Britain and Austria will follow suit later in the week, closing restaurants, bars and nonessential shops. Italy, Greece and Kosovo also announced new measures. In some places, the new rules -- which vary in strictness -- are prompting violent protests by people frustrated at once again having to forgo freedoms.
In Germany, restaurants, bars, theatres, cinemas, gyms and other leisure facilities closed in a four-week "wave-breaker" shutdown that seeks to force daily new infections back down to manageable levels. Germans have been asked not to travel, and hotels are barred from accommodating tourists. "We will do try to do everything politically so that this is limited to November," Merkel told reporters in Berlin. But she stressed that "we are very much dependent on the majority of people simply being sensible and playing along, and so saving others' lives."
The plan, which needs lawmakers' approval, is facing resistance from parts of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's own Conservative Party, which worries about its economic impact. Still, passage is virtually assured because of backing from the opposition Labour Party. Spain's curfew drew weekend protests in a dozen cities. Mostly young protesters set fire to vehicles and trash cans, blocked roads and threw objects at riot police.
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Haha wave breaker. Thats funny and the title of my new recording poject. Thanks for that
Lobbyists demand lockdowns, governments oblige.
Ridiculous