Corona numbers are increasing rapidly: Protests in neighboring German country - Minister defends "maximum alert level"

The increasing numbers of infections keep the countries of the EU in suspense.

At the same time, there is resistance to new corona measures. 

• The sharp rise in

  Corona infections

  causing many

  EU governments

  for

  alarm mood

  .

• They therefore lead to

  corona restrictions

  - which, however, also meet with broad criticism.

• Displeasure

  is now apparently growing,

  especially in Germany's neighboring country

  France

  .

Update from September 26, 9:59 a.m

.: In view of the

in the

region

, the

Olivier Véran defended the government's course.

The new measures are necessary "even if they are unpopular," tweeted Véran on Friday on the occasion of his visit to the port metropolis on the Mediterranean.

warned.

Protéger les habitants de la métropole d'Aix-Marseille, en situation d'alerte maximal face à la # COVID19: c'est prendre les mesures qui s'imposent, même si elles sont impopulaires, même si elles sont difficiles à vivre, difficiles à prendre.

Des vies en dépendent.

- Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) September 25, 2020

According to the media, several hundred people protested against the closure of bars and restaurants in front of a courthouse in the city center.

Véran announced in the middle of the week that the

would be declared for Marseille and the overseas region of Guadeloupe

.

This results in special restrictions

.

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The new strict measures of the French government in the fight against Corona are met with great anger and incomprehension in Marseille.

© Daniel Cole / AP / dpa

Corona numbers are increasing rapidly: Germany's neighboring country is threatened with the next wave of chaos

Original report from September 25th

:

Marseille - As far as the 14-day incidence of the WHO is concerned, the rather small EU-Balkan state of

currently the sad

leader among the

members: On September 25, it was

.

The incidence puts the number of newly reported cases in relation to 100,000 inhabitants.

In second and third place are

with

and the

with

.

just missed the top 3

with

- and the mood in the pandemic in neighboring Germany is

France has already had its first strict

.

On Wednesday, the government had

tightened

the

(especially for large cities):

• For the first time since the

  first Corona wave *

  , the Parisian hospitals have to

  cancel

  operations

  that are not absolutely necessary

  .

• Gatherings

  of more than

  ten people

  in parks and squares, for example, are prohibited.

• Fitness studios

  and

  sports halls

  must remain closed.

• In

  Paris

  and other major French cities, there is a

  curfew

  from 10 p.m.

• From September

  26th

  (Saturday)

  all bars and restaurants in

  Marseille,

  which is

  particularly affected

  by the

  infection *,

  must

  close.

Corona numbers "explode" in France

That is exactly why the street protests are now.

A number of restaurant owners threatened

to disregard

the

orders.

Regional representatives of the southern French region (for which the Foreign Office has issued a travel warning) called the tightening of the measures a

and an “affront” by the

.

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The Corona requirements in France are causing major street protests for the first time.

© Daniel Cole / AP / dpa

Just one day after the tightening of the corona measures, France set a new

for infection cases.

tested positive

within 24 hours

.

However, experts point out that the infection

in March and April

only recorded a fraction of the actual infections

due to the

and therefore cannot be compared with the numbers since the start of the large-scale tests.

Coronavirus in France: "An epidemic cannot be played with"

Prime Minister Jean Castex

tried to smooth things over.

warned Castex on

.

In no case did he want to have to

return

to the

restrictions that had applied between March and May.

On the day of France's corona record, the

expressed concern

about the situation in seven EU countries, including

and

.

In detail, the EU experts came to the conclusion that

,

and the use of

alone apparently cannot stop the spread of the virus.

Therefore, health systems should be strengthened and members of

* better protected.

Coronavirus in the EU: Mayor of Paris objects to corona measures

The

that she had

to the new Corona measures

.

In particular, she criticized the fact that fitness studios and sports halls must remain closed.

Sport contributes to people having a

, she noted on TV channel

. 

Il faut tout mettre en œuvre, dans une concertation totale, pour prévenir la recrudescence du # Covid19.

Mais il est capital que les mesures soient proportionnées avec soin pour la vie sociale, le sport, la culture.

Engageons la discussion avec la @PrefPolice et les professionnels

- Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) September 23, 2020

"You have to do everything to contain Covid-19," tweeted Hildago.

"But it is essential that the measures are proportionate to the preservation of social, sporting and cultural life," she tweeted. Many countries meanwhile tightened the restrictions. In England all restaurants and pubs have to close at 10 pm. Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced a ski season without après-ski parties.

Meanwhile, the situation in Great Britain is also worsening.

As n-tv now reports, citing the statistical office, the number of current new infections has risen to around 9,000.

In the previous week, the country still had around 6,000 infections per day.

(frs with material from dpa and AFP)

List of rubric lists: © Daniel Cole / AP / dpa