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The “Plan Blanc”, the emergency plan that allows mobilizing all the resources of hospitals in the presence of a crisis, started again this morning in Ile-de-France, the Paris region. He announced it – given the emergency COVID-19 – the regional health director Aurélien Rousseau – explaining that the epidemic “is beginning to make itself felt again in intensive care and in hospitals”. The plan allows “mobilizing all the resources of the hospitals and anticipating the next few days,” he said. The “White Plan” was decreed on March 6 for the first wave of the Coronavirus and was extended to the entire country on the 13th of the same month.
The Plan Blanc measures were also reactivated in the hospitals of the Lyon region as of September 22. Level 1 of the Emergency Plan enables better preparation to receive the sick, increase the number of intensive care beds and postpone some non-urgent operations. It also makes it possible to summon backup personnel and, above all, to increase the beds in resuscitation, the main concern in these hours when, in the Paris region, the number of Covid patients in resuscitation has exceeded the alert threshold of 40%.
Spain
Meanwhile, the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid has rejected the coronavirus containment measures imposed by the Government on the Spanish capital and nine other cities in the province, stating that the decision on the partial closure affects “fundamental rights and freedoms” . The Spanish press reports it.
Alarming new case file coronavirus in Germany for the second day in a row. There have been more than 4,000 new infections in the last 24 hours, never so many since April 11, when the country was still closed. It had been 2,898 the day before. German Health Minister Jens Spahn called the increase in cases “alarming”. “This worries me a lot. We want to prevent the numbers from growing exponentially, ”he told reporters in Berlin.
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Brazil, exceeded 5 million infections
Brazil exceeds the threshold of five million cases of coronavirus infection. The latest budget of the Ministry of Health speaks of 5,000,694. The new cases that emerged in the last 24 hours were 31,553,734 deaths, for a total of 148,228. 4,391,424 recovered patients, 461,042 still undergoing medical treatment.
Belgium, record cases: 3,577 in one day
New acceleration of coronavirus cases in Belgium. According to figures from the health authorities, 3,577 cases were registered in the last 24 hours. The figure is the highest since the outbreak in the country, although the definition of “case” has changed from March to April, when only the sick were tested. Now, however, many positives are asymptomatic. The average number of new infections is 2,595.49 per day between September 28 and October 4, an increase of 64% compared to the previous week.
Tunisia, locked up at night after the boom in cases
To counteract the spread of the coronavirus, the Tunisian authorities have decreed the measure of the night curfew, starting tonight for 15 days, in the “Greater Tunis”, or the macro urban area of the capital that includes the governorates of Tunisia , Ariana, Ben Arous, and Manouba, with more than 2.6 million inhabitants. This was announced yesterday afternoon by state television Watanya 1, specifying that the curfew will go from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. on weekdays and from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Only essential service workers will be exempt from the provision.
In recent weeks, Tunisia has seen a sharp increase in infections. The latest data released by the Ministry of Health, referring to last October 4 and 5, speak of another 2,312 infections, for a total of 24,542 infections since the beginning of the epidemic. The death toll is 364, of which 43 in the 48 hours considered. Other night curfew measures have also been adopted in Sousse, Monastir, Sidi Bouzid and Kef.
RUSSIA COVID-19 cases in Russia have increased by 11,493 in the last 24 hours and the total number of infections has reached 1,260,112. The coronavirus crisis center said so. According to their data, a growth rate of 0.9% has been registered in the last five days. The dead were 191 for a total of 22,056. Tass reports it.
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