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After France, Spain and England, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands also approved new restrictions to try to curb the increase in cases of coronavirus infection. In France, President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday night should announce new closures that could also affect Paris. Martin Hirsch, general manager of the public consortium of university hospitals in Paris (APHP), said ICU beds could be 90 percent occupied by the end of this week in the French capital.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic decided on Tuesday to close schools and bars until November 3, while restaurants will only be able to sell take-out food until 8:00 p.m. Also, the consumption of alcohol in public is prohibited. University residences will also remain closed and lessons for all school classes will be held remotely. The use of the mask, already mandatory in shops and public transport, will also be extended to tram stops and train tracks. In the Czech Republic, both outdoors and indoors, the “rule of 6” will apply as in England, that is, the prohibition of meeting with more than six people from different family groups.
The Czech Republic is one of the countries in Europe facing the most critical situation. Last Monday there was the highest daily increase in deaths since the beginning of the epidemic (55), and on October 9 the record of daily increase in contagion cases (8,617). In its October 13 report, the ECDC, the European Union’s European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, said that new confirmed coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic in the last 14 days have been 55,538, a higher figure. at 42,032. of neighboring Germany, whose population is eight times larger.
Netherlands
In the Netherlands, bars, and restaurants will be closed for four weeks from October 14. Cafeteria. Only take-out services will be allowed. Additionally, grocery stores will not be able to sell alcohol after 8 p.m. Schools will remain open, but the government has asked those who have the opportunity to work from home and use public transportation only for essential trips. In the Netherlands in the last week the cases of contagion have reached 44 thousand, with an increase of 60 percent compared to the previous week. An increase of nearly 7,400 new cases of contagion was reported Tuesday, the highest since the epidemic began. Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that if the number of contagion cases increased at this rate, soon the health system will no longer be able to guarantee 75 percent of ordinary hospital care.
England
On Monday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced in the House of Commons the new restrictions decided by the government to try to control the spread of infections after the large daily increase in cases in the previous days. England has been divided into three areas according to the risk of contagion, which can be classified as medium, high and very high. In areas where contagion levels are relatively low, the measures decided by the government on September 22 are still in force, namely, “the rule of 6” (prohibition of meeting with more than six people from different family groups, both outdoors and indoors). closed), the closure of restaurants and pubs at 10pm, the obligation to wear masks even in taxis and to respect physical distances.
In areas considered high risk, it is also forbidden for people from different family groups to meet either at home or in bars and restaurants. For high-risk areas (including Liverpool), in addition to complying with the rules established for lower-risk areas, bars, pubs, gyms and gambling halls will be closed, while restaurants must close at 10:00 p.m. . These areas are also prohibited from residents having social interactions with people who are not part of their own home.
In the rest of the UK there are other restrictions based on decisions made by individual states, as those made by the British central government directly apply only to England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are responsible for their own public health policies and autonomously decide what action to take in the event of a health emergency.
Spain
On October 9, the President of the Spanish Government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, announced that his government would impose a “state of alarm” in the autonomous community of Madrid with the aim of containing the epidemic. The “state of alarm” is recognized by the Spanish Constitution and allows the government – both central and regional, depending on who activates it – to limit certain fundamental freedoms in situations of special emergency. In the specific case, the application of the “state of alarm” allowed the Government of Sánchez to reintroduce the restrictions previously adopted by the same Executive for the Community of Madrid, but effectively annulled by a subsequent ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice, the highest authority. Legal situation of the region.
The new measures include a partial closure of Madrid and nine other cities in the autonomous community -Fuenlabrada, Parla, Alcobendas, Torrejón de Ardoz, Getafe, Alcorcón, Leganés, Móstoles and Alcalá de Henares- from which it is no longer possible to enter. and leave except for essential reasons (work, school and health, among others: but the Spanish newspapers say that there are several exceptions to the prohibition). They also foresee aggregations with no more than six people, reduction of the capacity of shops and clubs, early closing of bars and restaurants at 11 pm and limitation of participants to religious functions.
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