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Europe is actively introducing a curfew due to the coronavirus and hopes that the German vaccine trials will be successful.
Europe is in quarantine. Total blockades are making a comeback in many countries. The UK Secretary of Defense admits that the global economic crisis caused by COVID-19 could lead to war.
On the bright side: Pharmaceutical news, first interim results in large-scale trials show that Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine is 90% effective.
Hungary
Hungary plans to close conventional schools, universities and restaurants and impose an extended night curfew to contain the rapid rise in coronavirus infections.
According to the government’s plan, the curfew will be in effect from 20:00 to 5:00. Restaurants will be closed to visitors, only food delivery is possible. However, canteens in factories and factories can work.
Shops and hairdressers will close at 19:00. Recreational facilities (gyms, indoor pools, museums, theaters, zoos) will not work at all.
Hotels can only accept business travelers, not tourists.
All meetings will be prohibited. Up to 10 people can attend family events and private events. Only witnesses, parents, brothers and sisters of the bride can attend the wedding ceremonies. The funeral can be attended by 50 people.
Sports matches will be held behind closed doors without spectators.
Latvia
Since November 9, Latvia introduces a state of emergency, which carries many prohibitions.
In particular, all public events will be prohibited, except those held in the street, rallies, pickets. No more than 10 people may gather in private gatherings, excluding funerals.
Opening hours are also established for places where cultural events take place. Furthermore, all sporting events, in particular competitions, with the exception of national and international ones, will be prohibited.
Now in Latvia a total of 7476 cases have been confirmed.
Portugal
Portugal will impose a local night curfew on November 9. It will operate from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in 121 of the country’s 308 municipalities, including Lisbon and Porto.
In addition, residents of 121 municipalities, where approximately 70% of the population of Portugal lives, will not be able to leave their homes from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. on the following two weekends, both on Saturday and Sunday.
Some establishments will be closed during this period, but restaurants may offer take-out services.
Poland
In Poland, as of Saturday, November 7, new quarantine restrictions began to operate. Cinemas, theaters, galleries and cultural institutions are closed. Most of the stores in the malls are closed, only grocery stores, pharmacies and service points work.
Stores of less than 100 square meters will allow 1 customer for every 10 square meters, large stores – 1 customer for every 15 square meters.
Students in grades 1-3 are switching to online education, while distance learning for high school students continues until the end of November.
To be at war?
At the same time, not everyone is delighted with the strengthening of the quarantine. In Leipzig, clashes broke out between the police and protesters protesting against coronavirus restrictions. The crowd in an eastern German city was estimated to be about 20,000, and German media reported that some of those who clashed with the police were members of far-right groups.
UK Defense Secretary Nick Carter admitted that the global economic crisis caused by COVID-19 could lead to war.
He noted that economic crises in the past have led to security crises and expressed concern that this could happen again, given the hit to the world economy by the pandemic.
Vaccine
At the same time, a COVID-19 vaccine is just around the corner. The first interim results in large-scale trials show that the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine is 90% effective.
According to the manufacturers, the analysis shows much better results than what most experts expected. More than 43 thousand people participated in the tests of the third phase. People of different ethnic backgrounds were equally protected, the company says.
The findings are based on an interim analysis conducted after 94 participants contracted Covid-19. Testing continues until 164 cases have been confirmed. The potential level of the vaccine may change, but so far 90% of infections have been prevented.
Pfizer says there are no serious side effects. If key metrics are secure in a week, the world may have a tool to deal with the pandemic.
Pfizer expects to receive broad approval for emergency use of the vaccine in people ages 16 to 85. This will require two months of safety data for about half of the more than 43,000 study participants.
Quick licensing could mean the first doses for healthcare professionals before the end of the year.
