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2021-07-21 05:05:34 GMT2021-07-21 13:05:34(Beijing Time) Xinhua English by Fu Yiming and Patrick Ekstrand STOCKHOLM, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Gaps in vaccine coverage remain across the European continent although the European Union (EU) said over a week ago that it had hit the target of delivering enough COVID-19 vaccines to cover 70 percent of the bloc's adult population. Meanwhile, the Delta variant is rapidly becoming the predominant strain as it is up to 60 percent more transmissible than the Alpha variant first discovered in Britain last September, according to the European Center for ...

2021-07-12 04:05:56 GMT2021-07-12 12:05:56(Beijing Time) Xinhua English by Fu Yiming and Patrick Ekstrand STOCKHOLM, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Another wave of COVID-19 infections, mostly driven by the Delta variant, is poised to sweep across Europe following its recent easing of restrictions and resumption of cross-border travels. While some countries, undaunted by the worrying signs, decided to further relax restrictions, many others again tightened sanitary measures to the disappointment of holiday-making crowds, as authorities see no other solution even though they rely heavily on tourist...

2021-05-08 11:05:37 GMT2021-05-08 19:05:37(Beijing Time) Xinhua English by Xinhua writers Chen Wenxian, Chen Zhanjie VALLETTA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- With the speedy rollout of vaccinations, Europe has witnessed an improved COVID-19 pandemic situation and called for reopening its tourism sector. The Digital Green Certificate, introduced by the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union (EU), and expected to be implemented from June, will help ease restrictions on non-essential travels to the EU. Industry insiders and observers said that those measures will give a boost to ...

news World Insights: Europeans celebrate Easter in lockdown amid new wave of COVID-19 infections Chen Jing,Liu Fang,Li Deping,Zhang Zhang,Chen Xu,Fu Yiming,Peng Lijun,Zhang Qi,Lin Jing,Meng Dingbo,Shi Zhongyu © Provided by N.C.N. Limited People are seen at a coffee shop at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, capital of Germany, April 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi) The pandemic situation in Europe has hardly improved. The risk of another wave of infections is feared to be imminent after Easter with the continued spread of virus variants and increased mobility. by Chen Jing HELSINKI, Apri...

  A second Easter under the COVID-19 pandemic has arrived. Instead of celebrating it at home, Shousha, a young Finnish shop owner who runs a dessert shop with a friend in downtown Helsinki, decided to stay open for business, awaiting customers.   Battling against a new wave of COVID-19 infections fueled by more transmissible variants, European countries are facing the unprecedented challenge of balancing disease control and public life with economic reopening.     Easter arrived early this year compared to last, yet the pandemic situation in Europe has hardly improved. Several countries c...