What is Italy doing to curb infections?

Italy is shutting cinemas, swimming pools, theatres and gyms from Monday.

Bars, restaurants and cafes will have to stop table service by 18:00. But shops and the majority of businesses will remain operating.

Italy's measures were agreed between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and regional leaders.

"We think that we will suffer a bit this month but by gritting our teeth with these restrictions, we'll be able to breathe again in December," Mr Conte told a news conference on Sunday.

The prime minister has said he does not want to repeat the national lockdown imposed during the first wave in March and April because of the economic damage caused.

Under the new measures, the bulk of secondary school teaching will be conducted online instead of in the classroom.

The Italian move comes amid demonstrations in Naples, and then Rome, against stricter coronavirus measures, including curfews announced last week.

Sunday saw a new daily record of cases in Italy of more than 21,200. The number of deaths was 128.

What is the latest from elsewhere in Europe?

Covid case numbers, hospital admissions and deaths have been increasing across Europe.

According to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO), Sunday was the third consecutive day to see a record high in reported infections - with 465,319 cases confirmed.

Some of the latest developments:

· The UK recorded 19,790 new cases on Sunday. The country's death toll remains the highest in Europe, rising by 151 to 44,896

· Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov confirmed that he had tested positive for Covid-19. He said he was experiencing mild symptoms and was self-isolating

· In the Czech Republic, where new lockdowns came into force this weekend, 12,472 new Covid cases were reported for Saturday - the country's highest daily tally for a weekend day

· Marking another record, new confirmed cases in the Netherlands increased by 10,203 over the latest 24-hour period. This is despite new measures - including the closure of bars and restaurants - imposed this month

· Total reported cases in Russia have now surpassed 1.5 million - but the mayor of the worst-hit city, Moscow, said that while "there is still growth... it is slower"

· In Germany, where case numbers have risen sharply in recent weeks, the building belonging to the country's public health body - the Robert Koch Institute - has been vandalised. At least one window was broken as several suspects reportedly tried to start a fire. Meanwhile, Frankfurt has become the latest city to cancel its traditional Christmas market

· Hospitals in the Swiss city of Geneva are calling on medically trained volunteers and retired staff to help care for what it anticipates will be a record number of Covid patients in the coming days