Coronavirus, USA: 200 thousand cases. Squeeze in New York: bars and restaurants close at 10pm. UK first in Europe for number of victims: 50 thousand

The UK over 50 thousand victims since the beginning of the pandemic and becomes the first country in Europe for the number of deaths from Covid-19 and the fifth in the world after United States, Brazil, India and Mexico. According to theWHO instead Italy is among the five countries in the world with the highest number of cases in the past week. A ‘record’ shared with United States, France, India and the United Kingdom. Deaths have also increased “markedly” in the past 7 days in Europe, with France, Spain e Italy which report the highest bill, while Czechoslovakia, Belgium e Slovenia they have the highest per capita death rate. There Spain instead it has decided that from 23 November it will ask all travelers arriving from high-risk countries (referring to the list Ecdc which also includes Italy) a swab certifying the negativity carried out 72 hours before landing. There Greece, which has already adopted the second lockdown, has also decided to introduce a night curfew from 9pm to 5am.

The pandemic advances in Europe, but also on the other side ofAtlantico infections and victims grow. The United States have recorded in the last 24 hours over 200 thousand new cases and the record of people currently hospitalized for coronavirus (61,964). The Usa thus confirmed the first country in the world for the number of infections and victims, with 10,256,094 cases Covid-19 and 239,673 deaths since the start of the health emergency. And the Texas it has already passed the one million mark. Texas is the state most affected by the pandemic and has already passed the 1 million mark contagion.

Meanwhile, the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, order one close on restaurants and bars which will have to close at 22, as well as gyms. In homes, the maximum number of people who can meet is set at ten. “We are seeing a leap in cases nationally and globally,” Cuomo said explaining the curfew decision. A decision that follows the alarm raised by the mayor of Big Apple, Bill de Blasio: “This is our last chance to stop a second wave. We can do it, but we must act now ”.
The 10-person limit in private residences precedes the Thanksgiving Day celebrations which falls on the last Thursday of November and for which there is great alert.

UK – Second consecutive record of casualties. In 24 hours, 595 were registered, for a total of 50,365 deaths. According to data from the British health authorities, there were 22,950 new infections. The United Kingdom is confirmed as the European country with the most victims and is the fifth country in the world after United States (over 239 thousand), Brazil (over 162 thousand), India (over 127 thousand), Mexico (over 95 thousand). In Europe, the countries with the most dramatic death numbers are Italy (42mila), France (41mila), Spain (40mila).

France – There have been 35,879 new cases of Covid-19 since yesterday in France, according to Santé Publique which also released the number of deaths recorded since yesterday in hospitals, 329. This figure brings the total from the beginning of the pandemic to 42,536 victims, including those in the retirement homes and institutions for the disabled.

Greece – After the adoption of the second lockdown, in the face of a significant increase in daily infections that have caused “pressure” on the health system, a night curfew has been decreed from 21 to 5. Only “trips for work and health reasons “, announced the Secretary of State for Civil Protection, Nikos Hardalias.

Spain – It has crossed the threshold of 40,000 dead. This was reported by the Ministry of Health, reported by El Pais, also giving today’s data: there are 19,096 new infections and 349 deaths that bring the total deaths to 40,105 and that of those infected to 1,417,709.

Sweden – The Swedish government has decided to ban the sale of alcohol in bars, restaurants and nightclubs after 22.00 to contain Covid infections starting from November 20 and through February 2021. Guardian recalling that the North European country has not adopted any measures of lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic, preferring to appeal to responsibility individual. But now the premier Stefan Lofven notes that the recommendations they are disregarded in many cases and therefore the government must do more. “All the indicators they go into direction wrong“, Said the premier at the press conference, adding that“ the virus it is spreading fast and in the last week the number of positive people in intensive care has more than doubled ”. Since the beginning of the pandemic the Sweden had 166,707 cases and 6,082 deaths.

Japan – A new increase in infections is imminent for the health authorities. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga wished to obtain doses of vaccines sufficient to cover the entire Japanese population, but in the meantime the daily cases of Covid-19 increase partly due to falling temperatures e partly due to the many movements within the country favored by a government campaign to promote local tourism. In the last 24 hours, 1,284 new infections have been recorded for a total of 111,222. The death toll is 1,864.

Germany – In the last twenty-four hours it has been 18,487 new cases of coronavirus and another 261 deaths. New data from the Robert Koch Institute bring the total to 705,687 infections and 11,767 deaths since the beginning of the health emergency. According to the German newspaper image, in the country there are 300,000 students and 30,000 teachers in quarantine for Covid. Industry experts call it “lockdown-salami”, because it affects “slices” of the school world, in a country that has made the choice to keep students in the classroom (with face-to-face lessons) as long as possible, so as not to penalize the development of children and young people due to the pandemic. Yesterday the Federal Minister of Education, Anja Karlikzek, has expressed itself in favor of the use of masks in the classroom, even in elementary school: a measure that is still much discussed but which is already applied in Italy.

Texas – New spike in coronavirus cases in Texas, which becomes the first US state to exceed one million infections (1,010,364 cases with 19,337 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic). Texas reported 10,865 positives on Tuesday, setting a new daily record that surpassed 74 infections last day’s July 15 peak. According to state data on Tuesday, there are about 132,146 active cases, the highest number since August 17, and 6,170 hospitalized, the highest number since August 18. The real number of infections it is likely higher because many people have not been tested and many may be asymptomatic. Another 94 people died on Tuesday, according to Texas Department of Health.

Brazil – The Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro he downplayed the coronavirus pandemic again, arguing that Brazil must “stop being a country of sissies“. “I’m sorry for the dead, I’m sorry, but we all have to die someday. Here, we all have to die, ”Bolsonaro said during a speech on tourism delivered in the presidential palace in Planalto. “We need to stop being a country of sissies and face the pandemic head on,” Bolsonaro said. In Brazil, the pandemic caused 162,638 victims and over 5 and a half million people infected.

Venezuela – Venezuela will be “in a position” to start one massive and free vaccination campaign against the coronavirus from April 2021: its president, Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday, saying he was “optimistic”. “I have calculated that we may be in a position to start mass vaccination in Venezuela in a free, safe and direct way in April,” Maduro said in a televised speech. His government claims to have curbed the increase in infections in Venezuela, a country of 30 million inhabitants that officially counts 95,149 confirmed cases and 830 deaths. But organizations like Human Rights Watch question these figures, deeming the situation much more serious.

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