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After a record increase of 2202 new corona infections within one day, the Slovakian head of government Igor Matovic no longer rules out a lockdown for his country. In order to prevent a similarly rapid increase in the number of cases as in the neighboring Czech Republic, the only thing that might help is to “lock down the entire country”. A decision on this should be made by the national corona crisis team convened for Thursday. A success of the mass tests planned by the government for all residents over…

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Spain broke through the one million mark of corona infections on Wednesday. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1 005 295 people in the country of 47 million inhabitants have tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2 virus, the Ministry of Health announced in Madrid. That was 16,973 more than the day before, a new daily record. The health authorities in Germany, however, reported 7,595 new corona infections within 24 hours early on Wednesday morning. The figure of more than one million infections is the highest of all Western European countries and…

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In the Czech Republic, similar rules as in spring will apply again from Thursday. Only grocery stores, drugstores and pharmacies are allowed to open. The number of infections had recently exploded. In view of the sharp rise in corona numbers, the Czech Republic is taking drastic measures that are tantamount to a nationwide lockdown. From Thursday morning onwards, almost all stores will have to close, as Health Minister Roman Prymula announced on Wednesday. Excluded are, among others, grocery stores, drugstores and pharmacies. In addition, exit restrictions will be imposed as…

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High infection rates make alarm bells ring. The second wave of the corona pandemic is rolling over Europe. Governments throughout Europe are again taking measures, some of them extremely restrictive, to get the second wave of the corona pandemic under control – and thus prevent another total lockdown. But this is exactly what Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s advisor is now proposing for Great Britain: “A three-week period of national and tightened restrictions with the right financial support will allow us to make a fresh start before winter,” said Jeremy Farrar.…

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The Hague. In the Netherlands, 8,182 new corona infections have been reported to the health authorities in 24 hours. That is 170 more than the day before and a new record, as the Institute for Health and Environment RIVM announced on Tuesday. The Netherlands is one of the countries in Europe most affected by the second wave of the corona pandemic. However, the curve of new infections is rising less rapidly, the RIVM announced. A total of 55,587 new infections were reported last week, 27 percent more than the previous…

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Whole Austria is considered by the European Union health agency ECDC on the map to the infection situation in the European Union with the highest warning stage. ECDC had published on Thursday for the first time a map of Europe, on which regions are marked green, orange or red depending upon infection situation. Yesterday, Austria and Germany appeared grey at first because no data on the number of coronavirus tests carried out were available. A majority of the EU states had agreed on the traffic light map last Tuesday. On…

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The number of CoV cases in Argentina has risen to over one million. After seven months of relatively strict exit restrictions, 1,002,662 cases of infection with the virus have been registered in the South American country, the Ministry of Health in Buenos Aires announced yesterday. This puts Argentina in fifth place worldwide after the much more populous countries USA, India, Brazil and Russia. Argentina has almost 44.5 million inhabitants. So far, 26,716 patients have died in Argentina in connection with the disease Covid-19, which is caused by the coronavirus, the…

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Following the sharp increase in CoV cases in France, the number of people in intensive care units has also increased sharply. There are currently 2,090 intensive care beds for corona patients – 1,441 more than a week ago, the health authorities announced yesterday. In the past 24 hours, 146 people have died as a result of CoV disease, according to the data. Most recently, more than 2,000 people were treated in intensive care units in May. At the peak of the pandemic in April, more than 7,000 patients were in…

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Restaurants and stores will be closed for six weeks from Wednesday. Ireland is the first EU country to return to the coronavirus lockdown. The country drastically tightens its measures in the fight against the corona pandemic. Next Wednesday the highest of five stages will come into force, the Irish government announced on Monday. Visitors from another households will no longer be allowed indoors, pubs and restaurants will only be allowed to offer food as a delivery service, but schools will remain open. The measures apply until December 1. Prime Minister…

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