"Any misplaced complacency there may have been during the summer that the public health crisis was behind us has been shattered by the developments of the last few weeks. Europe is now experiencing a strong second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, with numbers rising dramatically across our continent. Many countries that escaped relatively lightly in the spring have recently seen an alarming rise in cases, hospitalisations and deaths. Health workers across Europe find themselves once again on the front lines of this struggle and deserve all our solidarity and admiration.

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