Prognosis
Lockdowns Are Back as East EU Pays for Low Vaccination Rates
- Latvia confirms it will close shops and bars for one month
- Cases are also surging in Romania, Bulgaria and Poland
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The coronavirus is resurgent in the European Union’s less-vaccinated east -- bringing with it the return of lockdowns.
Latvia on Wednesday became the bloc’s first member state to once again shut down chunks of its economy as soaring infections -- the world’s highest per capita during the past week -- threaten to overwhelm hospitals.