2021-07-12 04:05:56 GMT2021-07-12 12:05:56(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Fu Yiming and Patrick Ekstrand
STOCKHOLM, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Another wave of COVID-19 infections, mostly driven by the Delta variant, is poised to sweep across Europe following its recent easing of restrictions and resumption of cross-border travels.
While some countries, undaunted by the worrying signs, decided to further relax restrictions, many others again tightened sanitary measures to the disappointment of holiday-making crowds, as authorities see no other solution even though they rely heavily on tourist consumption.
RELAXING RESTRICTIONS
Reassured by mass vaccination, fewer patients in intensive care and a dwindling number of deaths since late spring, many European countries have recently announced easing of restrictions that had been introduced to slow down the spread of COVID-19.