Article 500HE 'An epidemic is coming': Europe struggles to contain coronavirus

'An epidemic is coming': Europe struggles to contain coronavirus

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Peter Beaumont
from World news | The Guardian on (#500HE)

In week in which Covid-19 jumped fence into Europe, serious questions emerge over continent's preparedness

A Spanish football journalist. A pair of young tourists visiting Innsbruck. The parent of a pupil from a primary school in Derbyshire. A young man from Croatia. A businessman and passenger on a train between Frankfurt and Saarbri1/4cken.

All are confirmed or suspected cases of the new coronavirus - Covid-19. What links them is that they contracted the disease while visiting northern Italy.

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