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Europe continues to be at the center of the growing spread of Covid-19.
In the last seven days, 1,424,267 new cases have been reported and 12,603 people have died. The continent now accounts for 46 percent of the world’s recently recorded crown drops, the World Health Organization reports. who.
Increase in Belgium and Ukraine
In Ukraine165 people have died in the last 24 hours, according to the country’s security council. It is the highest daily toll on record in the country and just over 20 more deaths than the previous peak a week ago, TT wrote.
Belgium has been hit by a second wave and is now among the countries with the most infected per 100,000 inhabitants, reports the EU’s infection control unit. ECDC. The country’s health minister recently described the spread of the infection as a “tsunami” and the country has imposed night curfews to slow the spread.
Close to bars and restaurants in Germany
In France and Germany, severe restrictions are reintroduced.
Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Wednesday that Germany’s restaurants, bars, gyms, theaters and museums will be closed from 2 November. Restrictions apply for four weeks from the start date. That after the country’s infection control authority RKI reported more than 10,000 new cases per day.
However, the Chancellor is said to want to keep schools and preschools open.
Merkel will hold meetings with the country’s regions on Wednesday to reach an agreement on the new rules.
France hold your breath
Shortly after Angela Merkel’s announcement, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the national lockdown would be reintroduced as of Friday. The country, which recently reported the highest number of deaths since April, has already imposed night curfews in several cities.
This means that French people will only be allowed to leave home to go to work, buy food, see a doctor or go for a walk.
The EU must pay for rapid tests
There have already been closures and curfews in Spain, the Czech Republic and Italy, among others.
But the measures are not enough, says the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. on wednesday he said that the EU now allocates 100 million euros to implement rapid tests in member states.
