EU summit assesses virus restrictions amid worrying reports

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders assessed more measures to counter the spread of coronavirus variants during a video summit Thursday as the bloc's top disease control official said urgent action was needed to stave off a new wave of hospitalizations and deaths. The 27 leaders were looking at further border restrictions, better tracking of mutations and improving co-ordination of lockdowns, worried that another surge of deaths across the EU was imminent. The head of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Andrea Ammon, said that “an increasing number of infections will lead to higher hospitalization and death rates across all age groups, particularly for those in older age...