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12.15 – Galli (Sacco): Overcrowding of means of transport
an unsolved problem
The proposed interventions to stop Covid will be helpful if implemented effectively. But we have to reverse the trend in no time. Overcrowding in public transport remains an unsolved problem. Thus the director of the department of infectious diseases of the Sacco hospital in Milan, Massimo Galli, in a tweet.
12.14 – Northern Ireland closes schools and pubs
Northern Ireland will close schools for two weeks as part of a package of new restrictive measures to contain the outbreak. The reports Bbc. Northern Ireland Prime Minister Arlene Foster outlined the new measures, which also include limits on weddings and funerals, and will take effect on Friday. Pubs and restaurants will be closed for four weeks, with the exception of takeout and deliveries, while the Halloween midterm holidays for schools have been extended to two weeks.
12.09 – Germany, Merkel will ask for new restrictions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will call for a further tightening of measures to stop the Covid infection at today’s summit with the Lander presidents. what comes out of the draft of a document you have read French Press. With new cases growing, Merkel plans to lower the threshold needed to trigger the new restrictions from 50 to 35 infections per week, which would include an extension of the times when wearing a mask is mandatory and higher limits for private meetings. .
The map of contagion in the world: this is how the virus spreads
11.55 – UE, Sassoli twice negative: tomorrow participates in the summit
After a first negative test last week, I came back negative for Covid this week. According to the rules, today I will remain in self-isolation. Tomorrow I will return to Parliament and participate in the European Council. The president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, reports on social media.
11:44 – Ricciardi: Before November I risk 16 thousand cases a day A few days ago I estimated that if we had not taken measures like the ones we are taking now, we could have reached 16,000 cases in November (per day, ed). In reality, the growth rate is so strong that we could get there even earlier. Therefore, it is necessary to respect the old rules and introduce the new ones. This was stated by the scientific consultant of the Ministry of Health, Walter Ricciardi, invited in Tv2000 commenting on the trend of infections in Italy.
11.41 – Pisano: Immuni protects us, ok also from the Council of Europe
The first reason to download Immuni, in this new wave of infections, is mainly because it protects us. Thus, the Minister of Technological Innovation and Digitization, Paola Pisano, ad Open, in Rai Tre. The minister recalled that the application has already been downloaded by more than 8.5 million people (to date 8,605,896 million ed) and that the recent news that the Council of Europe, the international body that unites 47 countries and promotes humanitarian rights and democracy, has spoken favorably on this application. Precisely because, Pisano said, Immuni was born under a law that protects privacy and voluntary use.
11.34 – The Pregliasco virologist: Too many media at peak times
In fact, at peak times, in Milan, there are too many meetings. It is necessary to recover the distance, in my opinion promoting smart work and delaying the time of entry to school and work. I think distance education for older children, 16 years old, could also be helpful. At least in these weeks. Cos aAdnkronos Health the virologist from the University of Milan, Fabrizio Pregliasco. And if the national situation is manageable and the curve can bend, we must take into account the scenarios that come to us from mathematical models: the worst tells us what could happen if we do nothing. Well, it is important to reduce the meetings and respect all the measures. Also because it is true that asymptomatic people are less contagious, but we do not recognize them.
11.10 – New record in Croatia, 748 cases in 24 hours, 4 deaths
In Croatia, the increase in the Covid epidemic continues with 748 confirmed cases in the last 24 hours, a figure that marks a new daily record. This was reported by the Civil Protection Crisis Unit, which introduced a series of new restrictive measures. The last daily record was 547 infections reached last Friday. Also the total of patients with active infection, to date 3,210, maximum. Of these 441 are in hospital treatment and 27 also require the help of artificial respiration. Four people have died since yesterday, raising the number of Covid-19 victims in Croatia to 334. Since the start of the pandemic in the country, 21,741 infections have been registered (here the contagion map in the world).
11:02 am – More than 38 million cases worldwide
Worldwide, 38 million cases of coronavirus have been exceeded. It can be read in the Johns Hopkins University updates. In particular, the number of infections of nearly 38,144,000. Always in first place the United States (7,858,344), followed by India (7,239,389) and Brazil (5,113,628). The victims are 1,086,399, 216,000 in the United States alone.
10:48 am – Increase in cases in Belgium, + 93% in seven days
Coronavirus infections continue to increase in Belgium. According to the latest data released by the Sciensano Public Health Institute, between October 4 and 10 there were an average of 5,057 infections per day. This is a 93% increase over the previous seven-day period. The Belgian news agency writes it. Last Friday the peak of 7,030 new infections was registered.
10.30 – Greece, mandatory mask in all workplaces
In Greece, starting today, it will be mandatory to wear a mask in all indoor workplaces and in overcrowded outdoor public areas. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias, highlighting that the measure applies throughout the country regardless of the levels of transmission of the coronavirus at the local level.
10.28 – Chrysantis: possible closure at Christmas
I think a Christmas lockdown is on the order of things: it could reset the system, reduce virus transmission, and increase contact tracing. As we are the saturated system. So Andrea Crisanti, a virologist at the University of Padua at Studio 24 in Rainews, citing the example of Great Britain, which decided to close during the school holidays.
9.58am – New Zealand withdraws from friendly match with England
New Zealand has decided to withdraw from the friendly soccer match that was scheduled to play on 12 November against England. The changing nature of travel restrictions and the availability of commercial flights due to Covid tells us that we are not sure whether we can present a team at Wembley, says a note from New Zealand federation CEO Andrew Pragnell, referring to the meeting scheduled for next month.
8.50 am – Closing in Israel extended until Sunday
The blockade on Israel has been extended until Sunday, October 18. This was established unanimously by the government committee on coronavirus which at the same time has for now excluded any relaxation of the restrictions in force in the country. However, it was decided that on Thursday there will be a new meeting to decide whether to mitigate any regulations according to the morbidity indicated by the statistics, in particular those of restoration, reopening of kindergartens and small businesses. Meanwhile, infections continue to decline, reaching 2,255 out of 41,000 swabs with an infection rate of 5.4% (yesterday it exceeded 7%). Critically ill are also declining, 808 (883 a week ago), but deaths have risen to 2,055.
8:08 am – New record in India: 63,509 new cases in 24 hours
New record of cases in India: the country exceeds 63 thousand new cases of Covid (63,509, + 8 thousand compared to the previous day), bringing the total to more than 7.2 million. The country second only to the US The Health Ministry also reported 730 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 110,586. Last month, the country recorded more than 1,000 deaths a day.
8.00 – Nas checks in almost 1,900 restaurants and breweries
Nas’s intervention, in close collaboration with Arma’s local departments, in 1,898 catering and food and beverage establishments, such as restaurants, pizzerias, trattorias, fast food restaurants, pubs, breweries and bars. During the controls, 351 infractions were contested, with special reference to the lack of use of face protection masks (43%) and the absence of information regarding the precautions that customers should take (13%). Other offenses involved 9% insufficient distance between tables, lack of social distancing between people (9%), absence of sanitizing products inside or at the entrance of the premises (8%), lack of procedures for cleaning and disinfection of environments (3%).
7.45am – Germany over 5,000 new infections: first time since April
For the first time since mid-April, Germany exceeds 5,000 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours with 5,132 confirmed infections. These are the data published by the Robert Koch Institute: the day before there were 4,122 cases. The highest number of infections in Germany in 24 hours occurred in early April when there were more than 6 thousand cases per day. Today’s increase brings the total to 334,585 confirmed cases. RKI also saw an increase in deaths from 13 the day before to 40 today. Thus, the total number of deaths from coronavirus in Germany increased to 9,677.
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