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Rome, October 12, 2020 – “You can’t give up.” The Covid flame does not go out and, after yesterday they exceeded 123 thousand cases per day in Europe, 37 million infections in the world and beyond One million dead today, in the face of the strong resurgence of infections, is the French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, who launches a strong appeal to citizens not to throw in the towel in the fight against Coronavirus. “The French – he continued – considered too early that this virus had disappeared”. “The reality – he warned – is that the the second wave is here among us. “The Prime Minister stressed that”emergency shutdown widespread should be avoided by all means “, while on possible local confinements” nothing can be ruled out in light of the situation in our hospitals. “Meanwhile, in the Paris region, in the Ile-de-France, the 17% tests “Outcome positive, it is a fact that we had never achieved, “said the director of Ars, the regional health agency, Aurélien Rousseau, interviewed by Rmc-Bfm-Tv.” Among people between 20 and 30 years of age we have more than 800 positive cases out of 100,000, the alert threshold is fifty – he continued -. Especially for three days and this is thealarm we launched, these numbers are increasing very rapidly among older people. This means that there is a transition between generations and this is our greatest concern. “Meanwhile, the French government is preparing a new version of the” StopCovid “application, which should be available on October 22. And the president Emmanuel macron announced that he will speak to the nation on Wednesday at 8 pm.
France
Fall in half, compared to yesterday, and more than two-thirds compared to Saturday, infections in France: there are 8,500. V.He recalled, however, the weekend effect, with a sharp drop in the figures on Monday due to the lower influx of data from hospitals and residences during the weekend (last Monday they were just over 5,000). On the other hand, deaths increase, 96 more than yesterday, for a total of 32,825. The positive rate of the swabs reaches 11.8%.
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Spain
am high data of cases registered in Spain from Friday to today: 27,856 new positives Covid-19 and 195 deaths. The total number of contagion cases is 888,968 and 33,124 deaths. The Spanish government has decided eliminate military parade of the program of ceremonies National holiday today October 12, given the situation of the pandemic in the country and in particular in the capital Madrid, where a state of emergency is in effect. In addition to the parade, the traditional reception in the royal palace was also eliminated; The sovereigns Felipe and Letizia, together with the president of the government Pedro Sánchez and the ministers in their entirety, will attend an act of raising the flag of the fallen to be held in Zarzuela. For the first time, the leader of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, will be present as deputy prime minister: in previous years he had delegated participation to other party officials. Among the governors of the absent regions, such as the Basques and Catalans; Instead, Sánchez and the governor of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, will meet face to face after the tug of war in recent days that led to the imposition of a state of emergency in the Spanish capital.
Britain
There are more people in England right now hospitalized in the hospital for him COVID-19 that before the adoption of the closure in March. The director of the NHS, the national health service, Stephen Powis, has made it known, according to reports from the BBC. Powis found that there is a sharp increase in hospitalizations among over 65 years old, especially those over 85. Given the situation, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, communicating to the British Parliament, announced the decision to introduce a lock with “three levels” severity of restrictions depending on UK area. BoJo said that “a general shutdown” like in spring “would not be the right thing to do,” but at the same time “we cannot let the disease run its course: it would cause many deaths and the health system would be overwhelmed.”
Most of the country will be medium level’, and will include the current rules, that is, the maximum limit of six people for meetings and closing at 22.00 for pubs. Alert ‘High’ it will cover most areas that are already subject to current restrictions: people will not be able to meet other families indoors. These include Nottinghamshire and eastern and western Cheshire. Finally, the alert level ‘very high’, Come to Liverpool and the entire region, where gatherings at home will be prohibited and all pubs and bars will be closed. Also stop at gyms, recreation centers, gambling shops, and casinos.
who
Let the Coronavirus circulate freely, perhaps seeking herd immunity, is “immoral”. WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautions: the so-called ‘herd immunity’ “It is a concept used for vaccines”, it is applied to “a population that can protect itself from a certain virus, if a vaccination rate is reached”. Ghebreyesus then points out that “never in history of public health herd immunity was used as a strategy to respond to an epidemic, much less a pandemic. It is scientifically and ethically problematic. ”“ Letting Covid-19 circulate uncontrollably means allowing unnecessary contagion, suffering and death, ”insisted the WHO director general during the usual information session on the coronavirus. dangerous that we do not fully understand to move freely is simply immoral. It is not an option. “
Ghebreyesus explained that “We don’t know much about immunity in Covid-19. Most people infected with the virus develop an immune response in the first few weeks, but we don’t know how strong or long-lasting this immune response is, or how it differs for different people. “He added:” There have also been some examples of people infected by Covid for the second time “.
“The vast majority of people in most countries remain vulnerable to the coronavirus.” Ghebreyesus recalled that “studies suggest that in most countries less than 10% of the population has been infected with Covid-19. Mike ryan, director of the WHO emergency program, concluded: “We look with concern the increase in hospitalizations in countries such as France and the United Kingdom “.
Germany
German health authorities have registered other 2,467 new packagesi of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, for a total of 325,331 infections since the beginning of the emergency. This was announced by the Robert Koch institute, which in recent days had registered a strong increase in positive tests, with almost 5,000 cases confirmed last week. The total death toll is 9,621, six more than yesterday.
United States
Speaking of the jump in Covid cases in Europe, the president of the United States, Donald trumpwrites on Twitter: “Huge increase in Chinese epidemic in Europe and in other places that fake news carried like examples of places where it was working well, with the aim of putting bad light for the United States. Be strong and alert, it will run its course. Vaccines and treatments are coming fast. “
Vatican City
Covid repeats itself in Vatican: quattro Swiss guards tested positive for coronavirus. There were also three cases among residents this week. Spokesperson Matteo Bruni broke the news: “ Over the weekend some positive aspects of Covid-19 were found among the Swiss Guards. There are currently 4 people with symptoms, all isolated. During these hours, the necessary controls are being carried out among those who may have been in direct contact with them. ”
Russia
Cases of coronavirus in Russia have increased by 13,592 units in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 1,312,310. This was announced by the anti-crisis center
Coronavirus The average growth rate fell from 1.1% to 1%, according to the crisis center. The dead were 125, compared with 149 the day before. It is the third day in a row that daily numbers are higher than the peak reached during the first wave in spring, according to Tass.
China
Chinese health authorities have ordered bulk swabs in the next five days for more nine million of inhabitants of Qingdao, a city on the coast where a dozen cases of coronavirus related to an outbreak in a hospital were registered over the weekend. More than 140,000 healthcare workers were cleaned immediately after the first positives emerged. Recently, China has only confirmed cases of Covid-19 imported from abroad.
Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated the data for Africa: they are out 1.5 million cases of Covid-19 confirmed on the African continent, with more than 38,000 dead and 1.3 million cured. South Africa is the most affected country, with 692,471 infections and 17,780 deaths, followed by Morocco, with 152,404 cases and 2,605 deaths, and Egypt, with 104,516 cases and 6,052 deaths.
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