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Rome, October 26, 2020 – The France remains, despite itself, at the forefront of the global pandemic since Coronavirus. After yesterday the shocking figure of 50 thousand new infections In the 24 hours, today a forecast paints an even darker picture. As new positive cases appear Germany and the Russia instead, it continues to break negative records. Meanwhile, good news arrives on the vaccine front. The vaccine developed by the University of Oxford, in collaboration with the pharmaceutical AstraZeneca, generates a strong immune response among the elderly, the most vulnerable group: this is how the Financial Times writes, speaking of the “hopes” generated by the trials.
For the CEO ofwho Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “Unity intensive care is reaching its maximum capacity in some places, particularly in Europe and North America. There is no doubt that Europe is an epicenter of the pandemic right now. “
Covid Newsletter for October 26, data and table for today
France, “100,000 cases a day possible”
The Immunologist Jean-Francois Delfraissy, president of the Covid-19 Scientific Technical Committee at France, in an interview with RTL said that the estimate of daily cases in the country beyond the Alps with the second wave “could be double compared to 50 thousand cases, very close to 100,000 boxes a day: between diagnosed, undiagnosed and asymptomatic ”. Second wave that for the expert “will probably be stronger than the first wave and the impact on the health system will be immediate, in the next three weeks, in the resuscitation services.” Bad news too. on the economic front. A total lockdown would cause not only a “10% recession” in 2020, but a “collapse of the French economy,” said the president of the Medef, the Confindustria d’Oltralpe, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux.
Meanwhile, the situation in the country becomes increasingly complex. In the last 24 hours, 357 people with Covid-19 have been hospitalized, leading to 2,761 occupied beds. This was reported by the Transalpine Public Health, which also provided the budget for 258 more deaths always in the last 24 hours. It was not since April that there had been a day with so many patients in intensive care, totaling 5,800 beds. There are 35,018 deaths with Covid in the country, where there are 2,321 active groups. The positive smear rate is 16.8 percent. The number of new cases registered in 24 hours is 26,771 but on Mondays it usually suffers a slowdown on the weekend of diagnostic activity.
Germany, Merkel: “Dramatic Evolution”
The Germany other prints 8,685 almost (doubled in a week), bringing the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to 437,866. According to data released by the Robert Koch Institute, another 24 people have died in the last 24 hours, for a total of 10,056 deaths. The alarm is still so high that Chancellor Angela Merkel would have spoken of the evolution of the “dramatic” pandemic. Germany may very soon face a “very difficult” situation. That is precisely what Angela Merkel would have said, according to Bild, during a meeting by videoconference of the presidency of the CDU, her party. The Chancellor intends to propose a “lock lightAt the summit with the governors of the German Laender scheduled for this Wednesday. Bild anticipates this, citing “informed circles” on the subject. Basically, among the possible measures to be implemented to block the rapid increase in infections in Germany, according to the tabloid, the Chancellor thinks about closure of restaurants and bars as well as the cancellation of all public events. Instead, schools and kindergartens would remain open, except in those areas of the country where the number of infections is very high. Today, the German government spokesman announced that Merkel has brought forward the summit with the Laender presidents by two days, precisely because of the exponential evolution of Covid-19 infections. TO Rottal-Inn, a city in Lower Bavaria, where a lOckdown directed, 260.1 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants exceeded in seven days.
Austria does not rule out a second block
Faced with the sharp increase in infections, the Chancellor Sebastian Kurz he hypothesizes a second blockade in Austria. The one of a new generalized confinement “is a last resort”, that however will be necessary “if we do not manage to stop the growth of the infections”, said the foreign minister in Vienna.
Switzerland, 17 thousand infections in 72 hours
Cases arise Switzerland, where the second wave of the epidemic is hitting hard: 17,440 infections and 37 deaths have been recorded in the last 72 hours. Health Minister Alain Berset has warned that the new restrictions the government is working on will be in place for a long time.
Britain, measures at the fourth level?
The Minister of Health of United KingdomMatt Hancock said the government “did not rule out anything” about the prospect of a new fourth level of measures, two weeks after introducing a three-level restriction system for the coronavirus.
Belgium, positivity rate 19.7%
Belgium recorded a daily average of 12491 contagion of the coronavirus between October 16 and 22, that is, the 44% more compared to the previous week. Hospital admissions reached a daily average of 467.7, an increase of 85%. There are a total of 10,810 deaths. The average between October 16 and 22 was 41.9 deaths per day. The test’s positivity rate, or the proportion of positive people out of all those tested, has reached 19.7% nationwide. Today night coverage comes into effect from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and show halls, theaters, cinemas, sports centers, swimming pools, gyms will be closed.
Russia, 91 deputies infected
Cases continue to increase even in Russia, where, in the last 24 hours, 17,347 new infections have been found: the highest number recorded so far since the start of the epidemic. In Moscow alone, there are 5,224 new cases. During the last day, 219 people died, bringing the official total of victims of the disease in Russia to 26,269. The infections verified are a total of 1,531,224.
At least 91 deputies Russians 450, that is one in fiveI have had or have Covid-19said the president of the Duma Viaceslav Volodin. According to Volodin, 38 parliamentarians are now hospitalized due to Covid-19, including one in intensive care. In September, a parliamentarian from the Communist Party, Vakha Agayev, 67, died of complications from the disease.
Also record in Holland
In the Netherlands, a new daily record of coronavirus cases has been reached, with 10,343 infections in the last 24 hours. There were 26 deaths, reported the National Institute of Public Health. In total, there were 301,597 Covid positives and 7,072 deaths.
Iran, one death every 4 minutes
Iran today extended anti-Covid-19 restrictions to Tehran and the entire country after health authorities announced one death every four minutes from the virus. The Ministry of Health has announced 337 new deaths and 5,960 new cases in the last 24 hours, which, according to state television, is equivalent to one death every four minutes. The closure of schools, mosques, shops, restaurants and other public institutions in Tehran, which was due to end today, will run until November 20.
United States, 340 more dead
the United States They have registered another 60,789 cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing to 8,635,966 the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Another 340 people died, for a total of 225,229 deaths. Asked yesterday by CNN, the White House chief of staff, Mark MeadowsHe said the United States “will not control” the pandemic, but “will control having vaccines, treatments.” When asked why the United States will not be able to keep the pandemic under control, Meadows replied, “Because it is a virus as contagious as the flu.” He then added: “What we have to do is make sure we have the right mitigating factors, whether it’s treatments or vaccines or therapies to make sure people don’t die from it.”
Venezuele, anti-Covid drug
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that the country’s scientists “have found a drug that defeats 100% of the coronavirus” and will make it available to the WHO. Maduro explained that Venezuelan scientists have been studying the cure for six months and “in the next few days the strategy will be built, through the WHO, to ratify the results obtained” by the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research, writes Abc.es.
Melbourne comes out of lockdown
No case in the last 24 hours: the lock will eventually be lifted a Melbourne, three months after it was imposed to stop the second wave.
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