Nicosia, Cyprus – A Cypriot court has ordered police to detain three people on suspicion of breaking into a storefront and throwing stones and Molotov cocktails after a rally against a regional lockdown in the coastal city of Limassol.
Police also arrested the 31-year-old organizer of the rally on suspicion of inciting others to commit a felony, police said Sunday.
As of late Saturday, about 1 million people had gathered in Limassol to protest the 19-day lockdown, banning all unrestricted movement of people, closing bars and restaurateurs, and imposing a curfew at 8 p.m.
Police said the protest was peaceful, but some people started vandalizing nearby stores and attacking police.
Some 23 people were arrested, nine of whom were between the ages of 16 and 27. They face charges of rioting, sabotage and conspiracy. Three others were charged with assaulting and obstructing police and were released. Police said all known protesters wearing masks and violating social distance rules would be fined 300 euros (355).
Health officials say infections in the country’s two southwestern districts have risen from 28% to 70% of the national average in the past six weeks.
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PARIS – The number of coronavirus patients hospitalized in France fell in the first week after September, following two weeks of new nationwide lockdown measures aimed at slowing the growing infection and easing hospital stress.
The number of civil-19 patients in civil care also dropped for the first time in six weeks, according to figures released on Saturday night, although 96% of virus patients still sit in France’s standard ICU beds.
The number of weekly infections per 100,000 people in France has now been declining for 14 consecutive days, and some doctors say they are beginning to see signs of relief in the over-stretched ICU.
But a one-day drop in the number of hospitals means it’s too early to say whether France has reached the top in this second outbreak of the epidemic.
France has more cases of the virus than any other European country, and 44,246 people have died from the virus. 30 Oct Qt. The government, starting from, imposed a nationwide partial lockdown. With the impact of the second surge and the easing of the December 1 move, the number of patients with the virus in hospitals could continue to decline.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan officials say about 400 inmates from the country’s most crowded prisons have tested positive for Covid-19 as infected cases are on the rise in the capital and its suburbs.
Of the 400, 12 are prison officials while the rest are inmates. The cases have been found from five jails in different parts of the country.
Sri Lankan prisons are overcrowded with about 10,000 inmates.
The disease has seen a fresh outbreak in Sri Lanka over the past month as two other clusters have emerged in a garment factory in Colombo and its suburbs and in the fish market. As of Sunday, the number of confirmed cases in those clusters alone had risen to 13,079.
The number of Sri Lankan positive cases reached 16,582 with 53 deaths on Sunday.
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Antwerp, Belgium – Famous chefs from Belgium and elsewhere, such as the exciting Christmas season, are trying to cut through the other three epidemic lockdowns that are also likely to endanger you. is coming. .
Sergio Herman, who has run three-star, bi-star and many other organizations that have played Michelin powers and the world’s most refined applause, sees no positivity to really come out of work amid an epidemic.
“Sometimes you feel like everything you’ve built over the years is slipping away like sand from your fingers. It gives you that kind of fear, “he told The Associated Press.
In most parts of Europe, exclusive restaurants have lost the precious appeal of the luxury dining experience – from eating a lot of exploratory courses, basking in delicious flavors, saving sweets after dinner and chatting a little extra with the chef.
“Everything that can’t be replaced by just boxes and plastic trays. Hamra said amid the whirlwind of his new restaurant, Le Pristine, in the Belgian port of Antwerp, it was simply impossible.
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New Delhi: India has registered 41,100 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours after the outbreak reached 8.7979 million.
On Sunday, the health ministry also registered seven deaths in the same period, bringing the total to 139,63535.
India ranks second in the world in cases reported behind the US, but daily infections have been declining since mid-September. However, there has been a resurgence of the infection in New Delhi, which has seen new growth in recent weeks, with more new cases being reported than any other state in India.
As many as 400 new coronavirus cases were reported in New Delhi on Sunday, including 96 deaths.
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Seattle – Washington Washington’s Jay Isle is scheduled to hold a news conference on Sunday morning as the number of Covid-19 cases rises in the Pacific Northwest where he will detail new sanctions.
Insley’s office fee said they would discuss action to combat the crisis, but gave no details. The Seattle Times reports that Insley’s announcements include a ban on indoor service in restaurants and bars and a significant reduction in capacity in grocery and retail stores.
The newspaper quoted industry officials as saying that the information was briefly provided by Insli’s staff. The Democratic governor will also ban all indoor social gatherings. And Insli will limit grocery stores and retailers to 25% business.
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Hartford, K.N. – Two U.S. senators from Connecticut parted ways on Saturday after testing positive for COVID-19 by Ned Lamont’s staff, a member of the Democratic Governorate.
Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy all tweeted on Saturday that they had no close contact with staff but were taking precautionary measures.
Lamont’s chief spokesman, Max Reese, described himself as a senior staff member who tested positive in a presentation posted on Twitter on Friday. Reese wrote that he could not confirm how or where he had transmitted the virus.
Murphy tweeted on Saturday that he “attended an event with the governor yesterday but is not in close contact with a staff member who tested positive. However, as a precautionary measure, I am leaving until contact with the attending physician’s office fee on Monday morning.” ”
Blumenthal tweeted Saturday afternoon that he had “returned from testing myself and is currently self-separating.”
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Carson City, Nev. Newly confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported for the second day in a row amid warnings from government Steve Sisolak that the state government is in a critical condition in Nevada.
Sisolek urged residents to stay home and do what they could to protect themselves, a day after announcing they had tested positive for the Covid-19. Sisolek told reporters on Friday that he did not feel any symptoms and would enter the quarantine.
Nevada recorded 2,269 new cases and 15 additional deaths on Saturday, topping the record of 1,857 new cases set Friday.
Sisolek warned Nevadan earlier in the week that the state would be forced to take drastic action if it failed to slow the spread of the virus in two weeks.
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New York – Students, parents and teachers are anxiously watching New York City’s coronavirus test results. Last Saturday’s figures came below the city limits for closing school buildings, but the mayor warned that the city was at a critical stage in the fight against the resurgence of the virus.
Mayor Bill de Blasio warned parents and teachers Friday that a possible school closure plan would be implemented as early as Monday, that the city could cross its critical line – city-wide cor% tests, returning within a seven-day period – all city tests.
He said the rate on Saturday was 2.47% lower than that.
The Democratic mayor tweeted, “But that could change,” warning that the city is facing a “crucial weekend” in the fight against the epidemic.
New York City has the largest public school system in the United States, with more than 1 million students. It has become one of the few big cities to resume classrooms after the fall in the spring after the epidemic made compulsory schools online, although families this fall had the option to continue all distance learning.
About 280,000 students participated face-to-face, much less than the city expected.
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ATHENS, Greece – Coronavirus deaths in Greece have peaked at 1,000, and officials say more than half the deaths have occurred since Oct. 18.
The Greek government has decided to close primary schools, kindergartens and day care centers for two weeks starting Monday. Children will be schooled at home, as is already happening with high school and university students.
Authorities have launched a curfew from 9pm to 5pm, including arrests.
Two foreign exchange students were arrested on Friday for hosting an hour-long party in their apartment apartment in the northern city of Thessaloniki and fined them 5,000 ($ 550,000) on the spot. A 24-year-old Palestinian man and a 21-year-old French woman were also sentenced to 2 years and two months in prison on Saturday.
His 15 party guests, students from all universities in Western Europe, were fined 300 euros ($ 355) but were not arrested.
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BALTIMORE – The number of people tested positive for coronavirus has reached a new daily high in the United States.
Data from Johns Hopkins University indicates that the number of confirmed cases reached 184,514 on Friday, as the number of infected people continued to rise.
Johns Hopkins data shows that U.S. The seven-day rolling average for daily virus-related deaths reported in shows an increase of 0.0 per cent in the last two weeks, from Friday08 to Friday, around 28.28 in October.
The seven-day rolling positivity rate also in the last two weeks.4. to .6..6, which, despite an increase in the number of tests, has increased by about 0%.
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