地球，人間煉獄 LXXVIII (78 th、七十八 ) ：An Unwelcome Silent Night: Germany Without Christmas Markets. 新冠病毒在瑞士已經造成了超過5’000人死亡Japan's daily COVID-19 tally hits another record high as Tokyo tops 600 new cases。U.S. Tops 3,000 Daily Deaths, Setting Record.

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Covid-19 pandemic: Tracking the global coronavirus outbreak

By The Visual and Data Journalism Team
BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51235105

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U.S. Tops 3,000 Daily Deaths, Setting Record

The previous mark was just a week old, and overcrowded hospitals indicated numbers were unlikely to dip soon. Here’s the latest.

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新冠病毒為聖誕在歐洲失去了光彩，這個表達愛的節日變成了某種形式的放棄和隱忍。然而瑞士的抗疫政策卻相對溫和，尤其是滑雪場照開，令鄰國既眼紅又搓火。瑞士怎麼了？一向是各方面先進生的小瑞瑞，真的淪落成落後生了？然而在一篇聲討聲中，也不乏肯定。



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新冠病毒在瑞士已經造成了超過5’000人死亡。各種情緒彌漫了整個國家

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An Unwelcome Silent Night: Germany Without Christmas Markets

The absence of seasonal merriment is particularly palpable in Germany’s town squares, largely devoid of the usual huts, sounds, scents and lights.

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Japan's daily COVID-19 tally hits another record high as Tokyo tops 600 new cases

The government of Hokkaido decided Thursday to request residents to refrain from making unnecessary outings until Dec. 25 in the cities of Sapporo and Asahikawa, which have seen a strain on their health care systems.