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This was reported by the director of emergencies of the World Health Organization, Michael Ryan, about the recent and vertiginous increase in cases in the European continent. In half of the 48 countries in Europe that are part of the UN agency, Covid-19 cases have increased by 50%, he stressed.
The numbers related to coronavirus infections, as far as Europe is concerned, worry experts. According to the director of emergencies for the World Health Organization, Michael Ryan, the recent increase in the number of cases in the northern hemisphere is related to the fact that people who came into contact with an infected person “have not been put quarantined for an appropriate period. ” The WHO expert stressed that this process did not “happen everywhere and systematically”, but said he was “convinced that it is the main reason why we are seeing such high figures.” In half of the 48 countries’ Zone of Europe that are part of the UN Agency, Ryan explained, the cases of Covid-19 have increased by 50%.
The case of Ireland
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Meanwhile, the current emergence of the European continent has forced Ireland to announce the return to confinement, with schools remaining open. Ireland, the first European Union country to re-propose the restrictive measure, will propose a near-total shutdown to contain coronavirus infections starting at midnight on Wednesday. With the new measures adopted by the national government, non-essential shops will remain closed, while bars and restaurants will only be able to operate through take-out food. Prime Minister Micheal Martin commented on the election, underscoring how signs that a serious situation could develop in the coming weeks were “too strong” to ignore.
The situation in Wales and Russia
Ireland will not only reopen at closing. As of Friday, in fact, Wales will also apply the strictest restrictions for two weeks to limit the health emergency. Here to date there have been 35,628 infections of 3,136 million inhabitants, of which almost 1,000 only after the last bulletin, issued yesterday, October 19, 1,711 deaths have been registered in total. In addition, local administrations in the Manchester region, in England, are also working to find an agreement with the British government on the introduction of the anti-Covid restrictions provided for by alert level 3, not yet granted at the moment. Another critical case is that of Russia, which registered a new record of infections with 15,982 cases, detected in the last 24 hours. Of the total, 5,376 were identified in the city of Moscow. The mayor of the capital, Sergej Sobjanin, ruled out the implementation of the closure or curfew. In total, in the world and according to the Johns Hopkins University count, infections have exceeded 40 million and 300 thousand, while the victims have reached more than 1 million and 100 thousand. More than 2.5 million infections have been recorded in the past week, the highest weekly increase since the virus emerged in China in late 2019.
