Europe Tightens Restrictions as Virus Hospitalizations Rise

Europe Tightens Restrictions as Virus Hospitalizations Rise
Police patrol as revellers enjoy a night out in the centre of Liverpool, northwest England, on Oct. 10, 2020. Lindsey Parnaby/AFP via Getty Images
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ATHENS, Greece—Coronavirus cases hit new daily highs this week in Russia, and Germany and the UK announced plans Tuesday to expand virus testing as European countries battled rapidly increasing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations.

Nations reintroduced restrictions to get ahead of a virus that has caused more than 1.2 million deaths around the globe, over 270,000 of them in Europe, according to Johns Hopkins University, and is straining health care systems.