
European nations are imposing curfews, closing schools, and enlisting student medics as overwhelmed authorities face the nightmare scenario of a COVID resurgence at the onset of winter. In pic: Madrid Emergency Service (SUMMA) UVI-8 unit's technicians Jose Sevillano and Ignacio Crespo push Araceli, 83, in a wheelchair to the hospital in Madrid, Spain. (REUTERS)

Police officers patrol Brussels' Grand Place during a nighttime curfew imposed by the Belgian government as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Brussels, Belgium.(REUTERS)

A member of the medical personnel puts on personal protective equipment before attending patients suffering from the coronavirus are being treated at the CHR Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle hospital, in Liege, Belgium. (REUTERS)

People walk past a mural, as the coronavirus outbreak continues in Manchester, Britain. (REUTERS)

A woman throws an egg while members of the hospitality sector protest, as authorities ordered bars and restaurants to close for 15 days as part of a set of new restrictions issued in Catalonia, amid the coronavirus outbreak, at Sant Jaume square, in Barcelona, Spain. (REUTERS)