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The number of new coronavirus infections has exceeded 46 million globally.
The number of new infections with the new Corona virus exceeded the barrier of 46 million infected worldwide, and the number of deaths reached one million and 199 thousand cases, given the continuation of the second wave of the virus outbreak, which registered record figures that were not recorded even in the first period of its spread.
European countries have changed their decision to reopen and adapt to a more rigorous shutdown, while the United States awaits the date of its presidential elections scheduled for November 4, while other countries hope to re-impose a full or partial closure.
Less strict procedures
Britain, after crossing the threshold of one million injured, is entering a month-long lockdown starting Thursday after a parliamentary vote early next week, to “contain the autumn wave,” in the words of the Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
France decided on a second closure, last Friday, which will last for an initial period of 4 weeks, until December 1 “at least”, with less stringent measures than those followed in the first closure, especially in terms of keeping open the schools and workplaces.
And French President Emmanuel Macron, announcing the measures, stressed that “the virus is spreading at a speed that not even the most pessimistic had expected.”
Portugal announced that it will impose a partial blockade starting next Wednesday, and the restrictions, as is the case in other countries such as England and France, will be less strict than those imposed earlier this year, but its impact will affect around 70 percent. percent of the population, after 656 wounded. New Corona virus and 40 deaths, in the last 24 hours.
Extensive closure
Like Ireland, the German government imposed a generalized lockdown, which begins tomorrow, Monday, after reporting a record number of cases for the fourth consecutive day with 19,059 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to the CNN website cited by the Institute. Robert Koch (RKI). .
Belgium, which is scheduled to send patients to Germany for treatment as its hospitals exceeded capacity, imposes new comprehensive closures for six weeks, starting Sunday night, as it has the second highest number of injuries per 100,000 people. in the European Union and the United Kingdom. After the Czech Republic.
“We will return to the strict lockdown that has only one purpose: to ensure that our healthcare system does not collapse,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Crowe said when announcing the restrictions last Friday.
Greece has also extended containment measures from high-risk areas to the entire country, and that starting next Tuesday will last for a month. Curfews are prohibited from midnight to 5 a.m., while encourages more people to work from home.
An alternative approach to closure
Slovakia decided to take a different approach, testing its population of 5.4 million. Around 450,000 health workers, soldiers and police were deployed to implement the plan in the European Union member state, and samples were collected at some 5,000 test points.
Participation in exams is not mandatory, but anyone who cannot provide negative testimony to law enforcement authorities can face a hefty fine.
Spain faces the rapid spread of the virus, by closing the regions, since it quarantined 5 cities, the most notable Madrid, last Friday, in the midst of clashes between police and citizens who considered that the measures taken were very strict, refusing to adhere to them.
On the other hand, Italy, which has registered more than 647,000 infections and close to 38,000 deaths, is waiting to impose new restrictions before making sure if more restrictions are necessary to stop the spread of the virus, noting that after five days of closing restaurants at night, and closing gyms, cinemas and theaters, “the contagion curve is very fast, putting boarding schools at risk”, in the words of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
Record number in European hospitals
The number of coronavirus-related hospitalizations hit a record in at least 14 European countries this week, with the start of the second wave of outbreaks, according to a France Press census based on official figures.
The most affected countries are the Czech Republic, with 62 cases of treatment per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Romania with 57, Belgium with 51 and Poland with 39.
In total, 135,000 people infected with the virus are receiving treatment in hospitals in 35 European countries, compared with less than 100,000 a week ago.
“Europe is once again the epicenter of the epidemic”
The number of Coronavirus cases in Europe since the start of the epidemic has exceeded 10 million, with more than 1.5 million cases confirmed last week, according to the director of the World Health Organization in Europe, Hans Kluge, last Thursday.
Klug revealed, during a meeting with European health ministers, that hospitalization cases have risen to “unprecedented levels since the spring, and Europe is the epicenter of the epidemic again”, with deaths increasing by 32% across the board. Europe last week.
Crown and the American elections
Just days before the date of the US presidential election, the United States is witnessing a record in the number of injuries, as hospitals approach capacity, after the number of daily cases reached an average of 100 thousand cases.
At a time when the country is facing the latest phase of a tumultuous presidential campaign dominated by the Coronavirus pandemic, last Friday, the United States health authorities announced that there had been 100,000 and 233 new cases of Covid- disease. 19, caused by the virus, in the past twenty-four hours, a record for the fifth. Once in the last ten days, according to the agency “Reuters”.
A different reality in the Arab countries
Arab countries are still shy about making strict decisions, such as partial or total closure to limit the spread of the virus, since the severity of its spread varied among them, noting that the poor economic situation suffered by most of This country, even those experiencing a second wave of outbreaks, is keeping governments away from further action. More difficult, as employees continue to receive low wages and unemployment and poverty rates rise.
Jordan, which closed the country over the weekend for successive occasions, registered 57 new deaths from the Corona virus, which constitutes a record number of daily victims of the epidemic, with 3 thousand 301 new infections during the last hours.
Lebanon, which exclusively adopted the method of closing towns and cities, continued to record records that it had not witnessed in the first wave of spread of the virus, as it announced 1,699 new infections during the last twenty-four hours, while the total number of deaths it amounted to 637. Tunisia and Morocco recorded one figure. Relatively high, about 4,000 new cases.
As for the UAE, which has opened its full doors to tourists and residents alike, with the exception of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, which can only be entered after showing a negative test result, it continues to record high figures similar to those that occurred in the first wave of the virus, with 1121 new infections and 5 cases. Death in the last hours.
Other countries, which witnessed an increase in the number of injuries in the spring of this year, maintain an almost constant curve of registered cases, such as Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
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