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Coronavirus in Europe: "rocket-like increase" - two countries declare a state of emergency

2020-10-01T07:44:46.553Z


Corona virus in Europe: The corona numbers are increasing extremely in some countries. Two countries have declared a state of emergency.  


Corona virus in Europe: The corona numbers are increasing extremely in some countries.

Two countries have declared a state of emergency.  

  • In

    Europe

    , some countries are struggling with a

    second corona wave

    .

  • France and Spain have record numbers.

    Now the number of new infections is also exploding in the

    Czech Republic

    and

    Slovakia

    .

  • Some countries are taking drastic measures - including the

    Czech Republic

    ,

    Slovakia

    and

    Spain

    .

    Sweden,

    on the other hand, is loosening up.

Update from September 30, 2020, 9:48 p.m

.: If more than

500 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants are

recorded

in two weeks

, if 35 percent of the beds in

intensive care units are occupied

by corona patients and if at least ten percent of the

virus tests

carried

out are positive

are, stricter measures are to be taken in Spain in the future.

All three conditions already apply to

Madrid

- therefore curfews are to be imposed over the whole city in the coming days.

Spanish

Health Minister Salvador Illa describes

the situation in the capital

as “complex and worrying”

.

Most recently, 4810 new infections were recorded in one day.

In the districts in the south of the state, which had been subject to curfews for a long time, protests had taken place in the past few days.

Coronavirus in Great Britain: Prime Minister Johnson may want to tighten measures again

Update from September 30, 2020, 8:30 p.m.:

Great Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not want to rule out tightening the measures.

In the past few days, Great Britain had

reported

more than

7,000 new infections

per day

- for the first time since the start of the pandemic -

and the number of daily deaths doubled to around 70 within a week to introduce, ”said Johnson on Wednesday in London.

At the same time, there is talk

of further easing

in

Sweden

: From Thursday, people in

old people's homes can

be visited again.

This is one of the toughest measures in the country.

It was introduced in April.

Corona in Europe: the Czech Republic and Slovakia have again declared a state of emergency

First report from September 30, 2020, 8:17 p.m

.: Prague - Due to the rapidly increasing corona numbers, the

Czech Republic has

again declared a

state of emergency

.

The emergency will initially apply for

30 days

from next Monday

, as Health Minister Roman Prymula announced on Wednesday in Prague.

Among other things, it enables the government to suspend civil rights such as freedom of assembly.

The courts can also impose higher penalties.

The state of emergency was in place for two months in spring.

One must

stop

the "

rocket-like increase

" in infections in order to prevent a bottleneck in medical care, said Prymula.

The opposition accused the government of responding too late to warnings.

The regional and senate elections on Friday and Saturday will take place as planned.

Coronavirus in the Czech Republic - borders should remain open this time

The borders should remain open this time.

Indoor events and gatherings are limited to ten and outdoor to 20 people.

Most secondary schools are moving to distance learning.

The sport has to do without spectators.

Companies, shops and restaurants are not affected by the restrictions.

The Czech Republic got through the first phase of the pandemic well, but the numbers have been exploding for weeks.

The total number of people infected since the beginning of the pandemic has now risen to just under 67,850.

New confirmed cases were added on Tuesday 1965 alone.

More than 630 people died in the Czech Republic in connection with Covid-19 disease.

The

Robert Koch Institute

(RKI) has identified the Czech Republic as a corona risk area since September 25.

Corona: Slovak government imposes an emergency

In

connection with the emergence of a second corona wave *,

Slovakia

has once again decided to declare a state of emergency.

The state of emergency will come

into effect

on

October 1

and will initially

apply

for

45 days

, said the populist-conservative Prime Minister Igor Matovic on Wednesday.

This gives the authorities

extraordinary powers

.

For example, they can oblige medical staff to work while they are on vacation and redistribute urgently needed health supplies regardless of valid orders.

For the first time, the

emergency in Slovakia

already applied during the first corona wave from mid-March to mid-June.

The

national Corona crisis team recommended the

renewed declaration of the state of emergency

on Monday evening, but only the government can decide on it.

Another recommendation of the crisis team was to ban all mass events from October 1st.

However, following protests from sports clubs and the politically powerful Catholic Church, the government did not follow this recommendation.

Instead, only restrictions on the number of participants at events and church services will come into force on Thursday.

During the government meeting on Wednesday,

hundreds of ice hockey players

from all over the country had

gathered

for a

protest in

front of the government building.

The Catholic Church, in turn, had pointed out that only the bishops were allowed to prohibit the holding of religious services, but not the state, although the state pays the priests based on an agreement with the Vatican.

The state of emergency is controversial because it also allows demonstrations and assemblies to be banned and further restrictions on the freedom of movement of citizens.

Corona crisis in Europe

In Europe and Great Britain there are so far 3,295,770 corona cases and 189,768 deaths according to information from

European Center for Disease Prevention and Control

ECDC

registered (as of September 30th).

On its website, the ECDC shows a

14-day incidence

for the federal states

- cases of infection per 100,000 inhabitants in the past 14 days.

Even a value of 20 or more is viewed as critical by health experts.

A look at some of the countries in the list shows that many are well above the “early warning value”.

There are also big differences within Europe.

Country*

14-day incidence per 100,000 population (as of September 30)

Spain

330.2

Czech Republic

271.8

France

232.2

Netherlands

189.3

Luxembourg

186.8

Belgium

175.2

Denmark

126.3

Austria

111.3

Great Britain

107.9

Italy

38.1

Germany

30.8

Latvia

12.9

Netherlands tighten corona rules for three weeks

In view of the

rapidly increasing number of cases, the

Netherlands

tightened its corona rules for an initial three weeks

on Monday

.

All sporting events without an audience must take place since Tuesday evening.

Cafés and restaurants have to close at 10 p.m. and are not allowed to let in new guests after 9 p.m.

In addition, a total of only 30 people are allowed to be in a bar at the same time, 40 outdoors. For all contact professions such as hairdresser or masseur, customer registration is mandatory.

Mouth and nose protection is recommended for businesses

, but not mandatory.

The Netherlands has been very reluctant to use face masks so far.

At home you should only receive three guests.

In addition, everyone should work from home again, if possible.

Corona crisis in France: the situation in Paris is deteriorating 

Across

France

, according to the health authorities, a good 8,000 new infections were registered within 24 hours on Tuesday evening - only half of the high of more than 16,000 last week.

But the number of admissions to intensive care units is increasing.

In

Paris

, the

corona situation

continues to deteriorate: According to the city administration on Wednesday, the

highest warning level

could soon be declared in the French capital

.

In France, this has so far only been valid in the metropolitan area of ​​the Mediterranean city of Marseille.

All bars and restaurants there have to remain closed for the time being - a court dismissed an objection to the measure.

According to the French health authority,

all three criteria for the highest corona warning level have now been met

in 

Paris 

: The number of new infections is more than

250 cases per 100,000 inhabitants

, and among older people, 133, above the critical level of 100 cases.

The third criterion of 30 percent utilization of intensive care beds in hospitals has also been achieved.

(dpa / AFP / ml)

*

Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital network

Source: merkur

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