First question echoes some of peculiar tone we've seen over last few days about the "3rd wave" in Europe spreading here. One of the big drivers of the wave in at least parts of Europe is the "UK variant". Ie they seem to be having some of the problems we had at the start of 2021.
Take a look at the latest data. Most countries in Europe still far below UK type peak that we saw in December/January. Case growth in most countries climbing relatively modestly or showing some signs of levelling, France being the most worrying exception.
Added even more countries here for extra context. Hungary another outlier but elsewhere rises going up far less sharply in the main.
Surely the worst European Covid outcome in the last months has been Czechia. UK/Irish style December/January peak, some suppression, only for it to re-emerge and get to virtually the same level as it was then in the last few weeks.

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