New lockdowns in Europe amid Covid surge Multiple European countries are imposing new restrictions in an attempt to stop the spread of Covid-19 as a second wave of the pandemic sweeps across the continent Average number of daily Covid-19 cases (Oct 19-25) 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Czech Rep.: 11,710 Germany: 9,601 Netherlands: 8,705 Belgium: 9,179 UK: 21,226 Spain 15,653 France: 31,329 Switzerland: 4,157 Italy 14,568 Poland 10,674 Romania 4,189 Ukraine 6,253 Russia 18,520 Average of more than 1,000 daily cases Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control © GRAPHIC NEWS