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In France For the first time, more than 50,000 new corona infections were recorded in 24 hours. The health authority reported 52,010 new infections registered on Sunday night. This again set a one-day record since extensive crown trials began in France.
The crown’s situation has been drastically deteriorating in the country of 67 million people for weeks. Authorities reported new highs multiple times in the past week alone. The one million cases reported since the pandemic began Friday night. More than 34,700 people in the country have already died in connection with the Covid 19 disease. About 17 percent of corona tests are positive, according to Sunday. Since Saturday, the night curfew has been in effect for around two-thirds of the country’s residents in France. The curfew applies to 54 departments and the French overseas territory of French Polynesia. At night, people can only go outside with a valid reason.
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too Italy recorded a new high. The number of new infections in one day exceeded the 20,000 mark for the first time in 21,273. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 525,782 confirmed infections with the Sars-CoV-2 virus in the Mediterranean country. The death toll related to a corona infection increased by 128 to 37,338.
Starting this Monday, restaurants and bars across the country must close for guests at 6 pm In addition, cinemas, theaters, gyms, swimming pools, ski resorts and concert halls are no longer allowed to open. The measures should initially apply until November 24.
Additionally, classes must be conducted online for at least 75 percent of high school students. The government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte also urgently recommends that you refrain from receiving guests at home and from non-urgent travel.
In terms of population, EU countries are small Czech Republic (10.7 million inhabitants) and Belgium (11.5 million inhabitants) the most affected. The number of infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, according to the European disease authority ECDC, was almost ten times higher than in Germany (83 million inhabitants). Both countries reported highs of more than 15,000 infections on a single weekend day.
National emergency in Spain
The government in Spain has re-declared a national emergency due to the rapidly increasing number of infections and announced a nightly ban. The imposition of the so-called state of alarm, the third highest level of emergency in the country, was decided this Sunday at an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers in Madrid, as announced by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
The state of emergency will initially apply for two weeks. The extension would have to be approved by Parliament. He hoped to extend the emergency with the support of the opposition, Sánchez said. The head of the government of the left minority stressed that the declaration of the state of emergency had been requested by ten of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain, the so-called autonomous communities. “Spain is in an extreme situation,” the socialist warned.
Only in an emergency can the government restrict the freedom of movement of people. In contrast to the state of alarm that prevailed in Spain between March 14 and June 20 by Corona, this time there is no total curfew, but only night prohibition to go out between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. However, the regions have room to design the blockade and can, depending on the specific situation, schedule the beginning between 10 pm and midnight and the end between 5 and 7 am. The arrangement applies to practically the entire country. Only the Canary Islands are excluded.
Colombia: more than a million cases of corona
As the eighth country in the world, Colombia has registered more than one million cases of corona. According to figures from the Ministry of Health on Saturday (local time), the number of confirmed infections with the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen in the South American country has increased to 1,007,711 since the pandemic began.
Compared to the previous day, nearly 8,800 new infections, around 5,700 recovered, and 198 deaths were added to the statistics. Overall, the number of deaths related to Covid-19 disease is 30,000; According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the US, this is the 11th most in the world.
With about 50 million inhabitants, Colombia has about 30 million fewer than Germany, but about three times as many deaths per corona and more than twice as many infections. There were sometimes strict exit restrictions, but most of the country has been open again since September. For more than a week, the number of infections has increased again in the country, in August the previous high of 13,000 cases in one day was reached.
Polish President Duda tested positive
Polish President Andrzej Duda tested positive for the corona virus. President Błażej Spychalski announced this on Saturday morning on Twitter. The 48-year-old president is feeling fine, Spychalski said. “We are in constant contact with the health service,” the spokesman continued.
He is in quarantine and is in constant contact with the responsible doctors after a test on Friday came back positive. “The president is a young man. I think he will survive the infection without any problem,” said Deputy Health Minister Waldemar Kraska of the RMF radio station. As president, Duda has predominantly representative duties, but is close to the ruling national-conservative PiS party.
It assumes all recent Doubts contact persons would have to be quarantined as well, Kraska said. This also includes tennis star Iga Świątek, who recently surprisingly won the French Open and became the first Polish woman to triumph in a Grand Slam tournament. The 19-year-old received the Golden Cross of Doubt Merit for her accomplishments on Friday.
Poland reported a new record on Friday with 13,600 new corona infections in 24 hours. Starting Saturday, a new tightening of measures should slow the spread of the virus. Only a maximum of five people are allowed to meet, face-to-face lessons in schools are only available up to third grade, restaurants can only sell food away from home.
More than 80,000 new infections in the US
The number of new coronavirus infections in one day in the US has risen to more than 80,000 for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Johns Hopkins University (JHU) recorded 83,757 new cases on Friday, about 12,000 more than the day before.
The total number of infections is generally higher than in spring. However, as in Germany, they are only comparable to a limited extent because many more tests are now performed and thus more infections are discovered.
According to the JHU, nearly 8.5 million coronavirus infections have been confirmed in the United States with its approximately 330 million residents since the onset of the pandemic. Around 224,000 people have died so far, more than in any other country in the world.
Austria toughened hygiene rules: face visors banned
Austria has recorded highs in the number of new coronavirus infections in recent days. That’s why the turquoise green federal government has announced tougher measures. The effective start was postponed from Friday at the last moment until midnight on Sunday.
A selection of the strictest hygiene standards: In the future, mouth and nasal protection should be used in closed rooms that are accessible to the public. In addition, a minimum distance of one meter must be applied between people who do not belong to the same household (but there are exceptions). Also, after curfew, alcohol should no longer be consumed in a restaurant within a 50 meter radius. Also, as of November 7, face visors are no longer allowed as protection, only tight-fitting mouth and nose masks. More information on the measures is available on the home page of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of the department head Rudolf Anschober.
Anschober spoke on Friday of a “very serious situation.” The green politician expects the situation to deteriorate further. “Unfortunately we have not reached the peak, there are still increases.” The main objective is still to avoid a blockade.
The minister called on the population to act with moderation. It’s best to spend the fall holidays at home and avoid Halloween celebrations. Next year it could “go off the rails,” Anschober told a news conference.
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