In its most recent report, the National Employment Agency (ADEM) notes a return to pre-pandemic rates with a decrease in unemployment from 5.5 to 5.4%.
Most Germans will be “vaccinated, cured or dead” from Covid in a few months’ time, Health Minister Jens Spahn warned Monday, urging more citizens to get jabbed.
Boris Johnson has said the UK government is “concerned” about Covid, but that there is nothing to suggest that the country should bring back restrictions, despite rising cases across Europe.
Belgium‘s deputy prime minister has called for a debate on compulsory vaccination, after protests against coronavirus restrictions turned violent in the Belgian capital on Sunday.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday slammed three nights of unrest over anti-Covid measures as “pure violence’ by “idiots” and vowed to prosecute those responsible.
Ahead of the Christmas holidays, Austria shut its shops, restaurants and festive markets Monday, returning to lockdown in the most dramatic Covid-19 restriction seen in Western Europe for months.
Russia continues reporting high figures. There were 1,241 Covid-19 deaths over the last 24 hours, down from the grim milestone of 1,254 recorded last week.
Strict Covid restrictions for unvaccinated come into effect in Greece. Vaccination rates are much lower than other parts of Europe with a quarter of all adults yet to have the shot. As a result fatalities have also risen in recent weeks.
Elite police and counter-terrorism officers arrived on the French Caribbean island Guadeloupe on Sunday, local officials said, to help quell a week of unrest sparked by measures to curb Covid-19
