Day: October 28, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has just confirmed the measures already circulated to the press. According to this, a temporary lockdown from November 2 until the end of November was agreed upon together with the state premiers. Social contacts are to be greatly reduced: In public, only members of two households are allowed to meet – a maximum of ten people. Restaurants, beauty salons, massage parlors, tattoo studios and other cultural and leisure facilities will close for four weeks. Retail outlets, schools and kindergartens will remain open. “These are stressful…

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The government in Slovakia has extended the nationwide exit restrictions until November 8. People are only allowed to leave their houses and apartments, among other things, to run necessary errands. On Wednesday, the cabinet decided on a decisive change: anyone who has a negative corona test may again move freely throughout the country as of November 2. The background to this is that the first round of nationwide mass tests begins this weekend. All persons between the ages of ten and 65 are to be tested. Participation is voluntary in…

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In Italy, the number of Covid-19 infections continues to rise. On Wednesday, 24,991 new infections were reported, according to APA. 205 deaths were registered, compared to 221 the day before. The number of infected people who have died in Italy since the beginning of the epidemic in February thus rose to 37,921. 198,000 tests were carried out within 24 hours. The number of confirmed active cases climbed to 276,457 on Wednesday, while the number of Covid 19 patients treated in hospitals rose from 13,955 to 14,981 compared to the previous…

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Due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus epidemic, the French must adapt to new restrictions on public life. Head of state Emmanuel Macron will herald a “new stage” against the coronavirus this evening, announced government spokesman Gabriel Attal in Paris. “The second wave is here.” In the cabinet meeting, the head of state had spoken of a serious, general and largely unexpected deterioration in Europe. Attal did not comment in detail on the planned steps – Macron would do so. There was talk of “unpopular” decisions from the president’s…

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Sweden has registered more than 2,000 new infections with the coronavirus within 24 hours. Today, a total of 2,128 confirmed cases were added to the database of the Folkhälsomyndigheten health authority – according to the TV station SVT, this is the highest daily figure since the beginning of the pandemic. In the meantime, more tests are being carried out, which is why the figures can only be compared with those from the first half of the year to a limited extent. Almost 118,000 infections were detected in Sweden. The number…

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