On Sunday, Corstria and the United Kingdom were among the European countries involved in the outbreak of the corona virus, while the ban was eased in the South Korean capital, Seoul, and work on a possible vaccine began.
New cases in the UK reached more than 3,000 in 24 hours for the second day in a row on Saturday, with the Sunday Times newspaper reporting that about a third of them were in elderly care homes where the virus has re-emerged.
“I think we have to say we are on the verge of losing control,” Mark Wa Lapote, a former chief scientific adviser to the British government, told BBC Radio.
New government restrictions came into effect in England on Monday after a local lockdown this month, limiting social gatherings to more than six.
Daily Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told citizens that the country is already facing a “start of a second wave” as new daily infections are on the rise.
Kurz said the government would further restrict events and expand the area where wearing masks is mandatory to cover all shops and public buildings.
Meanwhile, near the peak of the first wave in April, 10,000 new infections were reported in France on Saturday.
Prime Minister Jean-Claude Texas on Friday refused to announce any new major sanctions, despite noting “clear deterioration” in the country’s outbreak.
Worldwide, 921,219 people died from the virus in 28.8 million cases on Sunday.
‘More Respect’
As many as 1,000,000 health workers protested in Brussels on Sunday, calling for more spending on the healthcare system in a country plagued by the coronavirus epidemic.
Political parties in Belgium have been struggling to form a permanent government for more than a year after the national election, with workers – who wear masks and carry banners with slogans such as “care for caregivers” – calling on politicians to raise salaries and healthcare. . Funding.
“We came here in Brussels to protest and demand more respect for our jobs and pay raises,” said one protester, who gave her name only as Marie-Stella and has worked as a nurse since 1988.
“I would love to have a tool to provide high quality and humane care. And for that we need financial means,” said Claudine, a psychiatric nurse.
The event was organized by health promotion group La Saint Enlute, who called for an end to the “care item” and said the coronavirus crisis had exposed the fragility of Belgium’s healthcare system, including a lack of adequate protection for staff and adequate testing. Virus.
Belgium recorded 9,923 casualties from COVID-19, the third highest in the world for deaths per 100,000 people, behind the small city-states of San Marino and Peru. The government has said the high rate of CO is explained by its decision to include it in a number of deaths where COVD-19 is only suspected, not confirmed.
More than 200 people were infected with the coronavirus in Budapest, Hungary, in April, and soldiers clean up care homes for the elderly. [Marton Monus/EPA-EFE]
Peacekeepers infect
In the Middle East, 90 UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a United Nations spokesman said Sunday.
Confirmed cases were transferred to a special UNIFIL facility equipped to deal with COVID-19 cases, UNIFIL spokeswoman Andrea Tenient said in a statement.
He said the 88 people infected were from the same contingent, but did not mention the nationalities of the 90 peacekeepers.
“We have undertaken the task of allocating large contacts, and have implemented a full regime for testing and isolation to prevent major outbreaks,” he said.
About 45 countries contribute peacekeepers to UNIFIL, which was formed in 1978 to patrol the border between Lebanon and Israel, which is technically at war.
Tenanti said the new virus cases have not affected UNIFIL’s operations on the Lebanon-Israel border.
‘Aggressive’ lockdown protests
In South Korea, Seoul officials said they would simplify some of the infection control measures launched in recent weeks following an increase in cases in the capital region, which has a population of one million.
Offee fee shops, rest restaurants and bakeries will return to normal service, while gyms and private schools may reopen.
The country has surpassed the growth of early COVID-19 with massive tracing and testing, while with numbers in the 30s and 40s, it has been seen in new cases three-digit daily since mid-gust weeks later.
Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Sunday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck.
After rejecting the stay-at-home order, crowds gathered at Central Queen Victoria Market where they were met by a heavy police presence.
“Many protesters were aggressive and threatened violence against officers,” Melbourne police said.
The incident in Germany Australia on Saturday sparked several demonstrations in Germany and Poland, in which people protested anti-coronavirus measures and protested against mask-wearing rules.
Meanwhile, Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden criticized Donald Trump for holding a packed rally in Nevada on Saturday, where many in attendance did not wear masks.
The Republican president is under pressure because the U.S. The toll has been rising, which on Saturday.5. Nearly a million cases have been reported, in which more than 113,000 people have died – the highest number anywhere in the world.
In Latin America, which has passed a target of eight million virus cases this week, the most affected Brazil has executed more than 131,000 people. Covid-19 As of Saturday, the United States ranks second in the world behind.
Vaccine tests resume
In the UK, regulators have given full clarification to pharma companies AstraZeneca and Oxford University to resume on the most advanced experimental COVID-19 vaccines for clinical trials.
Researchers stopped testing their vaccine “spontaneously” after a UK volunteer developed an obscure disease.
Even during the break, AstraZeneca said it hopes the vaccine will still be available “by the end of this year, early next year.”
The development of vaccinations has turned into U.S. political football, with Biden regularly accusing Trump of “lowering public confidence” by increasing the likelihood that he will be ready before the November election.
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