Countries across Europe are still battling another wave of coronavirus epidemics. Here are the latest from the room.
German
Holidays: According to CNN-affiliated NTV, Germany’s top leaders have agreed on a draft to outline Christmas and New Year’s celebrations. On Wednesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with state premiers to agree on the framework. The draft proposal states that:
- As many as 10 people can celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Eve together, children under the age of 14 will be excluded from that count
- The deadline for these rules will be valid from 23 December – 1 January
- Fireworks are expected to be banned in popular public areas to avoid large crowds.
ICU is full: Patients treated in intensive care unit facilities have reached the highest level, according to figures released on Monday by the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive and High Emergency Medicine.
- 3,742 Kovid-19 patients are being treated in ICU facilities
- Approximately 57% of patients in the ICU need ventilation
- 21,333 intensive care capacity facilities in the country are currently occupied for other diseases
- 6,616 ICU beds are still empty
Case and death: According to data from the country’s Infectious Diseases Agency, the Robert Koch Institute, 13,554 new daily coronavirus infections have been reported in Germany in the last 24 hours – 865 less than the week before Tuesday.
The reported death toll rose 249 to 14,361. The total number of coronavirus cases in Germany now stands at 942,687. Its positivity rate has been week..6%, compared to last week’s .2.5%.
Belgium
Cases are declining: The number of new Covid-19 cases in Belgium continues to decline, but is slowing compared to the first half of November.
In the past week, an average of 3,672 new cases a day Were reported in the country, a decrease of 28%, or half the number of infections every 15 days.
“The decline is less pronounced than in the first half of November, when it was down by half a percent on a weekly basis or every few days,” the scientists said. . He added that if this trend continues, he expects an average of 500 new cases a day by the end of the year.
There have been 559,902 Covid-19 cases reported in Belgium so far, with a total of 15,755 deaths.
Lockdown: Strict lockdown measures were put in place on November 2 and this is to run until December 13 with a review next Friday. Local media are reporting that strict measures can be taken to prevent a second wave of Christmas holidays.
There have been 559,902 Covid-19 cases reported in Belgium so far, with a total of 15,755 deaths.
Italy
Vaccines: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte calls for vaccine distribution Will begin in late January. He said the vaccine would be voluntary for the time being and would not be administered on a compulsory basis.
Conte said he would “definitely” get the vaccine because it would be “absolutely safe”, adding that, however, he would not be among the first to be vaccinated, as “fragile and at risk he needs to come first.” Is. “
Christmas: Skiing hopes fade over Christmas holiday, Conte insists giving “haphazard holidays on ice” will lead to a third wave.
In an interview on Italian TV on Monday evening, Conte said coordination between EU countries was needed to limit activities linked to “skiing” because if skiing is banned in Italy, but neighboring countries allow it, Italian tourists “Italy will take the risk of bringing the infection back,” he said. ”
At this time, there is no special government decree banning skiing.
United Kingdom
Exit Lockdown: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced plans to return to the three-tiered system when the England lockdown ends on 2 December Under the previous tier system, territories were previously classified: Tier 1 “medium” warning level, Tier 2 “high” warning level and Tier 3 “too high” warning level.
The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that their strategy is “full of risks” and that people have already “threatened to undo progress and threaten difficult sacrifices”.
BMA president Chand Nagpaul said the matter would be “allowed to proceed with outdoor events with an extremely crowd of 1,000 people and allow groups of 1,000 to gather indoors, as the new proposals are much lighter than the previous ones.”
He added that the government should not repeat the “same mistakes” of “failure of the first three-tier system” that led to the second national lockdown.
Last week the B.M.A. England called for strict new measures when the lockdown ended To prevent the “collapse” of healthcare services this winter. The BMA wants to see what is being imposed between the steps, between the various local low down downtime levels or its no journey.
The ministers will announce and vote on which constituency will end on Thursday.
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