Europe - rapid rise in cases and deaths with various strategies for control of the spread. J&J vaccine to begin rollout in Europe on April 19th.

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https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/31/euro-m31.html

Since mid-February, nearly every country on the continent has seen a rapid rise in daily cases and deaths. Last week, nearly 25,000 people died of the virus in Europe, the highest seven-day total in a month. Europe is on track to see a staggering 1 million dead before the end of April, becoming the first continent to reach this milestone.
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Meanwhile, the vaccine rollout is still proceeding at a glacial pace. As of March 28, only 15.79 jabs per 100 people had been administered in Europe?or a total of 118.2 million doses. Europe is trailing behind the United States, where 42.9 vaccines have been handed out per 100 inhabitants, according to Our World in Data.

The distribution of vaccines is vastly unequal across the continent, amid accusations that wealthier countries are hoarding vaccines. In Albania, one of Europe?s poorest countries, only 0.2 percent of the population has received even a single dose of the vaccine.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/life...d-hosts-europe-s-parties-101617088327637.html

Coronavirus: Spanish resorts languish while Madrid hosts Europe's parties

• With its policy of open bars and restaurants ? indoors and outdoors ? and by keeping museums and theaters running even when outbreaks have strained hospitals, Madrid has built a reputation as an oasis of fun in Europe?s desert of restrictions

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/31/merkel-macron-and-putin-sputnik-v-vaccine-eu

Merkel, Macron and Putin in talks on using Sputnik V jab in Europe, says Kremlin

Moscow says leaders discussed possibility of shipments and joint production amid shortage of doses inside Europe

https://emerging-europe.com/from-th...rictions-are-modest-but-fools-protest-anyway/

There is no Covid-19 lockdown in Romania. The terraces of cafes and restaurants are full, shops are open, parks teem with parents and children, and the country?s ski resorts are enjoying a bumper year. And yet as alarming numbers of people become infected with coronavirus and die, others are protesting ? some violently ? against what very loose restrictions there are.

https://www.connexionfrance.com/Fre...iver-one-dose-Covid-vaccine-to-EU-on-April-19

Johnson & Johnson to deliver one-dose Covid vaccine to EU on April 19

The single-shot vaccine gives protection against serious forms of the virus and can be stored in standard fridges