Greece announces partial confinement to fight the second wave of Covid-19 | World

“It is not a closure like the one in spring” (between March and June in the northern hemisphere), said the prime minister in a speech to the nation broadcast on television.

“Measurements will begin at 6 AM Local (1 AM Brasilia) on Tuesday [3] and traffic will be banned from midnight to 5 in the morning, “added Mitsotakis, who called for” action now “so that the country’s intensive care centers are not overcrowded.

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On Monday (26), the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that coronavirus cases registered a record last week.

“Many countries in the Northern Hemisphere are seeing a worrying increase in cases and hospitalizations. ICUs are reaching capacity in some places, especially in Europe and North America,” Tedros warned.

In Europe, some countries have already adopted isolation measures:

• The Belgian government announced a blockade on Friday, according to the RTBF agency. The measure will take effect on November 2 and will last until the 13th. According to Belgian Health Ministry spokesman Yves Van Laethems, the country’s hospitals are on the brink of collapse.
• The German government ordered the closure of bars, restaurants and other establishments as of Monday (2). Shops and schools will be opened, but authorities have tightened recommendations for people to stay home. And social gatherings are limited to up to 10 people from different families.
• In FrancePresident Emmanuel Macron announced the closure of bars, restaurants and shops and the return of the requirement that people on the streets present justifications. The business, according to the president, could reopen in 15 days if the authorities estimate that the first weeks of the closure were successful.
• In Spain, the regions of Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla y León determined the closure of their local borders. In Madrid, the government of the capital requested the closure only on holidays.
• A Czech Republic Curfew decree from Wednesday (28), between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. (local time). The country had already established limitations on the movement of people, the closure of stores, schools and restaurants and the mandatory use of masks.