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This week-end, the four most affected European countries by the coronavirus posted declining figures in terms of deaths: from Saturday to Sunday, 288 died in Spain, 260 in Italy, 242 in France and 413 died in hospital in the United Kingdom, the lowest number since the end of March.
In Swiss, from Saturday to Sunday, 167 new cases were reported, a number also lower than before.
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■ Some details on the sectors taking over the activity
As of Monday, several business sectors reopen after six weeks of closure. This first step concerns DIY stores, garden centers, hairdressers, medical offices, veterinarians, beauty salons and tattoo artists. The ATS agency draws up some details in these branches, resulting from sectoral protection plans dear to the Federal Council.
DIY activities. Like grocery stores, DIY stores and garden centers rely on the entry of customers in a dropper, respecting distances and paying by card. The boxes will be protected by a plexiglass window.
Dentists. At the dentist’s, the already very strict hygiene measures are reinforced. Attention will be paid to people at risk and the space reorganized in the waiting room.
The physios. For physiotherapists, their Physioswiss association advise them wearing a mask. Customers should do the same, but only if they are part of a risk group.
Veterinarians. If it is necessary to bring your pet to the veterinarian, it will be necessary to put it outside the office or the clinic, and to recover it at the exit.
The tattoo artists. The Swiss Association of Professional Tattoo Artists (ASTP) asks its members to wear a mask type FFP2, which protects both the wearer and the person in front. The client should also have one or at least a surgical mask.
The hairdressers. Hairdressers will reopen in two stages. At first, half of the places will be available to guarantee a distance of at least two meters between employees. The full reopening will follow later. People at risk are excluded from the first phase. Both the hairdresser and the client must wear a protective mask. For facial treatment, shaving or beard trimming, the hairdresser must also wear a plexiglass visor. Coiffuresuisse recommends also that the staff is provided with disposable gloves and that each client receives a new cape, disposable or washable.
For the Keystone agency, photographer Urs Flueeler followed an exercise session in a salon in the canton of Nidwalden on Sunday.
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■ In Great Britain, the return to power of an ex-patient
He who had been criticized for having downplayed the scale of the epidemic returned to business. Boris Johnson, recovered from coronavirus disease, returns to his prime minister’s office this Monday. Returning from his Checkers home, where he spent two weeks convalescing, the 55-year-old Conservative leader is under increasing pressure to unveil his strategy on the evolution of containment, which has been in effect for a month in the United Kingdom.
With 20,732 deaths in hospitals alone, the United Kingdom is one of the countries most severely affected in Europe by Covid-19. The balance sheet looks even heavier with the deaths in retirement homes, which number in the thousands according to the players in the sector.
At this stage, confinement in Great Britain is fixed until May 7.
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■ The start of the week report
The AFP agency delivered its inventory in the evening. The pandemic has killed at least 204,696 people worldwide. Over 2.9 million cases have been diagnosed in 193 countries and territories.
The United States is the most affected country, with 54,841 deaths and nearly 964,937 confirmed infections. Italy (26,644) died, Spain (23,190), France (22,856) and the United Kingdom (20,732). British statistics, however, do not include retirement homes where several thousand elderly people have died, according to industry representatives.
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