{"id":112914,"date":"2020-11-16T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-covid-19-lockdowns-in-europe-are-set-to-get-lighter-but-last-longer\/"},"modified":"2020-11-16T14:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T11:28:00","slug":"why-covid-19-lockdowns-in-europe-are-set-to-get-lighter-but-last-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-covid-19-lockdowns-in-europe-are-set-to-get-lighter-but-last-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Why COVID-19 lockdowns in Europe are set to get lighter \u2014 but last longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8f4382201\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-covid-19-lockdowns-in-europe-are-set-to-get-lighter-but-last-longer\/#European_governments_are_eager_to_loosen_the_restrictions_in_the_run-up_to_the_festive_season_during_which_retailers_make_20_of_their_annual_sales\" >European governments are eager to loosen the restrictions in the run-up to the festive season, during which retailers make 20% of their annual sales<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-covid-19-lockdowns-in-europe-are-set-to-get-lighter-but-last-longer\/#Stacked-up_chairs_inside_a_closed_restaurant_on_the_Champs-Elysees_avenue_in_Paris_France\" >Stacked-up chairs inside a closed restaurant on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es avenue in Paris, France.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-covid-19-lockdowns-in-europe-are-set-to-get-lighter-but-last-longer\/#Pierre_Briancon\" >Pierre Brian\u00e7on<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Why COVID-19 lockdowns in Europe are set to get lighter \u2014 but last longer<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"European_governments_are_eager_to_loosen_the_restrictions_in_the_run-up_to_the_festive_season_during_which_retailers_make_20_of_their_annual_sales\"><\/span>\n  European governments are eager to loosen the restrictions in the run-up to the festive season, during which retailers make 20% of their annual sales<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div 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data-mobile-ratio=\"66.640625%\" data-layout-ratio=\"66.640625%\" data-subtype=\"\" class=\"image-container  responsive-media article__inset__image__image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-259541?width=140&amp;size=1.5005861664712778 140w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-259541?width=540&amp;size=1.5005861664712778 540w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-259541?width=620&amp;size=1.5005861664712778 620w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-259541?width=700&amp;size=1.5005861664712778 700w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-259541?width=860&amp;size=1.5005861664712778 860w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-259541?width=1260&amp;size=1.5005861664712778 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100px,\n(max-width: 540px) 500px,\n(max-width: 620px) 580px,\n(max-width: 700px) 660px,\n(max-width: 860px) 820px,\n1260px\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-259541?width=620&amp;size=1.5005861664712778\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-259541?width=1260&amp;size=1.5005861664712778\" alt=\"\" title=\"Stacked-up chairs inside a closed restaurant on the Champs-&amp;Eacute;lys&amp;eacute;es avenue in Paris, France.\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n<h4 class=\"wsj-article-caption-content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stacked-up_chairs_inside_a_closed_restaurant_on_the_Champs-Elysees_avenue_in_Paris_France\"><\/span>Stacked-up chairs inside a closed restaurant on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es avenue in Paris, France.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>      <span class=\"wsj-article-credit article__inset__image__caption__credit\" itemprop=\"creator\"><br \/>\n            AFP via Getty Images<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>       As European governments are trying to ease the second-wave lockdowns to help businesses during the Christmas season, they also come to realize that the trade-off might be that COVID-19 restrictions will then have to last longer than planned.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"articleList\">\n<li>\n      Germany, France, Ireland and others are beginning to see the result of a few weeks of lockdowns, as the number of new infections has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.jhu.edu\/map.html?mod=djem_b_barronsdaily_111320\" class=\"icon none\">plateaued or come down<\/a>. In a few countries, the number of hospitalizations is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/nov\/12\/global-report-lockdowns-start-to-limit-covid-19-spread-in-europe?mod=djem_b_barronsdaily_111320\" class=\"icon none\">also declining<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      The French government on Thursday announced that the current restrictions, based on the closure of all bars and restaurants as well as public spaces, won\u2019t dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear altogether on Dec. 1 as originally envisioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      If the number of hospitalizations decreases by then, however, some measures could be lifted as soon as next month. The slight improvement in the number of infections for now remains \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/politique\/article\/2020\/11\/12\/face-aux-crises-l-executif-en-quete-d-une-unite-nationale-introuvable_6059418_823448.html?mod=djem_b_barronsdaily_111320\" class=\"icon none\">fragile,<\/a>\u201d said French Prime Minister Jean Castex.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      U.K. transport secretary Grant Shapps said on Friday that the government was \u201cactively working\u201d on reducing the current 14-day quarantine forced on foreign <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ers \u2014 save for a limited list of countries of origin.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      In Ireland, which implemented a second lockdown earlier than in the rest of Europe, new infections are back down to their May level. The restrictions are to be lifted on Dec. 1, but chief medical officer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/topics\/topics-7.1213540?article=true&amp;tag_person=Tony+Holohan\" class=\"icon none\">Dr. Tony Holohan<\/a> has advised the Irish living abroad not to travel home for Christmas. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> What a second COVID wave will do to liquor sales in the festive period <\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       <strong>The outlook:<\/strong> European governments are eager to loosen the restrictions in the run-up to the Christmas season, during which retailers make 20% of their annual sales. But they are struggling to avoid the consequences on their health-care systems, since a promising vaccine and improvements in test-and-trace methods will have little impact before next year.<\/p>\n<p>This means that governments are in a race against time. And they have to keep reminding the public \u2014 whose acceptance of and compliance with lockdown measures seems to have declined since the first wave throughout Europe \u2014 that new vaccine hopes don\u2019t change anything to the short-term problem. If anything, positive <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> on the possible end of the pandemic next year might even encourage more breaches of the lockdown rules \u2014 which could in turn lead to a third wave of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/marketwatch.com\/story\/europe-may-have-a-merrier-christmas-than-the-u-s-according-to-jpmorgan-heres-why-11605203291?mod=mw_latestnews\" class=\"icon none\">Europe may have a merrier Christmas than the U.S., according to JPMorgan. Here\u2019s why <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Pierre Brian\u00e7on\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pierre_Briancon\"><\/span>Pierre Brian\u00e7on<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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