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Europe’s Summer in Peril as France Warns on Spain, Portugal

  • Minister advises citizens to vacation elsewhere or at home
  • Contagious delta variant is spreading across the continent
Delta Variant Puts EU Summer at Risk
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France is warning its citizens against vacationing in Spain and Portugal in the latest sign that the rapid spread of the delta variant of Covid-19 could wreck Europe’s summer.

With the migration of tens of thousands of holidaymakers already underway on the continent, European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune issued a “message of caution” and advised those who haven’t yet booked to go elsewhere or vacation domestically.