– In Austria, there have been 1552 more cases of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called the development worrying and pointed to numbers in the neighboring Czech Republic, which he said would have fatal effects on the economy and health care in Austria as well.
– The youngest son of US President Donald Trump Barron also became infected with coronavirus. This was announced on Wednesday by his mother and first lady Melanie Trump, according to whom both are negative after the last tests. At the beginning of October, the White House informed that the infection had not been proven in 14-year-old Barron, the AP agency reminded. At that time, the coronavirus was confirmed in both his parents.
– European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen left Thursday’s European Union summit shortly after it opened due to contact with a person infected with covid-19. The head of the EU executive informed on Twitter that one of the members of her cabinet had a positive coronavirus test this morning. According to her, the politician, who met with the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in the morning at the headquarters of the commission, had a negative test result. The EU summit continues without it.
– Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder has confirmed that his federal state will provide intensive care beds for Czech patients. “We have already received the first questions from the Czech government regarding patients requiring intensive care. We will naturally provide these beds, “said Söder according to NTV.
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