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Covid-19 cases are increasing rapidly in Sweden, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said when announcing stricter recommendations for three other regions.
“We have a very serious situation,” Lofven told a news conference. “
“More and more intensive care beds are being used to treat Covid patients. The respite we had this summer is over.”
He also said that restaurant parties would be limited to eight people.
Sweden has seen an increase in new infections in recent weeks, surpassing the peaks set in the spring, although the levels are not as high as in countries like Belgium, Spain and France in relation to the size of the population.
Data from the health agency showed that the country recorded 10,177 new Covid-19 cases and 31 deaths since Friday.
Meanwhile, the French government will reimpose an overnight curfew in Paris, and possibly the Ile-de-France region around the capital, to address worsening Covid-19 numbers, a spokesperson said. of the government.
The evening curfew in Paris, which would begin at 9 p.m., would be added to a new national blockade imposed last week by President Emmanuel Macron.
“We are going to reinstate a curfew in Paris, and maybe in Ile-de-France. The Interior Ministry will specify the details later in the day and an edict will be issued,” Gabriel Attal told BFM TV.
France reported yesterday a record 52,518 new cases of Covid-19 and the number of hospitalized increased by more than 1,000 for the fourth time in eight days, as the pandemic shows no signs of abating despite the new lockdown.
The death toll from Covid-19 in France rose by 416 to 37,435, compared with an increase of 231 on Sunday and a seven-day moving average of 345.
Health Minister Olivier Veran told RTL radio that a Parisian was infected with Covid-19 every 30 seconds, while a Parisian was admitted to hospital with the disease every 15 minutes.
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Greece and Austria are the latest European nations to impose stricter measures to combat a surge in the coronavirus.
The virus has infected more than 46 million people worldwide, with more than 1.2 million deaths, and acute outbreaks in Europe and the US are raising alarm about the state of the global economy.
Austria’s cases in recent weeks have far exceeded spring levels, forcing the government to impose a curfew between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. from today until the end of the month.
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz had announced the measures on Saturday, calling them “dramatic interventions in our social life.”
Gatherings between people from more than two households will not be allowed, and there will be limited curfew exceptions for essential work travel and care responsibilities.
Universities and high schools will move to distance education, but kindergartens and other schools will remain open.
Just hours before the start of the lockdown, with people enjoying one last night of relative freedom, gunmen opened fire at various locations in central Vienna, killing at least four people.
A two-week lockdown will also take effect on Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, with flights suspended and everything closed except schools.
The restrictions follow localized blockades in the Kozani and Kastoria regions earlier this month.
The Covid-19 crisis has deepened in Europe in recent weeks, and health experts have warned that spikes in infections could overwhelm healthcare infrastructure across the continent.
To stem the rebound in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to citizens to help achieve a “change of course” respecting a new round of closures that began yesterday and will last until the end of the month.
Germany has seen a six-fold increase in the number of people being treated in intensive care units for the coronavirus in the past month, said the head of the association for intensive and emergency medicine (DIVI).
Many hospital employees are working at full capacity, said DIVI’s Uwe Janssens, adding that hospitals should move away from regular operations when there are high levels of coronavirus infections.
Much of Portugal is also facing a lockdown starting tomorrow and England will begin a new lockdown on Thursday, bringing it in line with other parts of the UK and Europe.
The situation with the coronavirus in Ukraine is close to catastrophic and the nation must prepare for the worst, said Health Minister Maksym Stepanov.
Ukraine recorded a record 8,899 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the ministry said, up from an Oct. 30 high of 8,312. The total number of infections was 411,093 with 7,532 deaths.
“The situation is rapidly going from difficult to catastrophic. We need to prepare for the inevitable: it is impossible to easily pass the second wave,” Stepanov told parliament.
“If the Ukrainians continue to disregard the security rules, we will not avoid a catastrophe. The most difficult is yet to come,” he added.
Ukraine imposed a strict blockade in March, but eased it in May. Stepanov said the government would consider how to preserve the economy and save people at the same time.
He said last month that Ukraine would introduce stricter lockdown restrictions if cases rise to 11,000-15,000 a day. He warned that the resources of the medical system would be depleted if the number of daily cases exceeds 20,000.
Frustration over the economic and social cost of the confinements has led to protests in many parts of the world, especially in Europe, some of which have led to violent skirmishes, especially in Spain and Italy, as well as in the Czech capital. Prague and the city of Dresden in eastern Germany. .
The Covid-19 crisis is one of the most important factors in the US presidential elections.
President Donald Trump, seeking a second term, has faced intense criticism for his handling of the pandemic, with more than 9.2 million infections and more than 231,000 deaths.
His challenger Joe Biden has clung to socially estranged gatherings with small crowds or segregated people in their cars until the very end of the campaign, in contrast to large Trump rallies.
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