Coronavirus, Germany: more than 11 thousand infections. In France, curfew for 2/3 of the population. Belgian Foreign Minister in intensive care

New coronavirus infections explode Germany, where for the first time the threshold of 10 thousand cases in one day was exceeded. The Minister of Health is also positive, Jens spahn, starting from Saturday Sedan places much of Italy among risk zones COVID-19. Spain me France have exceeded one million infections since the start of the pandemic and the first Jean castex announced the extension of the curfew to 38 new departments and the Polynesia, from 21 to 6 in the morning, with a duration of six weeks, bringing the total of territories involved to 54 (101 in total). The measures will take effect from Friday at midnight and will affect 46 million people. In total they are two-thirds of the population to be subject to traffic restrictions. Curfew also in Greece, where the prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that it will leave the ad Athens It’s in Thessaloniki since Saturday to contain the spread of contagion.

In BelgiumMeanwhile, the former Prime Minister and current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Sophie Wilmes, positive for coronavirus, was hospitalized in intensive care. According to his spokesman, he is conscious and in stable condition. With 10,539 deaths linked to the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, Belgium is the second Country in the world that has the highest number of dead in relation to your population. The rate of positivity, that’s the proportion of people positive Of all those evaluated, it has now reached 16.3% nationwide and a record 24.5% in the region of Brussels. In Russia the epidemiological curve continues to rise, with 15,971 positives in the last day with 290 deaths, thus reaching a total of 1,463,306 infections (the country has about 144 million inhabitants) and more than 25 thousand victims.

France – “The curfew will apply from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. for a period of six weeks,” said the prime minister. Castex communicating the extension of the curfew, which already applies in nine major cities, including Paris me Marseilles. Castex specified that the “device it will be evaluated again next week and could be strengthened ”. Beyond the Alps, the cases of COVID-19 they have progressed by 40%, reaching 251 infected out of every 100,000. The virus’s reproduction rate, he specified, is around 1.35. Cases have doubled in fifteen days and all age groups are affected, particularly those over 65 years of age. For his part, the French Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, explained that every day 25 thousand cases are registered in France, more than a thousand every hour.

Germany – Among the Italian regions that enter the areas at risk from Saturday COVID-19 There’s also Lombardy, Lazio and Tuscany. The province of Bolzano. Also included in the updated list Poland, Switzerland and almost allAustria. Italian regions considered at risk by the Germany They are: Aosta Valley, Umbria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Tuscany, Veneto, Lazio, Abruzzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna, Sardinia and the province of Bolzano-Sudtirolo. According to current regulations, those who return from these places from the autumn holidays must take quarantine 14 days or undergo a test to COVID-19 Upon arriving at Germany. The Institute Robert Koch reported 11,287 new infections in 24 hours, more than 4 thousand more than yesterday. the Record So far it had been scored last Saturday, with 7,830 infections. Figures that lead the country led by Angela Merkel to 392,049 cases since the start of the pandemic with 9,905 victims. 306,100 patients were recovered. However, as in Italy, the data is not comparable to last spring, as many more tests are currently underway. But the alert is still very high, because the pressure on hospitals continues to increase across Europe. Also in Germany yesterday was the result positive the Minister of Health, Jens spahnAlthough Berlin has made it known that the executive will not go into quarantine. He himself, during the day, had clarified: “At the moment I do not see the possibility of a second confinement in the strict sense that is always referred to”.

Switzerland and Liechtenstein – There are 5,256 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. According to data fromFederal Office of Public Health (SFOP), 11 other people died and 106 were hospitalized. Today’s data on contagion marks a slight decrease compared to that announced yesterday (5,596), but is still considerably higher than bulletin on Tuesday (3.008). During the past week, the number of coronavirus cases in Switzerland has more than doubled compared to the previous one: the increase affected all cantons and meant that in the period between 12 and 18 October it was a record of new infections. According to a report published today in Twitter dall ‘UfspIn recent days, 19,478 cases have been confirmed, compared to 8,749 the previous week.

Ukraine – Dial registration numbers, with 7,053 new infections and 116 deaths. Here too it is a record: for the first time they have exceeded 7 thousand. According to data from the Ministry of Health of Kiev, the cases registered in the country since the beginning of the epidemic thus amount to 322,879, while the people who have died from the disease are officially 5,927.

South America – It is not better in South America: the health authorities of theArgentina announced that in the last 24 hours another record was recorded here, with 18,326 almost bringing the grand total to 1,037,325. The news agency writes it today Telam. The Ministry of Health of Buenos Aires then specified that there were other 423 dead, which raised the general budget to 27,519. In addition, among those infected, 4,573 are hospitalized in resuscitation rooms, with an occupancy of beds of 64.4% in the national territoryand 63.1% in the metropolitan area of ​​the capital. The ministerial report indicates a health situation on the verge of saturation in the cities of Viedma me rosary beads. Currently Argentina is fifth place in the world by number of infections, after the United States, India, Brazil and Russia.

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