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The federal government and the German Länder could agree to a massive limitation of contacts throughout the territory of the federal republic as of November 2 and not as of November 4 as in the previous hypothesis to enhance the containment of the coronavirus pandemic . This was announced by the Dpa from sources close to the meeting that is currently taking place between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the ministers-presidents of the 16 Land. The German government aims to compensate for the turnover losses caused by the temporary closure of the companies affected by the closure, with 7-10 billion, according to Bild. This is one of the measures currently being discussed in the meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel, the relevant ministers and the governors of the 16 German Laender. At the meeting, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz suggested that smaller companies be compensated with up to 75% of their turnover compared to the same period last year, while larger companies up to 70%. According to Scholz, this is a total cost of between 7 and 10 billion. The number of new Covid infections in Germany, in the 24 hours, with 14,964 cases, touches a new record, after the one marked last Saturday when 14,714 infections were detected. Angela Merkel’s country awaits with great anticipation a decisive summit between the chancellor and Laender’s presidential ministers, scheduled for this afternoon, when new restrictive measures will be decided, to stop the Covid race. There is talk of a “confinement light”, which would open schools and kindergartens, sacrificing sectors such as gastronomy, sports and leisure instead
The first European country to return to the lockdown could be France, where more than 50,000 new cases of Covid-19 are now traveling daily. The French government, after the breach of the curfew decreed two weeks ago, plans a national lockdown for a month starting at midnight on Thursday, as reported by BFM-TV on the eve of a speech to the nation by President Emmanuel Macron. . The issuer specified that the lock will be more flexible than last spring. The official announcement should arrive at 8 pm
Closures are also planned in Spain, but for the moment only at the regional level. The state of emergency launched by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez a few days ago gave the regions the freedom to close their borders if necessary. It seems that this is what Andalusia, Madrid and Castilla y León are thinking about, having already asked their technical-scientific commissions for an opinion with a view to the Puente de Todos los Santos. The president of Andalusia, Juan Manuel Moreno, admitted in an interview with Cadena Cope that he was “very pessimistic about the possibility of keeping the region open this weekend.” “The number of hospitalized patients and ICUs makes us think that it is not the right time to authorize the flow of people entering and leaving the region,” he said.
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