The France has been among the European countries that have been recording the highest number of daily coronavirus cases for weeks now, but the Director General of Health, Jerome salomon, at a press conference stated that “The peak of the second wave of the pandemic is yet to come”. Positive signs, he adds, however, come from the “cities where early curfew measures have been applied, in particular the curfew, where slower progress of the epidemic is beginning to be observed encouraging signs that encourage continued efforts”. But the country has done well today 551 deaths in one day, with the total number of victims thus rising to 40,987, e over 20 thousand infections.
The German Health Minister, Jens Spahn, speaking to the image did it know that the 30-40% of the population German risks contract the virus: “We have over 23 million people over the age of 60,” he explained, stating that the Germany it is the second “oldest” country in the world after Japan. “We are a country that lives in well-being, with the typical diseases of civilization such as diabetes, high blood pressure, overweight. All risk factors for the virus, as for many other viral diseases. If we stick to the definition given of the risk group, in Germany the people who are part of it are between 30 and 40% ”.
The government ofAlbania decided to go back in lockdown in an attempt to stem the second wave of Covid-19. The Technical Committee of Experts announced this evening that starting next Wednesday a curfew will take effect across the country from 10pm to 6am. During this time slot bars and restaurants must be closed. To public bodies the solicitation to make their employees work from home.
Restrictive measures became inevitable after strong growth in new cases, + 53% in the last week, with a positive rate rising to 24.8% from 21.2% in the previous week.
Meanwhile, in the world, the 50 million cases, of which one fifth only in United States. And the latest known face to have contracted the virus is the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, as reported by the Kiev presidential office. “Unfortunately, Volodymyr Zelensky tested positive for the coronavirus. The head of state feels good and will continue to carry out his commitments remotely, in autoisolamento“, Reads the release.
Remaining in Europe, even the Portugal runs for cover and today is back in state of emergency, while in the most affected areas the curfew. For at least two weeks, around 7 million people – equal to 70% of the country’s population – have to stay at home on weekdays between 11pm and 5am and after 1pm on weekends.
New record of cases also in Russia, where 21,798 cases are confirmed in the last 24 hours. It is the highest figure since the beginning of the pandemic and is the fourth consecutive day that the new positives exceed the threshold of 20 thousand. There were 256 deaths, down from 286 the day before.
Great Britain – Another 21,350 coronavirus infections were recorded in the last 24 hours in UK, with 194 more deaths (more than the 156 indicated yesterday, but less than the approximately 400 of the previous days).
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