Prognosis
Europe’s Ever-Evolving Patchwork of Covid Rules Sows Confusion
- Governments avoid harsh lockdowns in favor of local approach
- Escalation of measures since summer hasn’t quelled coronavirus
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Keeping track of the evolving profusion of rules and restrictions designed to check the resurgent coronavirus in Europe has become a bewildering task.
Governments are generally opting for a piecemeal approach, targeting local hotspots to avoid the nationwide lockdowns that devastated economies earlier this year. Yet the shifting patchwork of measures hasn’t curbed the virus, suggesting that even more rules may be inevitable.