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More than 20 million people in the big cities of France were quarantined overnight. In turn, more than 28 million English people today live with restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
The Office for National Statistics estimates the number of new daily cases in England at 27,900. After a meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg five days ago, two tested positive: the heads of diplomacy of Austria and Belgium.
All was quiet on the streets of Paris at the beginning of a month of night quarantine.
Taxi driver: “Normally, on Saturday nights on the Champs Elysees there is a lot of traffic and we have customers. From now on, ready with clients at night, in the next 3 weeks ”.
As in spring, no one can leave the house, between 9:00 and 6:00 in the morning, if they do not go to or return from work, or if they do not have a medical emergency. More than 20 million French people are banned from the Paris region and the metropolitan areas of the largest cities in France.
Belgium announced more than 10,500 COVID-19 cases on Friday, a record for the country. Under these conditions, the Government introduces new restrictions, including quarantine, from midnight to 5 in the morning. And the sale of alcoholic beverages will be prohibited after 8 p.m. The rules will go into effect on Monday.
Alexander De Croo, Belgian Prime Minister: “Firstly, we will limit the number of close contacts you can have to one. Working from home should become the norm for those who can do this. Bars and restaurants are closed for a month.”
More than 28 million English people – more than half of the population of England – have been living with new restrictions since Saturday, corresponding to levels 2 and 3 of the epidemiological alert, where there is a high and very high risk of spreading the coronavirus, respectively. London has been below alert level 2 since last night. This means that encounters between members of different families are prohibited.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the stricter rules could be imposed in the Manchester region on the heads of local authorities, who are considering financial compensation from the government for insufficient businesses to close.
Boris Johnson: “Infections (in Greater Manchester) have doubled in the last nine days. The number of intensive care Covid patients in Manchester is already more than 40% higher than at the peak of the first wave. Obviously , the national government must reserve the right to intervene and do what is necessary. “
The mayor of Liverpool, also one of the “scoundrels”, is now asking people to follow the lockdown rule, after his brother, who suffers from Covid, died.
New record daily balances were also recorded in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland. And experts warn that the death toll could rise sharply in the coming months if restrictions are ignored.
