With coronavirus spreading, it’s a bizarre time to open nightclubs in Europe

After a benign start to the Summer, several European states have suffered multiple outbreaks of Covid-19

In some countries, teenagers and twentysomethings are taking to the dance floors of reopened nightclubs. File picture

Europe has been praised for keeping the pandemic in check while reopening its economy. 

Unlike in the US, a combination of responsible individual behaviour and smart public policy has delayed a resurgence of the new coronavirus.