Germany, Spain Risk Losing Control as Europe’s Cases Hit Records

  • German daily infections climb above 10,000 for the first time
  • France, Spain first W. European nations above 1 million cases
Global Covid Cases Exceed 41 Million, Infections Surge in Europe
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Germany and Spain risk losing control over the coronavirus, health officials warned, as new infections climb to records across Europe and governments scramble for an adequate response.

The resurgence of the disease on the continent has prompted officials from Ireland to the Czech Republic to impose tougher restrictions to try to check the spread without having to resort again to nationwide shutdowns that could scupper still-tentative recoveries.