German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with the mayors of the country’s largest cities to discuss joint measures to deal with Germany’’s rising number of COVID-19 infections, AP reported Oct. 9. The French government also recently announced that the cities of Lyon, Lille, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne will go on “maximum COVID-19 alert” beginning Oct. 10. On Oct. 9, the Spanish government declared a state of emergency in the Madrid region, and in Italy, the province of Latina will be under special restrictions for two weeks amid a sharp increase of infections in the area....
