, Salvador Illa.
- Poland has drafted legislation banning flights from 46 countries, including France and Spain, as of next Wednesday. Poland closed its borders and suspended flights in March but reopened gradually and lawmakers are trying to avoid another full domestic lockdown.
- Britain reported its biggest daily increase in cases since 12 June on Thursday, with 1,522 people added to the list – the sharpest rise since non-essential shops reopened in England.
- Britain will give $11 million to fund three nationwide studies into understanding human immune responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
- The UK's transport minister, Grant Shapps, has added Switzerland, Czechia and Jamaica to the list of countries from which travelers arriving in England must quarantine for 14 days. The measure starts at 0300 GMT on Saturday.
- The UK government is to launch a campaign urging people to return to their workplaces, with ministers warning that working from home will make people more vulnerable to getting sacked, according to a report cited in The Daily Telegraph newspaper.
- More than 100 mink farms in the Netherlands will be closed after animals at dozens of locations contracted the coronavirus. The Netherlands expedited existing measures to end the industry by 2024 after several farm employees contracted COVID-19.
- France recorded its highest number of new daily cases since lockdown ended and its second-highest ever. The 6,111 new infections on Thursday – which followed another post-lockdown record jump on Wednesday – take the total to 259,698.
- France is hoping to avoid quarantine measures being imposed on its citizens traveling to and from Switzerland, the country's junior European affairs minister, Clement Beaune, said on Friday.
- Face masks must be worn everywhere outdoors in Paris from Friday after a mandate from French Prime Minister Jean Castex – although Paris police later excused those exercising or cycling and those aged 11 and under.
• Britain reported its biggest daily increase in cases since 12 June on Thursday, with 1,522 people added to the list – the sharpest rise since non-essential shops reopened in England.
• Face masks must be worn everywhere outdoors in Paris from Friday after a mandate from French Prime Minister Jean Castex – although Paris police later excused those exercising or cycling and those aged 11 and under.
- Spanish schoolchildren aged six and over must wear masks to class when they return to school in less than two weeks, said the country's health minister, Salvador Illa.
- Poland has drafted legislation banning flights from 46 countries, including France and Spain, as of next Wednesday. Poland closed its borders and suspended flights in March but reopened gradually and lawmakers are trying to avoid another full domestic lockdown.
- Britain reported its biggest daily increase in cases since 12 June on Thursday, with 1,522 people added to the list – the sharpest rise since non-essential shops reopened in England.
- Britain will give $11 million to fund three nationwide studies into understanding human immune responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
- The UK's transport minister, Grant Shapps, has added Switzerland, Czechia and Jamaica to the list of countries from which travelers arriving in England must quarantine for 14 days. The measure starts at 0300 GMT on Saturday.
- The UK government is to launch a campaign urging people to return to their workplaces, with ministers warning that working from home will make people more vulnerable to getting sacked, according to a report cited in The Daily Telegraph newspaper.
- More than 100 mink farms in the Netherlands will be closed after animals at dozens of locations contracted the coronavirus. The Netherlands expedited existing measures to end the industry by 2024 after several farm employees contracted COVID-19.
