“We are deep in the second wave,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters in Brussels. German officials have agreed to a four-week shutdown of restaurants, bars, cinemas, theaters and other leisure facilities in a bid to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus infections, Chancellor Angela Merkel said. French President Emmanuel Macron announced a second nationwide lockdown from midnight Thursday until Dec. 1, but said schools would remain open. French military and commercial planes are ferrying critically ill virus patients to other regions as hospitals fill up. In Italy, Milan's mayor, Giuseppe Sala, spoke out Wednesday against a lockdown in the Lombardy capital, the epicenter of Italy’s new virus resurgence.

Source: ABC News October 28, 2020 12:35 UTC