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Germany announced on Wednesday (28) a partial blocking to contain the second wave of the new coronavirus in the country. Bars, restaurants and other establishments will be closed for four weeks from Monday (2), but schools and shops remain open.
“We are now at a point where, according to the national average, we no longer know where 75% of infections came from. We only managed to verify 25%,” explained Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The decision was made after German health officials recorded nearly 15,000 new cases in 24 hours, the most daily diagnoses in the country since the pandemic began. There are more than 449 thousand cases of Covid-19 since the start of the health crisis in Germany.
Empty restaurant chairs in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday (28) – Photo: Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
According to the German government, the country’s hospitals still have the capacity to attend, in number of beds, to those infected by the disease. However, there are fears that hospital occupancy will become a problem in the coming weeks.
In addition to Germany, France is expected to announce new measures in the next few hours. According to the French press, it is possible that President Emmanuel Macron decree a new closure that, this time, allows the operation of schools.
Another country that has resumed isolation measures, the Czech Republic decreed a curfew starting this Wednesday between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. (local time). The country had already established limitations on traffic, the closure of shops, schools and restaurants, and the mandatory use of masks.
Covid-19 in Europe
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the European region, which, in addition to the European continent, includes Russia, Turkey, Israel and Central Asian countries, accounts for almost half of the more than 2.8 million new cases of coronavirus. reported. last week.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the continent is in the second wave and warns:
“I think Christmas this year will be a different Christmas.”
Due to the new wave of coronavirus, several European countries have imposed strict measures to close establishments, as in Italy, or almost complete closures, as in Poland. This generated revolt in part of the population, with protests in the countries.
Mass of all souls without audience
Pope Francis during the general audience on Wednesday (28) – Photo: Tiziana Fabi / AFP
Pope Francis announced on Wednesday (28) that the traditional Mass on All Souls’ Day in the Vatican will not be open to the faithful. The measure was taken to contain the advance of the new coronavirus in Europe, which sees a second wave of cases of the disease resurface.
The ceremony, which takes place on November 2, marks the day Catholics pray for their dead. This year, it will take place privately in the Teutonic Field, a small cemetery within the city gates that is the headquarters of the Catholic Church.
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