|  | | | | | | | | | What you need to know about the coronavirus today | | | | | | Reality check for markets?
Fears that a second wave of COVID-19 infections is under way sent jitters across global markets with stocks and oil under pressure, while investors bought into safe havens such as German government debt. “Markets are pricing a too-optimistic recovery, in my opinion, and there could be a reality check coming rather sooner than later,” said Stephane Ekolo, an equity strategist at TFS Derivatives in London.
In Europe, a cross-border dash for cigarettes and scratch cards
European nations eased border controls after three months of lockdown, but Spain’s continued closure, a patchwork of quarantine rules and remote-working mean pre-crisis travel levels are a way off. Greek airports allowed more international flights as the country sought to salvage its summer, German tourists flocking to neighboring Denmark caused an 8-km (5-mile) queue and Italians popped into France to buy lottery scratch cards.
From crowded tubes to pedal power in London
The crowded daily commute in London has long been a source of misery for millions. But getting to work will be even more of a challenge following lockdown. London authorities are adding new routes for cyclists and pedestrians, bicycle sales are soaring and boat operators are considering increasing their services on the River Thames.
Whipped for breaking quarantine
Peruvian peasant brigades, who battled leftist rebel groups decades ago, are now doling out rough justice in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the Andean country, which has the region’s second-highest number of cases after Brazil.
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