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With the corona virus epidemic again increasing its effect in Europe, there has been a record increase in the number of daily cases in Italy for 2 days.
According to the data announced by the Italian Ministry of Health, it was reported that 10,925 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours, and the total number of cases reached 402,536. The Ministry of Health reported that 47 people died in the last 24 hours due to the virus, and the total loss of life reached 36,474.
The Ministry reported that 67 people were taken to intensive care in the last day and the total number of patients in intensive care increased to 705. There are currently 116,935 active corona patients in the country. While COVID-19 tests were performed on 165,837 people in Italy today, a new record was broken for the number of daily tests.
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NEW MEASURES ARE WAITING
The Italian government is working on new measures on increasing the rate of spread of the epidemic. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will convene the Council of Ministers to determine the new measures to be taken after meeting with the party’s group leaders.
On the government’s agenda, it was claimed that a curfew was imposed on weekends and after 10 pm, and the cessation of sports halls, swimming pools and contact sports. The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, stated that his goal is to increase working from home to 70-75 percent.
While not interrupting education in schools is one of the government’s priorities, it was decided to close schools in Campania, one of the regions where there was the largest increase in cases.
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THE NUMBER OF CASES EXCEEDED 700 THOUSAND IN THE UK
According to data announced by the British Ministry of Health, it was indicated that 16,117 new cases of corona were detected in the last 24 hours, and the total number of cases reached 705,428.
While 150 people died in the last 24 hours from COVID-19 in the country, the number of people who lost their lives since the outbreak began increased to 43,579.
According to government data, the number of daily cases detected in the United Kingdom in the last 24 hours has increased by 512 people compared to the previous day, while the number of deaths has increased by 14 compared to yesterday.
The UK government announced that new local restrictions will apply on October 12 to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The restrictions declared by Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be implemented in three stages, Liverpool and the Lancashire region, which includes many cities in the north of England, were the areas with the highest level of restrictions.
While the new local restrictions announced earlier this week in the UK were phased in, bars and restaurants were closed in cities with the highest-level restrictions, and people from different households were banned from gathering indoors. and exteriors.
On the other hand, England became the third country in Europe to exceed the limit of 700 thousand cases, after Spain and France.
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FOREIGN MINISTERS OF AUSTRIA AND BELGIUM BECOME CROWN
The meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council was held in Luxembourg on 12 October with the participation of the foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) countries. COVID-19 tests conducted by Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg and Belgian Chancellor Sophie Wilmes after the meeting were positive. Experts believe the meeting could be a “super spreader” after 2 ministers tested positive.
In a statement made by the Austrian Foreign Ministry, it was stated that Minister Schallenberg and his Belgian counterpart Wilmes were sitting next to each other at the group breakfast held at the October 12 meeting. “Schallenberg is suspected of being infected at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday,” the ministry said. The State Department announced that Schallenberg had no symptoms and was tested as a routine precaution.
The Ministry stated that Schallenberg’s only bilateral meeting in Luxembourg was with his Irish counterpart, Simon Coveney, but social distancing measures were implemented and Coveney was informed of the positive result of Schallenberg’s test.
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg. PHOTO: REUTERS
“As a precaution, all members of the government will be examined on Saturday,” the Foreign Ministry said that Schallenberg also attended a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, but all members of the cabinet wore masks.
Minister Wilmes, for his part, stated that yesterday he showed symptoms similar to COVID-19 and was quickly quarantined, while today the test result was positive. “Considering the precautions that are taken outside my home, there are probably people in my family who are infected,” Wilmes said on his social media account.
German Chancellor Heiko Maas announced that yesterday’s COVID-19 test was negative and that he had no close contact with Schallenberg. Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde will work from home until she tests negative. The COVID-19 test conducted by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Algeria on Thursday also turned out to be negative.
Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes. PHOTO: REUTERS
DOCTOR INVOLVED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN BELGIUM CORONA
It has been announced that a family doctor who contracted the corona virus in the town of Kruisem in the East Flanders region of Belgium has infected more than 100 people with the virus because he examined his patients for days without wearing a mouth mask.
THE PERSON STAYS IN THE SAME HOUSE WITH DAD, CORONA IS OUT
In the statement made today by the Vatican, it was stated that COVID-19 was detected in 1 person who was staying at the Santa Marta Guest House with Pope Francis. While the Vatican did not reveal the identity of the person who had the disease, it stated that the person with the virus was quarantined along with the people with whom he was in contact.
While the virus has been detected in 27 people in the Vatican so far, there has been no loss of life due to the virus. Last week, the crown was detected in 4 Swiss Guards assigned to protect the Pope.
Pope Francis. PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK
CURRENT SITUATION IN TURKEY
Turkey announced a daily table of corona virus. According to data from Saturday, October 17, with the 112,131 tests carried out today, the total number of tests reached 12 million 306 thousand 909.
1,723 new patients were detected in the last 24 hours, and the total number of patients increased to 345,678. The number of deaths also increased from 71 to 9,224. With 1,401 patients who recovered, the total number of people recovered reached 302 thousand 499.
On the other hand, the number of seriously ill patients was 428 thousand and the rate of pneumonia in patients was 5.9 percent. The median contact detection time was announced to be 7.6 hours and the radiation rate was 99.4 percent.
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