Reconfinement in sight in New York, Bachelot in isolation … Update on the pandemic

“I propose to close all non-essential schools and businesses in nine neighborhoods on Wednesday, October 7,” Democratic Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, said Sunday during a press briefing. He stressed that he was waiting for the approval of State Governor Andrew Cuomo to confirm this decision.

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If the measure is approved, it will be the first time that the first American metropolis – which has become a model of caution and control of the epidemic after being hit hard by the pandemic in the spring, with a record number of 24,000 deaths – is forced to go back on its deconfinement.

New Zealand has “beaten the virus again”

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday announced the lifting of restrictions ordered in Auckland to counter the second epidemic wave, saying that her country had “again beaten the virus”. The first wave of coronavirus had probably been completely contained at the end of May thanks to strict national containment. And the archipelago recorded in the wake a remarkable series of 102 days without local contamination.

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But a new epidemic focus was discovered in August in the country’s largest city, prompting authorities to order a new containment for Auckland’s 1.5 million residents that lasted for three weeks, until the start. September. No new case having been confirmed in the large city of the North Island for twelve days, Jacinda Ardern said that the epidemic was now under control and greeted the inhabitants who had to endure a new containment.

UK exceeds 500,000 cases

The United Kingdom, the country most bereaved in Europe by the pandemic, exceeded the barrier of 500,000 positive cases for the new coronavirus on Sunday, after an increase in the number of contaminations due to the catching up of a technical problem. In their last report issued Sunday evening, the British health services counted 22,961 cases tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, a difference of more than 10,000 cases with the daily contaminations of the day before, which amounted to 12,872 .

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This figure already contrasted with those of the rest of the week, located on average between 6,000 and 7,000 new cases each day. Authorities said on Saturday that the unusually high figures were the result of a now-resolved technical issue that had delayed the release of a number of cases over the September 24 to October 1 period.

Paris in a high alert zone, Bachelot in isolation

Faced with the progression of the Covid-19 epidemic, Matignon announced Sunday evening that Paris was going into “maximum alert zone”, synonymous with new restrictions. But the restaurants will be able to remain open with a reinforced sanitary protocol.

The new “binding measures”, which concern Paris but also the three departments of the inner suburbs, will come into force on Tuesday and will be detailed on Monday at a press conference at 11:30 am by the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and the police prefect Didier Lallement. They will last at least 15 days and should in particular lead to the closure of bars and cafes. Restaurants, on the other hand, will be able to remain open, in Paris but also everywhere in France, including Aix-Marseille where they had to lower the curtain a week ago.

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Also in France, the Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, is considered a Covid “contact case” and will accordingly observe a period of seven days of isolation at her home, her entourage announced on Sunday evening. The minister shared a meal Friday evening with a person “diagnosed on Sunday positive covid”, explained her entourage.

Napoli refuse to play against Juventus Turin

The Naples team did not show up on the pitch on Sunday night on the lawn against Juventus Turin, in this shock of the Italian Football Championship maintained by the Italian League despite the two cases of Covid-19 in the Neapolitan workforce. Naples, which has assured that it has not obtained permission from the local health authorities to make this trip, risks a 3-0 defeat on the green carpet, under the rules adopted this week by the sports authorities.

Naples is the first team not to appear on the pitch, for a match maintained, due to the coronavirus, in the five major European leagues. There had already been a case of withdrawal in August during a preliminary round match of the Champions League: the Kosovar club Drita could not play his match and had lost match against Linfield (Northern Ireland).

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The Juventus players, who have been preparing for the match all day as if nothing had happened, arrived at the stadium about an hour before kick-off, according to images posted by the club on Twitter. According to the Italian League, the existing protocol to supervise Serie A matches in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic should have allowed Naples to be able to play despite the two positive cases.

103-year-old woman survives Covid-19 in Mexico

A 103-year-old Mexican woman with severe chronic lung disease recovered from Covid-19 after being hospitalized for 11 days, according to the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). Dona Maria has tested positive for the new coronavirus but does not however suffer from hypertension, diabetes or obesity, which are aggravating factors.

“This is what contributed to the success of his treatment,” IMSS said in a statement on Saturday. The elderly woman was admitted on September 22 to the regional general hospital of Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco (west) because of a runny nose, a flare-up of fever and breathing difficulties, but did not no need for a respirator.

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