Month: October 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new lockdown in a television address on Wednesday evening. This is to come into force on Friday and is initially scheduled to last until the first of December. However, Macron announced that loosening up in some areas is possible if the infection rate improves significantly within the first two weeks. The French lockdown – like the partial lockdown announced for Germany – will not affect schools in the country. Bars and restaurants will be closed, among other things, and social interaction is to be…

This is the result of information provided by the Robert Koch Institute early Thursday morning. The previous record value within one day was 14,964 cases and was from the previous day. On Thursday a week ago, the health authorities had reported 11,287 new infections. According to the RKI, a total of 481,013 people throughout Germany have been infected with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of deaths in connection with the virus rose by 89 to a total of 10,272 by Thursday. The RKI estimates that around…

In Germany the goal is clear: families and friends should be able to meet again at Christmas without too much fear. But for this to happen, the federal and state governments believe that everyone must first make significant restrictions. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) agreed on Wednesday to a “partial lockdown” with the state premiers. The new rules are very close to the shutdown of spring. They are to come into force on November 2 – and for the time being will remain in force until the end of the month.…

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…

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…

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…