Great Britain – The British government will impose closures across England due to the deteriorating epidemic situation. They will be from Thursday, November 5 people may only go out when necessary and must limit social contacts. Only the necessary services will work, restaurants and bars must be closed. Restaurants will only be able to take food with them or deliver it to households. All businesses that do not offer services or goods deemed necessary will have to close. However, schools will remain open. The measures will apply until the beginning of December. The government will not close the industry or interrupt work in the construction industry.
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Britain today exceeded the limit of one million positive coronavirus tests since the beginning of the pandemic. The country, with a population of more than 66 million, has thus become the third European country after France and Spain to exceed one million infections. Over 46,600 people died there with the covid-19, the highest in Europe.
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France – French President Emmanuel Macron announced this week nationwide quarantine measures. They have been since Friday closed restaurants and bars and shopsthat are not vital. Free movement between individual regions is also not possible. The measures will remain in force until 1 December. Unlike the spring so-called lockdown, which lasted eight weeks, but remains open most schools.
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France, with a population of 67 million, has had almost 1.4 million infections and over 36,600 victims during the pandemic.
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Italy – Thanks to a strict spring quarantine, the spread of the disease has been brought under control, and during the second second wave of the epidemic, Italy, which was 60 million, has long been one of the countries with more favorable statistics. In recent weeks, however, even here, the number of newly infected has grown exponentially.
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The government issued a decree last week with new restrictions on coronavirus. Bars and restaurants close at six in the evening, they can offer food with them or for delivery. Theaters and cinemas, concert halls, gyms, swimming pools and ski resorts have completely closed. Stadiums are also closed to spectators. The new measures are expected to apply until November 24.
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Italy was the first European country to start spreading the SARS-CoV-2 virus in February this year; So far, Italy has registered over 647,000 people infected with coronavirus, and more than 38,000 have died.
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Poland – Poland restricted collection in public. A maximum of five people may meet. Bars and restaurants are closed, they may only sell food that can be taken away. Children can only go outside between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm afternoon, only accompanied by an adult. Unless the new, more stringent measures work, the government has not ruled out nationwide quarantine, including border closures and restrictions on the country’s population.
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Poland, with a population of approximately 38 million, has so far recorded over 362,700 infections and 5,631 covid-19 deaths.
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Austria – From Tuesday, November 3 introduces a night curfew. The vast majority of social events will be canceled, restaurants will only be allowed to operate through the windows or through a delivery service. Museums, theaters and swimming pools will have to close. Hotels will not be able to accommodate tourists, only those who travel for work will be able to stay in hotels.
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Austria, with a population of nine million, still has a total of over 100,000 cases of coronavirus infection and 1,109 related deaths.
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Slovakia – From Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November significantly restricted the free movement of people, with exceptions practically introduced a curfew, which was extended this week until November 8. Residents of Slovakia they can go, for example, to work, for testing, to the countryside in the district of their residence, to grocery stores, pharmacies or to a doctor or to the bank. Exception from a significant restriction on the free movement of persons people with a negative test result of coronavirus.
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Slovakia has also started nationwide testing for coronavirus, which has been attended by over 828,518 people in the five-million-dollar country by noon. Of these, 7947 people, less than one percent, had a positive test result. Slovakia registers a total of 57,664 infected and 219 deaths associated with covid-19.
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Portugal – In an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus disease, Portugal will announce closure in most of its territory. The measure will take effect from Wednesday.
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Stricter restrictions are being imposed by the government in 121 districts, where the number of people infected per 100,000 population has exceeded 240 in the last 14 days. About 70 percent of Portugal’s population lives in this area. The metropolis of Lisbon and the second largest city of Porto will also be partially quarantined.
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People will only be allowed to leave their homes for trips to work, school or shopping. Shops will be forced to close no later than ten in the evening, restaurants half an hour later. The government has also ordered companies to switch to working from home if possible.
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Spain – Spanish MEPs this week approved the extension of the state of emergency in the country for six months, was extended until May 9. The state of emergency allows the Spanish Autonomous Communities to declare measures such as a ban on night movements or restrictions on travel outside the region. Unlike spring, however, the current one the state of emergency does not contain restrictions on economic activities. However, a number of Spanish regions have joined shortening the opening hours of bars and restaurants or banning large gatherings.
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In Spain, which has a population of 47 million, the total number of people infected since the beginning of the epidemic has risen to 1.19 million. Deaths due to Covid-19 are registered by Spain for almost 35,900.
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