The corona situation in Europe is coming to a head again.
Spain is taking restrictive measures.
France has record numbers.
Coronavirus pandemic *
in Europe
: The number of new
Covid 19 cases
continues to rise.
The virus is currently spreading rapidly,
especially in
Spain
and
France
.
Italy
seemed to have caught up - now the numbers are rising again.
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Update from September 19, 2020, 9:30 p.m.:
The numbers of
new corona infections
are increasing across Europe
.
Even
France
is concerned by the renewed increase.
On Friday, the country reported more than 13,200 new cases, a record since the pandemic began.
Now the numbers rose again.
With
13,498 corona cases
on Saturday, France increased its own value from Friday again, according to ntv.
The number of deaths rose by 26 to 31,274.
Corona in Europe: The situation is worsening in several countries - lockdown and cordoned off districts
First report from September 19, 2020, 11:20 a.m .:
Madrid / Paris / Rome - Numerous countries in Europe have
tightened their measures in
view of the rapidly increasing
corona infections
.
France reported more than 13,200 new cases within 24 hours on Friday, the highest value since the start of the pandemic and tightened the measures in the capital Paris, among other places.
Britain's Prime Minister
Boris Johnson has
already spoken of a "second wave".
Corona in Europe: 4,700 new cases in Spain
The Federal Foreign Office has
issued travel warnings
for more and more countries because of the increasing number of infections
.
Spain has been a risk area for several weeks.
The Spanish Ministry of Health recently registered almost 4,700 new infections within one day (data status: September 18, 2:00 p.m.).
In response, six districts and seven municipalities in the surrounding area in the Spanish capital Madrid
are to be partially cordoned off
from Monday (21.9.) To contain the
corona pandemic *
.
They are then only allowed to enter or leave for urgent matters - for work, for visits to the doctor, school or after a summons from the judiciary.
Regional President Isabel Ayuso announced this on Friday (September 18).
There are similar barriers in other parts of the country, such as Mallorca.
Corona in France: Finance Minister infected
The events in France seem to be even more intense.
The government recorded
13,215
newly confirmed cases on Friday, according to the official Corona dashboard.
The number is a record in French statistics. The values have never been so high.
Like Spain, France is a corona risk area according to the Robert Koch Institute.
France's Economics and Finance Minister
Bruno Le Maire
has tested positive for the corona virus.
He immediately went into domestic isolation in accordance with health regulations.
He said he had no symptoms on Friday evening via Twitter.
He will remain in quarantine for seven days and continue to perform his duties.
There were also many discussions in France about the Tour de France *, which is taking place despite the pandemic.
Great Britain: Johnson speaks of "second wave"
Britain's Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
said on Friday that he had been
warning of
a
second wave
for several weeks
"and now we see it coming".
Health Minister
Matt Hancock
told the BBC: "We want to avoid a national lockdown, but we are prepared for it." He pointed out that the number of Covid-19 patients in British hospitals is currently doubling every eight days.
In large parts of northeast England, new contact restrictions were already imposed on Friday.
The rules are due to be extended to Liverpool and other areas in north-west and central England on Tuesday.
Great Britain is the country with the most fatalities in Europe with 42,000 corona deaths.
Italy: 1,907 new corona cases
In
Italy
, too, the situation seems to be tightening again.
Although the number of new infections with a value of
1,907 is
low compared to France and Spain, this means that Italy is moving closer to the infection situation in May.
As can be seen from the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 dashboard, the value has not been so high since spring.
On May 1, 1,965 new cases were registered.
🔴 # Covid19 - La situazione in Italia al 18 September: https: //t.co/8ciMmO9yfx pic.twitter.com/VISUy1uasx
- Ministero della Salute (@MinisteroSalute) September 18, 2020
Last Monday (September 14th) the Italian
schools
finally reopened their doors for children and young people.
For around two-thirds of school-age children, classes began again on Monday after a break of more than six months.
The country closed its schools because of the corona pandemic on March 5, and they were not closed longer in any other European country.
Because of the spread of the virus, strict precautionary and protective measures apply when starting school.
Israel: Nationwide corona lockdown comes into force
In
Israel
, where one of the highest infection rates worldwide has been recorded in the past two weeks, a nationwide
corona lockdown came
into effect
on Friday a few hours before the Jewish New Year celebrations
.
Schools and most shops are closed for three weeks.
This means that the lockdown beyond the Rosh Hashanah New Year also applies during the holidays of Yom Kippur and Sukkot.
The World Health Organization (WHO) described the number of deaths worldwide as unacceptably high this week.
The number of deaths is not growing exponentially, but 50,000 deaths per week are "an immense number," said WHO emergency coordinator Michael Ryan.
“That's not where we want to be.” More than 30 million corona infections have already been detected worldwide, and around 950,000 people have died.
The German biotech company Biontech * is very far in the development of a corona vaccine * - and is planning something spectacular in the fight against the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, experts recommend a simple home remedy that will help prevent the spread.
Virologist Christian Drosten warns of a worsening corona situation in Germany.
(lb with dpa and afp) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital network
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