PARIS/BERLIN - Governments across Europe are rethinking their Covid-19 responses as new variants of the coronavirus push struggling health services to breaking point.

France is introducing a 6pm nationwide curfew that will be in force for at least 15 days from Saturday.

And German newspaper Münchner Merkur reports that Chancellor Angela Merkel is “reviewing drastic coronavirus rules” after a record daily death toll of 1,244 was reported by Berlin on Thursday.

 

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