Coronavirus’s Relentless March in Europe Clouds Reopening Plans

(Bloomberg) -- New coronavirus infections climbed in Spain, Italy, France and Germany, while the U.K. said it’s extending its lockdown by a further three weeks to fight the spreading pandemic.For European leaders, the increasing numbers on Thursday signaled no letup in the need to balance the severe economic damage caused by the tight restrictions to fight the pandemic with the increasing death toll and the danger that prematurely easing lockdowns could spark a second wave of infections.&l