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Corona news on Friday: Spain's government threatens Madrid with an emergency

2020-10-09T01:47:45.369Z


The Spanish government is considering imposing a state of emergency on Madrid and thus implementing the corona measures. And: The soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic tested positive for Corona again. The overview.


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Madrid threatens to impose a state of emergency

03.20 a.m.:

The Spanish government calls on the authorities of the capital Madrid to implement the measures ordered by the Ministry of Health to contain the

corona virus

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Should this not happen, a state of emergency would be imposed in order to enforce compliance with the partial shutdown in this way.

On Thursday, a court in Madrid lifted the restrictions, which include a ban on unnecessary travel.

The conservative regional government of Madrid now has a choice, said the government of Spanish socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday evening.

Either they put the Corona restrictions overturned by the court into force themselves or an emergency will be imposed on the Madrid region.

With around 600 infections per 100,000 inhabitants on average in the past few weeks, the Madrid region has the highest corona infection rate in all of Spain.

The nationwide rate of more than 250 infections per 100,000 inhabitants is again the highest in the EU.

Top Palestinian diplomat Erakat infected with corona

3:10 a.m

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The chief negotiator for the Palestinians in the Middle East conflict, Sajeb Erakat, has been infected with the new type of corona virus.

Because of the infection, the 65-year-old, who suffers from chronic lung problems, is taking a break from his obligations, said the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

Sajeb Erakat (photo from 2017)

Photo: THOMAS COEX / AFP

Erakat received a lung transplant in a US hospital in 2017 for lung fibrosis.

As a transplant patient and because of his age, he belongs to the corona risk group.

He is one of the most famous Palestinian politicians and a confidante of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

In the past few weeks, Erakat had repeatedly criticized the normalization of relations between Israel and several Arab Gulf states without a previous solution to the Middle East conflict.

Dortmund cancels the friendly against Anderlecht

1:50 a.m.:

Borussia Dortmund has canceled a test match against RSC Anderlecht planned for next Saturday.

The Belgians had informed the Bundesliga club shortly before about a positive corona test within the team.

As the Dortmund team announced, this game is being foregone "without replacement", in which "the few BVB professionals who remained in Dortmund during the international break should have played"

Ibrahimovic tested positive again

9.15 p.m.:

Soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic from AC Milan has tested positive for the corona virus.

This was announced by the Italians before the match in the Europa League qualification against the Norwegian club FK Bodø / Glimt.

"We have informed the responsible health authorities and the player immediately went into quarantine," said Milan.

All other tests on the Swede's team were negative.

Ibrahimovic will go into self-isolation and miss the qualifying game for the Europa League on Thursday and the next two Serie A games, AC Milan said in its announcement.

Ibrahimovic's teammate Leo Duarte had previously tested positive for the corona virus.

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