Germany
The Guardian (Oct 28) reports:
1. Contacts are to be reduced to a maximum of two households, and no more than 10 people, the chancellor, Angela Merkel and the leaders of Germany’s 16 states decided during an emergency video conference.
2. Restaurants, bars, leisure facilities and cultural institutes including opera houses and theatres will face orders to close, while schools and nurseries are expected to remain open, as well as the majority of businesses and work places. Shops and hairdressers will also be allowed to stay open.
The Guardian (Oct 31) reports:
1. Can different households mix indoors? No, not unless they are part of an “exclusive” support bubble, which allows a single-person household to meet and socialise with another household.
2. People can only leave home for the following reasons:
Education. To go to work unless it can be done from home. Outdoor exercise either with household members or with one person from another household. For all medical reasons and appointments. To escape injury or harm. To care for the vulnerable or volunteer. To shop for food and essentials. To see people in your support bubble. Children will still be able to move between homes if their parents are separated.
3. Which businesses will close? Everything except essential shops and education settings, which include nurseries, schools and universities, will close.
4. Entertainment venues will also have to close. Pubs and restaurants will have to close their doors once more. Takeaway and delivery services will still be allowed, while construction and manufacturing will stay open.
France
France 24 (Oct 30) reports:
1. In contrast to France’s March 17-May 11 lockdown, all schools – from kindergartens to high schools – will remain open this time around.
2. Churches, mosques and temples will be able to keep their doors open for worshippers this time, but they won't be able to conduct any other religious ceremonies apart from weddings and funerals.
3. In a surprise move, parks, forests, gardens and beaches will not be shut to the public this time, but in order to legally access them, people need to live within one kilometre of them. Access time is restricted to one hour.
4. Gyms, sports clubs and recreational activity centres, will be closed. Cultural venues, such as cinemas, theatres, concert halls and museums, will also be shut.
5. Non-essential shops and venues, such as bars, cafés and sit-down restaurants, will remain shut, while take-away providers, food shops and supermarkets, pharmacies, tobacco shops, petrol stations, fruit and vegetable markets and suchlike deemed essential will stay open.
6. Just like last time, the French will not be able to host private gatherings, including birthday parties and other festivities, in their homes.
Thoughts
All three countries are locking down until the end of November.
Unlike many parts of the United States, it looks like all three countries are allowing in-person learning.
Germany is allowing two households to meet, up to a total of 10 people. If I'm reading the UK article correctly, two households can meet up, but only one individual of another household can meet with the other household. France will not allow any birthday parties in homes. So it appears that Germany has the more lax policy on this topic.
It looks like all of them are shutting down bars, restaurants, theaters. Restaurants are allowed to do take-out service.
It does appear that Germany's rules are far more relaxed than those in France and the UK.
In contrast to Los Angeles County, the strictness varies.
1. Europe is allowing in-person learning while this hasn't happened yet in LA county.
2. Restaurants and bars are shut down in Europe while LA county allows outdoor eating and take-out.
3. Europe has stricter policy regarding household gatherings.
4. France has stricter policies on how far away from your home you can exercise (1 kilometer) and for how long versus no such limitations on those in LA county.
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