Countries across Europe were tightening restrictions as Covid-19 caseloads keep climbing. A two-week ban on foreign travel took effect in Portugal yesterday as the country grapples a surge in cases, further devastating the already-battered tourism industry.
European budget carrier Ryanair also announced a €306m third-quarter net loss on virus fallout today, and forecast an annual loss of between €850m and €950m.
Meanwhile, the chance of avoiding a third lockdown is slim but the French government will do all it can to avoid it, according to government spokesman Gabriel Attal.
He told France info radio it was encouraging that last week there had been a deceleration in the average number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases per day.