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In France, 4 other cities on high alert – While the national number of patients with coronavirus is updated upwards (693,000 cases and 32,463 deaths), the French Minister of Health, Olivier Vèran, announced that as of Saturday four more metropolises, Lille, Grenoble, Lyon and Saint-Etienne . , you will enter the “high alert” zone.
In Paris hospitals in distress: emergency plan is activated – Paris hospitals are activating emergency measures to care for patients with Covid-19, who currently occupy 40% of intensive care units in the region. Authorities have already closed bars in Paris and several cities and restricted private gatherings. The next emergency measures involve adding hospital beds and postponing non-urgent surgeries. Such measures were already ordered in March and April when the pandemic first appeared in Europe.
In the court of Madrid rejects the confinement, authorities: “Do not leave the city” – The president of the Autonomous Community of Madrid has asked citizens not to leave the capital, after the ruling of the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid that rejected the restrictive measures of the government. Isabel Díaz Ayuso then promised the adoption shortly of “new fair, sensible and thoughtful measures” that will be agreed with the executive. The Madrid regional court annulled the government order imposing a partial blockade on the Spanish capital and nine towns in its area. In a statement, the court announced that the appeal of the local authorities was accepted, noting that the order of the Ministry of Health violates the fundamental freedoms of the 4.5 million people affected by the closure. The Community of Madrid has prohibited its inhabitants from leaving home without a valid reason since Saturday in order to control the second wave of coronavirus infections.
In Portugal 1,278 new cases: the highest number since April – Portugal exceeded 1,000 new daily cases of coronavirus for the first time in six months. The General Directorate of Health registered 1,278 infections in the last 24 hours. It is the highest figure since April 10. Health Minister Antonio Lacerda Sales said officials are concerned about a possible difficult winter for the public health service. On Wednesday, the official number of cases reached 944. The number of new cases per day in Portugal only exceeded the 1,000 mark twice, on March 31 and April 10. The nation of 10 million has recorded 82,534 cases and 2,050 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Highest new cases in Austria, 1200 in 24 hours – Austria records an increase in new cases of coronavirus. In the last 24 hours, 1,209 new infections have been registered. A value never recorded since the start of the pandemic. The number of so-called active cases now touches the threshold of 10 thousand, with 9,930 positives still uncured, while this value in June was only 400.
Russia: population invited to stay at home for the weekend – In Russia, the Ministry of Health has issued a recommendation to the population to stay home this weekend due to a sharp increase in new cases of coronavirus, the RIA news agency reported. Health authorities in the Russian Federation have registered 11,493 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, slightly less than the peak in a single day during the entire period of the pandemic, bringing the overall total of infections to 1,260. 112.
In Gb 17,540 new cases, 3,300 more than yesterday – The United Kingdom has registered 17,540 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, 3,300 more than yesterday. The victims are 77, compared to 70 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a new study from University College London has established that the asymptomatic made up 86% of people who tested positive for coronavirus in Britain during the shutdown. The study suggests that the current policy of the UK authorities of rubbing people who show suspicious symptoms or who are contacts of other positive may not detect a large number of cases.
In Germany, infections are worrying: more than 4,000 in 24 hours – More than 4,000 cases (4,058) of contagion in 24 hours. These are the numbers that worry Germany and that have not been seen since the beginning of April. Figures that continue to rise and that run the risk of losing control over the containment of the virus in the country, warn the German Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, and the director of the Robert Koch Institut, Lothar Wieler. “At the end of the summer holidays, many people took the virus home. Today this represents only 8% of the cases we see in Germany. Most infections occur in Germany,” he added. “Conclusion: The incidence of infections is growing in almost all regions and this worries me very much,” said Wieler.
admitting that he does not know what turn the situation will take, that it could even reach 10,000 infections a day and then invited to respect the rules of social distancing, to wash hands and wear a mask.
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