this is d w news life from her lead european states begin reimposing their toughest restrictions to fight the resurgence of covert 19 curfews and closures spread across the map as these numbers rise authorities say that the health situation in some states is worse than during the pen demick 1st wave we'll look at restrictions in belgium also coming up in russia they are singing a different tune despite record coppa cases authorities there are doing everything to avoid unpopular restrictions and the champions league group stage gets underway

on tuesday evening but this legal leaders like say coast turkish champions but she should hear that your messiah will be to kenya to make home advantage count against the club from istanbul. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 40000000 with well over 1000000 deaths the u.s. brazil and india are reporting the highest numbers europe is also facing a surge in cope with 19 infections with a record daily highs in many countries here's a look at how the situation has evolved here now a march 1st this year health departments across europe they registered 401 new cases testing of course was limited. so actual numbers could have been much higher

but as you can see a clear trend of rising infections in the spring peaking at the end of april early may by then most of europe was in lockdown and you can see that the impact there is with the new infections dropping to a low point in made july but since the numbers have been creeping up again with new cases rising steadily since august on friday more than 137000 cases they were registered across europe one of the european countries struggling to cope with the pen demick is of course belgium hospital admissions of coronavirus patients there have doubled in the past week and the government is warning the situation is worse than at the beginning of the penn demick in march. there were long queues in brussels on monday people lined up socially distanced to get tested for corona virus belgium has recorded more than 700 fictions per 100000 people over

the past 14 days the 2nd highest rate in europe many have had their 1st brush with the virus and now they want to be sure that they're not infected. you know. someone close to me tested positive so i want to get tested to be sure i don't have any symptoms but better to be safe than sorry. with such a high rate of infection belgium authorities implemented a raft of new measures on monday people have been ordered to work from home were of a possible and social contacts outside of the home should be limited to one. alcohol sales a band after pm and a curfew is being enforced from midnight until 5 am cap.