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News Articles: coronavirus in Europe

A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Jean-Christophe Richard in La Croix-Rousse hospital, in Lyon, France, on Wednesday. Amid public outcry, France's health minister promised Tuesday an "exponential" acceleration of his country's slow coronavirus vaccination process.

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After Slow Start, Europeans Call For Quicker Vaccines Against COVID-19

From France to Germany to The Netherlands, citizens are venting frustration over the pace of the mass vaccination program.

January 06, 2021
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
A laboratory technician is pictured handling swab samples at a hospital in Mulhouse, France, in November. French officials confirmed the country's first case of the new coronavirus variant on Friday.

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French Officials Announce First Confirmed Case Of New Coronavirus Variant

The coronavirus variant is sweeping through the United Kingdom and prompting travel restrictions in other countries. France's first confirmed case is in a citizen who recently returned from London.

December 25, 2020
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  • Rachel Treisman
The entrance to Herbertstrasse, the heart of the red-light district in Hamburg, Germany. Prostitution is legal in Germany, but the coronavirus pandemic prompted lawmakers to ban sex work in March.

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  • Europe

Germany Bans Prostitution During Pandemic. Sex Workers Say That Creates New Dangers

Prostitution is legal in the country, but lawmakers have banned it to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Sex workers say that has put them at risk, and they want to work legally again.

August 26, 2020
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  • Rob Schmitz
Thousands of couples have been separated by pandemic-related travel restrictions. Lots of them are unmarried.

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  • World

Can Love Conquer Travel Bans? Couples Divided By Pandemic Are Rallying To Reunite

Couples discuss how travel restrictions have kept them oceans apart for months. While they lobby governments to allow them to see each other, some have had to delay weddings or even miss a childbirth.

August 04, 2020
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  • Joanna Kakissis
Protesters clash with police Tuesday night in front of the National Assembly building in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Serbia Seems To Relent On Coronavirus Curfew After Violence Erupts In Belgrade

Protesters gathered hours after an announcement that a curfew would be reinstated. Now President Aleksandar Vučić says it "probably" won't happen — despite an "alarming" surge in cases.

July 08, 2020
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  • Colin Dwyer
Visitors wearing face masks wait to see the <em>Mona Lisa</em> at the Louvre Museum on Monday. The most visited museum in the world reopened to the public after closing in March.

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France's Louvre Reopens Most Of The Museum — Sans Big Crowds

One museumgoer says it's a "much more comfortable experience" to view the Mona Lisa without the mobs of tourists. The Louvre put in place mask-wearing, one-way paths and other distancing measures.

July 06, 2020
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  • Rebecca Rosman

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