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A new record case of 4,457 new coronavirus cases was registered in the Czech Republic on Tuesday. The country’s coronavirus statistics for the past two weeks are now the highest in the European Union, surpassing Spain, Bloomberg reports.
The country’s authorities will announce at the end of the week “more important measures” to be taken to control the outbreak, Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula said on Wednesday, reiterating his promise not to issue a universal quarantine.
Statistics on the coronavirus in the Czech Republic over the past two weeks are not encouraging, and experts say that the country is currently experiencing the fastest growing incidence in Europe.
During a press conference in Prague on Wednesday, Interior Minister Jan Hamacek said the situation “was not good” and the figures show the pandemic is far from over.
Authorities say most patients experience mild symptoms or none at all, but the rising number of cases could also lead to increasing numbers of hospitalized patients and deaths.
The Czech health minister says the tightening of the measures already in force and more detailed information will be published on Friday.
“You can already imagine that there will be more restrictions in the next fourteen days,” said the minister.
The Czech Republic has already introduced a stricter requirement for protective masks, limited opening hours for bars, and the number of people at the table in restaurants. Concerts have been banned in the country for two weeks since Monday.
The country’s government wants to protect hospitals from congestion and ensures that there are a shortage of places in treatment facilities, but if the situation continues to deteriorate, it may be necessary to reorganize care and postpone emergency procedures.
A national emergency took effect in the Czech Republic for the second time on Monday.
The government of Prime Minister Andrei Babish has decided to declare a state of emergency due to a sudden increase in the number of coronavirus cases.
This, among other things, will allow the government to restrict the rights of citizens, such as freedom of assembly, and to take action without parliamentary approval.
The state of emergency in the Czech Republic was already in effect from mid-March to mid-May. Unlike spring, this time the country’s borders will remain open. The number of participants in events and meetings will not exceed 10 indoors and 20 outdoors.
Professional sports competitions will be held without spectators. But there are many exceptions.
Since the start of the pandemic in the Czech Republic, 794 people have died from COVID-19.
In Latvia, a record number of new COVID-19 cases
In Latvia, a record number of new COVID-19 cases were detected in 4,416 tests last day – 109, the Center for Disease Prevention and Control reported on Thursday.
2.47 percent yesterday’s tests were positive. Yuri Perevoshchikov, director of the Infectious Disease Risk Analysis and Prevention Department at the Center for Disease Prevention and Control, previously said 3 percent. it would be a critical threshold indicating that the virus is spreading rapidly and is not under control.
Since the beginning of the epidemic in Latvia, more than 349 thousand. The tests identified a total of 2,370 cases of coronavirus infection, 40 people died from the disease and 1,322 recovered.
10 patients were hospitalized for COVID-19 on the last day, a record of one day. Of the 42 coronavirus infections currently being treated in hospitals, five are severe and the other moderate.
Alarming signs in other countries too
Alarming signs are also being registered in other European countries. On Thursday it was announced that the number of new coronavirus cases in Germany had soared. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Thursday, 4,058 cases of infection were confirmed in the country per day. This is 1,230 more than Wednesday, when the highest rate since April: 2,828 cases.
More than last day, there were only new cases of coronavirus in Germany in the first week of April.
On Wednesday it was reported that the number of new coronavirus cases in Poland reached a new record. 3,003 new cases were confirmed in the country in 24 hours. There haven’t been that many in one day.
Another 75 patients died within 24 hours. It is also the highest rate to date. “We have to expect a lot of deaths in the next few days,” said a spokesman for the Health Ministry.
According to Wednesday, 18,746 new cases of coronavirus were detected in France in 24 hours. This is a new daily record. To date, the highest rate, 16,972 cases, was recorded last weekend.
The epidemiological situation in France is very tense. Health Minister Olivier Veran intends to provide information on the situation on Thursday. President Emanuel Macron, in a televised interview late Wednesday, urged residents to address the new restrictions that already exist in Paris and Marseille. However, he did not mention the details.
“The virus has been circulating faster for several weeks,” Macron said on TV stations TF1 and France 2. “We need to be prepared for additional restrictions.”
In France, the coronavirus has so far claimed 32,500 lives. Many cities in the country are also required to wear masks outdoors. In an attempt to control the spread of the virus, bars and cafes in Paris were closed for two weeks.
In Spain, at least 835,901 cases have been reported since the beginning of the transmission of the coronavirus. This was announced on Wednesday by the country’s Ministry of Health.
On Tuesday, the agency reported 825,410 people infected.
The total number of contagion victims in Spain amounted to 32,562. In its statistics, the Ministry of Health does not provide data on the number of deaths in the last 24 hours, it only reports that 445 people died during the week.
From mid-March to June 21. the country had a higher level of waiting. This measure made it possible to restrict the movement of the population.
However, with the relaxation of restrictions, local outbreaks are increasingly registered in the country. As a result, the authorities of many autonomous communities are forced to reintroduce stricter quarantine measures.
In the United Kingdom (UK), 14,162 new cases of COVID-19 were detected last day, according to government data, according to Reuters.
This is slightly fewer cases than the day before, when 14,542 new cases were confirmed. There are also reports of 70 new victims who have been diagnosed with the virus in the last 28 days.
In Italy 3,678 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the last day. This is the highest number of confirmed cases daily in almost six months, according to official data.
This number is about 1,000 cases higher than the day before. The last time the number of virus cases in Italy was higher than the most recent was on April 16, with 3,786 new cases.
The total number of infections in the country currently stands at 333,940, and the number of victims per day has risen to 31 and has risen to 36,061, according to the Civil Protection Agency.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Europe exceeded 6 million.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Europe surpassed 6 million on Wednesday, the AFP news agency reports.
A total of 6,000,940 COVID-19 cases and 237,716 coronavirus deaths have already been confirmed on the continent since the January coronavirus outbreak. The highest incidence of COVID-19 was reported in Russia (1,248,619 infections and 21,865 deaths), Spain (825,410 infections and 32,486 deaths), France (669,235 infections and 32,365 deaths) and the United Kingdom (530 113 cases of infection and 42,445 deaths).
In the last seven days, 543,137 new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed in Europe. COVID-19 disease has spread 26 percent this week. faster than last week, when 431,951 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded. Deaths from the disease also increased this week by 17 percent. – from 4 765 to 5 562.
In most European countries, the increase in COVID-19 is also due to more coronavirus tests. In France, for example, more than a million tests are carried out every week. However, most asymptomatic cases go undetected.
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