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With a total number of infections since the start of the pandemic amounting to 716,481, the highest in Europe, Spain is evaluating new measures. In the Madrid capital, since days in conflict with the government and yesterday the scene of protests against antivirus restrictions, since midnight the circulation of new areas has been prohibited, with millions of citizens, except for work, study or treatment reasons medical, a measure, however, milder than that required by the government. The Efe agency informs it. From today it is recommended to “the entire population”, residing or not in risk areas, to “avoid unnecessary travel”, and government intervention is not excluded.
After exceeding 16,000 daily infections and then falling to 15,797 and 14,412, the number of new positives in France fell yesterday to 11,123, but the decline is due to the usual count at the end of the weekend, limited by the closure of private analysis laboratories. The positivity rate continues to increase day after day, reaching 7.4% compared to 5.7% a week ago. The number of hospitalized for Covid-19 is constantly increasing, with 102 new admissions in 24 hours. There were 786 admissions to resuscitation, 23 more than on Saturday.
The restrictive measures decided by the government to stop the contagion of the Coronavirus, a measure that will be operational for 15 days with a planned budget, have begun in Marseille and its region, up to Aix-en-Provence (declared zone of ‘maximum alert’) in one week. Even Paris, in the ‘dark red’ zone, is preparing, tonight, to implement the new provisions on the closure of bars and the prohibition of selling alcohol from 10pm. Restrictions have also been applied across northern France, with bars and aisles closing. Tea at 10 p.m. and prohibition of the sale of alcohol and broadcast of amplified music from 8 p.m. The aim is to dissuade the population from organizing parties in private apartments, thus circumventing the ban on gathering in public spaces.
“We do everything possible to avoid a general re-confinement” but “we do not exclude anything.” Interviewed on BFM-TV, the French Minister of Ecological Transition, Elisabeth Borne, explains that the measures taken by the government are aimed at avoiding a new generalized blockade. “But with this virus, we don’t rule out anything,” he added. After the repression in the area of Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, as well as in Paris and ten other cities, today a new grip against the invisible enemy has also come into force in the Nord and Hauts-de-France regions. Bars and tea rooms close from 10 p.m. M., The prohibition of selling alcohol between 8 pm. M. And 6 a. M., The ban on broadcasting amplified music between 8 p.m. M. And 6 a. Elections that in France are taken at the local level, by the prefects, according to the data linked to the epidemic.
In Russia In the last 24 hours, 8,135 cases of coronavirus have been registered, the highest number since last June 16. In total, infections amounted to 1,159,573. Instead, the dead were 61, for a total of 20,385. The largest increases are in Moscow. In the capital, as provided by Mayor Serghei Sobyanin’s ordinance, from today citizens over 65 are invited (but not obliged) to stay at home and companies have been asked to favor smart work whenever possible. . This was reported by the national center for the fight against coronavirus, cited by the agencies.
The sharp rise in daily coronavirus cases in Tunisia continues, where in 24 hours (according to data referring to September 26) another 936 infections were registered, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the North African country to 16,114. This was announced by the Tunisian Ministry of Health in a statement, specifying that the death toll has risen to 214, of which 7 in 24 hours. 11,082 people are still positive, of which 292 in hospital, 76 in resuscitation and 36 in assisted respiration. The swabs made since the beginning of the epidemic are 225,033. According to the Minister of Health, Faouzi Mehdi, a general closure could be declared in the 17 delegations of the country in which there are more than 250 infections per 100,000 inhabitants. Since September 28, Italy is included in the orange category, so for those arriving from Italy to Tunisia, in addition to the obligation to present the negative Rt-Pcr test, there is the obligation of home self-isolation for seven days.
India has passed the milestone of six million cases of coronavirus. This was announced by the country’s Ministry of Health. The pandemic is spreading across the vast South Asian nation: With 6.1 million infections, India is poised to overtake the United States at the top of the dismal contagion rankings. Almost 100,000 people have died in the country so far.
Pakistan has recorded 9 deaths caused by Covid-19 and 566 new infections in the last 24 hours. The country’s Ministry of Health reported this. Now the country has a total of 310,841 cases of coronavirus, while the total of deaths increases to 6,466 people. So far, 296,022 people have recovered from the disease. The federal capital, Islamabad, has so far recorded 16,470 coronavirus cases and 181 deaths. In the last 24 hours, the capital has registered more than 70 cases of coronavirus, the highest number of cases in the last two months.
The night curfew is a Melbourne, in Australia, for almost two months to curb coronavirus infections, it has been eliminated thanks to a sharp decline in the number of new infections, only five in the period of 24 hours according to the latest balance, the lowest figure since 12 June to date. The five million inhabitants of Melbourne, the capital of the state of Victoria, have been subjected in recent weeks to drastic restrictions that will be relaxed starting today. Starting today, the construction and manufacturing sectors will be able to return to work. The nurseries have reopened and religious ceremonies are readmitted, albeit for a small number of people at a time. The Prime Minister of the State of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, said that this downward trend in infections is “very important” and said that, if confirmed, more restrictions could be lifted. For the moment, in fact, the obligation to stay at home and the prohibition to travel beyond a radius of five kilometers, except in case of need or for work, remain in force. Non-essential businesses, including restaurants, remain closed despite protests from businessmen. Melbourne has been at the center of a major epidemic in recent months, after some people returning from abroad escaped the quarantine to which they had been subjected, guests of some hotels. Since the start of the pandemic, Australia has had a total of 27,000 cases and 875 deaths. Most Australian states only have a few new cases per day and restrictions have been relaxed in most areas.
“A million people have lost their lives to Covid worldwide. It is an impressive number and, sadly, it continues to grow,” wrote the Minister of Health. Roberto Speranza in a post on Facebook, commenting on the latest figures on the virus. “We must dedicate all our energies to fight the virus, focusing on scientific research for effective and safe treatments and vaccines – continues the minister -. Meanwhile, what really makes the difference is the correct behavior of each one of us. We still need maximum attention. , seriousness and prudence “.
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The coronavirus has already practically reached the threshold, also psychological, of one million deaths in the world. A figure that brings the current epidemic closer to the magnitude of the Asian flu, which in 1957-58 caused 1.1 million deaths, although fortunately it is still far from the 50 million deaths caused by the Spanish in 1918-19. There is always talk of official victims, because the number could be higher due to the difficulty, especially in some areas of the world, of accurately identifying all deaths from Covid-19. No doubt at least 998,000 people have died from the virus since the outbreak in China emerged late last year. Almost 33 million cases of infection. The United States remains the most affected country in terms of deaths and cases, with almost 205,000 deaths. Followed by Brazil and India, which continue to register high numbers, with more than 88,000 new cases in 24 hours and more than 1,100 deaths in one day.
A large part of Europe is also struggling with the peaks of the second wave that is affecting numerous countries in Italy. After the consequences of summer trips, with the controversies related to the management of nightlife, the focus is now on the effects of the reopening of schools and the arrival of the first cold. In France, a third of the clusters refer to the institutes of the different degrees and universities, where there are 285 outbreaks, 32% of the 899 registered. According to the latest weekly French public health bulletin, for the first time the world of education precedes that of companies, where there are 195 active outbreaks, followed by health facilities, with 97 clusters under observation. Beyond the Alps, to face the resurgence of the epidemic – which for days travels around 15,000 new cases every day – now there are also those who propose an “Advent blockade”, from December 1 to 20, to save Christmas by allowing families to reunite and at the same time limiting the damage to the economy and schools. The idea was proposed to the French authorities by two Nobel Prize-winning economists, Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee: people, according to the couple of scholars, could be encouraged to do their Christmas shopping in November and this block would avoid canceling all Christmas and the possibility of having to impose a harsher lockdown later if the end-of-the-year festivities triggered a wave of infections even worse than the current one. The prospect of being forced into another quarantine, more or less rigid, or in any case of witnessing a new series of restrictions on people’s freedoms, seems to find, however, growing opposition among many citizens of different countries, where the Cuadrado’s demonstrations against the authorities.
After the sit-in on Saturday in London, with thousands of people in Trafalgar Square, it was the locals who took to the streets again to protest against the partial blockade imposed in several neighborhoods of the Spanish capital and its region to stop contagion. Since September 21, some 850,000 people have been confined to their areas and cannot leave them except for work, school or medical reasons, even if they can move freely inside. On the roller coaster that has seen emergency waves and periods of relative quiet alternate between different continents for months, there are also those who can take a break in this phase. This is the case of Melbourne, Australia: in the state of Victoria, the night curfew that had been imposed almost two months ago has been lifted to counter the second wave of the virus. Also here in recent days there were demonstrations against the restrictions, which led to riots and clashes with the police. A stop and go script that seems destined to be repeated again in the coming months around the world, awaiting the coveted vaccine.
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