Governments in Europe prepared a raft of tougher measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic, putting further strain on economies and political leaders as they seek a faster pace of vaccinations.France expanded a daily 12-hour curfew nationwide starting Saturday, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel is leading toward a tougher lockdown, amid concern that a more contagious Covid-19 variant may cause infections to spiral out of control.Vaccination is “the utmost priority” to get out of the crisis,…

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