Prognosis
Lockdown Lite Is Europe’s New Strategy for Fighting Covid-19
- Europe adopts a patchwork of policies as infections flare anew
- Asia’s experience provides lessons as countries try to respond
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Fresh off a summer of relative freedom after harsh lockdowns at the beginning of the pandemic, Europe is trying a new strategy to halt the coronavirus’s next surge: Lockdown Lite.
Unlike the blanket stay-at-home orders that characterized responses to Covid-19’s first wave, a partial lockdown isn’t designed to stop transmission completely. Instead, the idea is to home in on hot spots -- certain neighborhoods, nightclubs or private parties, for example -- while leaving large parts of the economy open for business.