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A COVID-19 patient from the Netherlands arrives for treatment by helicopter to the University hospital in Muenster, Germany, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. The transfer is intended to reduce the coronavirus pressure on the intensive care units in the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A COVID-19 patient from the Netherlands arrives for treatment by helicopter to the University hospital in Muenster, Germany, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. The transfer is intended to reduce the coronavirus pressure on the intensive care units in the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Oct. 23, 2020 11:55 AM EDT
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An Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police car patrols an empty street leading to the Spanish Steps and Trinita' dei Monti Church Rome, early Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Since midnight last Friday and for the next 30 days, people in Lazio are not allowed to leave their homes from midnight to 5 a.m. daily, except to go to or return from work or for other urgent reasons such as health issues. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

An Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police car patrols an empty street leading to the Spanish Steps and Trinita' dei Monti Church Rome, early Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Since midnight last Friday and for the next 30 days, people in Lazio are not allowed to leave their homes from midnight to 5 a.m. daily, except to go to or return from work or for other urgent reasons such as health issues. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Oct. 26, 2020 09:18 AM EDT
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Health care workers prepare to transport a COVID-19 patient from an intensive care unit (ICU) at hospital in Kyjov to hospital in Brno, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic are on a steep rise, setting a new record high for the second straight day. About 4,500 COVID-19 patients have filled up the country's hospital with the government expected the health system will be overwhelmed by Nov 11 if the surge doesn't slow. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Health care workers prepare to transport a COVID-19 patient from an intensive care unit (ICU) at hospital in Kyjov to hospital in Brno, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic are on a steep rise, setting a new record high for the second straight day. About 4,500 COVID-19 patients have filled up the country's hospital with the government expected the health system will be overwhelmed by Nov 11 if the surge doesn't slow. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Oct. 22, 2020 12:44 PM EDT
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A waiter clears a table before closing a restaurant in front of the Pantheon, Rome, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. For at least the next month, people outdoors except for small children must now wear masks in all of Italy, gyms, cinemas and movie theaters will be closed, ski slopes are off-limits to all but competitive skiers and cafes and restaurants must shut down in early evenings, under a decree signed on Sunday by Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, who ruled against another severe lockdown despite a current surge in COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A waiter clears a table before closing a restaurant in front of the Pantheon, Rome, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. For at least the next month, people outdoors except for small children must now wear masks in all of Italy, gyms, cinemas and movie theaters will be closed, ski slopes are off-limits to all but competitive skiers and cafes and restaurants must shut down in early evenings, under a decree signed on Sunday by Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, who ruled against another severe lockdown despite a current surge in COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Oct. 26, 2020 01:50 PM EDT
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A staffer stands behind the bars of a closed restaurant, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. For at least the next month, people outdoors except for small children must now wear masks in all of Italy, gyms, cinemas and movie theaters will be closed, ski slopes are off-limits to all but competitive skiers and cafes and restaurants must shut down in early evenings, under a decree signed on Sunday by Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, who ruled against another severe lockdown despite a current surge in COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A staffer stands behind the bars of a closed restaurant, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. For at least the next month, people outdoors except for small children must now wear masks in all of Italy, gyms, cinemas and movie theaters will be closed, ski slopes are off-limits to all but competitive skiers and cafes and restaurants must shut down in early evenings, under a decree signed on Sunday by Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, who ruled against another severe lockdown despite a current surge in COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Oct. 26, 2020 02:01 PM EDT
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A art sculpture wearing a face mask in the deserted city of Berchtesgaden, Germany, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Authorities have posed the Berchtesgaden region under a lockdown since Oct. 20, 2020 due to a rising number of cases of the pandemic COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the district of Berchtesgadener Land. Local authorities in Bavaria's Rottal-Inn county, on the border with Austria, said Monday that the restrictions will begin at midnight. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A art sculpture wearing a face mask in the deserted city of Berchtesgaden, Germany, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Authorities have posed the Berchtesgaden region under a lockdown since Oct. 20, 2020 due to a rising number of cases of the pandemic COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the district of Berchtesgadener Land. Local authorities in Bavaria's Rottal-Inn county, on the border with Austria, said Monday that the restrictions will begin at midnight. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Oct. 26, 2020 09:22 AM EDT
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Medical workers wearing protective gear transport a patient suspected of having coronavirus from an ambulance to a hospital in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Russia is facing a sharp rise in infections, but the Kremlin has ruled out a new lockdown. (AP Photo)

Medical workers wearing protective gear transport a patient suspected of having coronavirus from an ambulance to a hospital in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Russia is facing a sharp rise in infections, but the Kremlin has ruled out a new lockdown. (AP Photo)

Oct. 22, 2020 09:39 AM EDT
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A sports center worker wearing a face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 walks outside a closed swimming pool of the Forum sports center, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. For at least the next month, people outdoors except for small children must now wear masks in all of Italy, gyms, cinemas, swimming pools, and movie theaters will be closed, ski slopes are off-limits to all but competitive skiers and cafes and restaurants must shut down in early evenings, under a decree signed on Sunday by Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, who ruled against another severe lockdown despite a current surge in COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A sports center worker wearing a face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 walks outside a closed swimming pool of the Forum sports center, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. For at least the next month, people outdoors except for small children must now wear masks in all of Italy, gyms, cinemas, swimming pools, and movie theaters will be closed, ski slopes are off-limits to all but competitive skiers and cafes and restaurants must shut down in early evenings, under a decree signed on Sunday by Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, who ruled against another severe lockdown despite a current surge in COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Oct. 26, 2020 09:35 AM EDT
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Musicians wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, perform as a woman records a video with her cellphone on Ermou Street, Athens' main shopping area, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Greece's government has imposed a nightly curfew in greater Athens and other areas with high infection rates as well as more generalized mask use as the daily number of deaths and infections nationwide has rising in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Musicians wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, perform as a woman records a video with her cellphone on Ermou Street, Athens' main shopping area, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Greece's government has imposed a nightly curfew in greater Athens and other areas with high infection rates as well as more generalized mask use as the daily number of deaths and infections nationwide has rising in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Oct. 26, 2020 07:56 AM EDT
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A man wearing a face mask, walks by a Charlie Chaplin street art, in the Montmartre district of Paris, Sunday Oct.25, 2020. A curfew intended to curb the spiraling spread of the coronavirus, has been imposed in many regions of France including Paris and its suburbs. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

A man wearing a face mask, walks by a Charlie Chaplin street art, in the Montmartre district of Paris, Sunday Oct.25, 2020. A curfew intended to curb the spiraling spread of the coronavirus, has been imposed in many regions of France including Paris and its suburbs. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Oct. 25, 2020 11:50 AM EDT
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People sit at a restaurant in Piazza Navona, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. For at least the next month, people outdoors except for small children must now wear masks in all of Italy, gyms, cinemas, swimming pools, and movie theaters will be closed, ski slopes are off-limits to all but competitive skiers and cafes and restaurants must shut down in early evenings, under a decree signed on Sunday by Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, who ruled against another severe lockdown despite a current surge in COVID-19 infections.  (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

People sit at a restaurant in Piazza Navona, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. For at least the next month, people outdoors except for small children must now wear masks in all of Italy, gyms, cinemas, swimming pools, and movie theaters will be closed, ski slopes are off-limits to all but competitive skiers and cafes and restaurants must shut down in early evenings, under a decree signed on Sunday by Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, who ruled against another severe lockdown despite a current surge in COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Oct. 26, 2020 09:45 AM EDT
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Commuters wearing face masks walk on the platform, of a Paris subway, Sunday Oct.25, 2020. A curfew intended to curb the spiraling spread of the coronavirus, has been imposed in many regions of France including Paris and its suburbs. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Commuters wearing face masks walk on the platform, of a Paris subway, Sunday Oct.25, 2020. A curfew intended to curb the spiraling spread of the coronavirus, has been imposed in many regions of France including Paris and its suburbs. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Oct. 25, 2020 11:48 AM EDT
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A woman wearing a face mask walks over a bridge with the buildings of the banking district in background in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A woman wearing a face mask walks over a bridge with the buildings of the banking district in background in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Oct. 26, 2020 03:08 PM EDT
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People pass a sign reading 'Face masks mandatory from here' in the deserted city of Berchtesgaden, Germany, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Authorities have posed the Berchtesgaden region under a lockdown since Oct. 20, 2020 due to a rising number of cases of the pandemic COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the district of Berchtesgadener Land. Local authorities in Bavaria's Rottal-Inn county, on the border with Austria, said Monday that the restrictions will begin at midnight. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

People pass a sign reading 'Face masks mandatory from here' in the deserted city of Berchtesgaden, Germany, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Authorities have posed the Berchtesgaden region under a lockdown since Oct. 20, 2020 due to a rising number of cases of the pandemic COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the district of Berchtesgadener Land. Local authorities in Bavaria's Rottal-Inn county, on the border with Austria, said Monday that the restrictions will begin at midnight. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Oct. 26, 2020 09:24 AM EDT
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People sit in a terrace of a bar in downtown Madrid, Spain, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

People sit in a terrace of a bar in downtown Madrid, Spain, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Oct. 23, 2020 08:20 PM EDT
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A resident walks with a dog on an empty street after curfew in Barcelona on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. Spain orders nationwide curfew to stem worsening outbreak. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has declared a second nationwide state of emergency in hopes of stemming a resurgence in coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A resident walks with a dog on an empty street after curfew in Barcelona on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. Spain orders nationwide curfew to stem worsening outbreak. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has declared a second nationwide state of emergency in hopes of stemming a resurgence in coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Oct. 26, 2020 08:05 AM EDT
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