Covid live: Egypt starts vaccine trial; Austria to put unvaccinated people in lockdown

Israel's decision follows similar move by US; Austria vaccination rate shamefully low', says chancellor Alexander Schallenberg

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The continent is now the centre of the global epidemic - again. As countries from the Baltic to the Med brace for harsher winter measures, The Observer reports on what is driving the fourth wave.

The Netherlands on Saturday became the first western European country since the summer to impose a partial lockdown, Berlin bars its restaurants to the unvaccinated, and France races to improve its booster campaign, Europe is once again the centre of the pandemic.