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A France surpassed Russia as the fourth country with the most cases of coronavirus in the world and exceeded 2 million infected, Johns Hopkins University Point Survey.
The country is one of the most affected by the second wave of infection in Europe and is in seventh place among the nations with the highest number of deaths (45.1 thousand).
A Italy recorded 731 deaths from Covid in the last 24 hours, the worst number since the beginning of Apriland 32,191 newly infected, bringing the total number of deaths to 46,400 and the number of cases to 1.2 million.
The country ranks sixth in number of deaths (behind the US, Brazil, India, Mexico, and the UK) and ninth in number of cases.
There are 733,800 Italians infected and the pressure on hospitals continues to mount. There are more than 33 thousand people hospitalized in the country, of which 3.6 thousand are in ICU.
To try to contain the virus, the Italian government decreed, until December 3, a national curfew between 10 at night and 5 in the morning, restricted the hours of restaurants and closed cinemas, theaters, gyms or swimming pools.
The French government has also adopted restrictive measures since the end of October, such as closing bars, restaurants and shops and returning the requirement that people present justifications to circulate on the streets.
A Austria This Tuesday, a blockade began, which includes the closure of schools and non-essential stores, two weeks after the establishment of a partial blockade that did not contain the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
Concern in Germany
Previously, the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel said she was very concerned about the uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus in some places, including the capital Berlin..
“The number of infections no longer grows exponentially, but it is still too high. That is why we have to decrease contacts, decrease contacts, decrease contacts,” said the chancellor.
Merkel said that around 30% to 40% of the German population is vulnerable, including the elderly and those with health problems. “Getting the pandemic under control is also the best solution for the economy.”
