BRUSSELS/PARIS, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- France, Portugal and Romania became the latest European countries -- after the Netherlands and Italy -- to impose tougher restrictions on Wednesday as a coronavirus resurgence continues to sweep across the continent.
France will introduce a night-time curfew in major cities and re-impose a state of health emergency. Portugal returns to a "state of calamity". Romania extends a state of alert for the fifth time. In addition, Northern Ireland of the United Kingdom sets out a range of restrictive measures.