'Back at the Epicenter of the Pandemic.' COVID-19 Cases on the Rise in Western Europe

(THE HAGUE, Netherlands) — Santa won’t be getting his traditional welcome in the Dutch city of Utrecht this year. The ceremonial head of Carnival celebrations in Germany’s Cologne had to bow out because he tested positive for COVID-19. And Austria is considering imposing a lockdown on unvaccinated people. Nearly two years into a global health…