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Corona in Europe: Germany's neighbor cracks the million - and has a new record for newly infected people

2020-10-23T20:40:26.520Z


The number of corona cases in Europe is increasing faster. Germany’s neighboring countries report maximum values. Denmark closes the borders for vacationers. Even Greece is alarmed.


The number of corona cases in Europe is increasing faster.

Germany’s neighboring countries report maximum values.

Denmark closes the borders for vacationers.

Even Greece is alarmed.

  • The

    corona infections

    are increasing

    dramatically

    across

    Europe

    .

  • The

    second wave

    causes curfews and partial lockdowns.

  • Denmark

    closes the

    borders

    : German citizens are no longer allowed to enter the country.

  • This

    News ticker

    is updated regularly.

Update from October 23, 9:38 p.m

.:

According to official information, more than a million infections have been registered in

France

since the beginning of the

corona pandemic

.

The health authority said

there were a total of

1.04 million confirmed cases by

Friday evening

.

A record 42,032 was reported for the number of newly registered cases within 24 hours.

Around 67 million people live

in

France

.

Since last weekend, the health emergency has again been in force in France, with which the government can enforce extensive restrictions by decree.

So far, more than 34,500 people have died as a result of being infected with the

coronavirus

.

Corona in Europe: Denmark tightened the measures

Update from October 23, 8:16 p.m

.: The Danish government announced further measures on Friday that

should curb

the increase in

new corona infections

.

From Monday onwards, no more than ten people are allowed to gather in one place.

Previously, the limit was 50. In addition, kiosks and supermarkets are no longer allowed to sell alcohol after 10 p.m.

"Corona is not over, on the contrary, it's back at full speed," said Prime Minister

Mette Frederiksen

at a press conference on Friday evening.

She asked the Danes to limit their personal contacts to ten people.

On Saturday night, new restrictions on entry into

Denmark will also come

into force.

Anyone

entering

from

Germany

must now provide a valid reason.

This can be visiting relatives, work or study.

The residents of Schleswig-Holstein can continue to travel to Denmark.

Frederiksen

announced that controls at the border would be tightened by the end of the year.

Corona in Europe: own regulations disregarded - health minister before the end

Update from October 23, 6:32 p.m

.: Giant vortex in the

Czech Republic

!

In the EU country so badly affected by Corona, the restaurants have been closed for a week and a half.

Health Minister

Roman Prymula

apparently visited one anyway.

The newspaper “Blesk” photographed the politician and epidemiologist as he leaves a luxury restaurant in the evening without wearing a mask.

Prime Minister

Andrej Babis

said on Friday that he had asked the 56-year-old to resign.

If he does not do that, he will be released.

The minister's misconduct is "inexcusable".

"I haven't done anything wrong." #CzechRepublic Health Minister @profesorPrymula refused to resign despite PM @AndrejBabis calls him to step down over night scandal. Https://t.co/rnjyKS3cQo

- Filip Horký (@FilipHorky) October 23, 2020

Corona crisis in Europe: Poland closes all restaurants - new drastic corona rule for children  

Update from October 23, 1:12 p.m

.: Poland is reacting to the rising number of corona infections: All restaurants will be closed from Saturday.

Meetings with

more than five people are prohibited

.

The country must slow the spread of the corona virus, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Friday as a justification.

The catering is initially closed for two weeks, but can be extended.

For all pupils from the 4th grade onwards, for whom this was not already the case, distance lessons will be introduced via computer.

In addition, children and young people up to the age of 16 are only allowed to leave the house or apartment during the day between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. when accompanied by an adult.

Morawiecki also called on all seniors over the age of 70 to stay at home if possible.

He did not rule out an “extensive lockdown” if the tightened measures that have been adopted do not work.

The priority is to ensure the stability of the health system.

Authorities reported 13,632 new cases within 24 hours - the highest number in a day since the pandemic began.

153 new deaths were counted in connection with a Covid 19 disease.

4,172 people have died since the beginning of the pandemic.

Germany declared neighboring Poland a risk area on October 24th.

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Coronavirus in Poland: The situation is getting worse.

The government is no longer ruling out a lockdown (symbol photo).

© Czarek Sokolowski / dpa

Corona in Europe: theme parks in Belgium have to close

Update from October 23, 11:58 a.m

.: All

amusement parks

in Belgium have to close for the next four weeks.

A maximum of 40 people are allowed for indoor events, as long as the Corona rules are observed.

If a distance of at least one and a half meters is guaranteed, there can be up to 200 people who must, however, wear a mask.

Spectators at sporting events are prohibited.

Restaurants, cafes and bars have already been closed this week.

Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès (45) has been in the hospital in the intensive care unit since Wednesday

(see update from October 22, 2:01 p.m.).

Corona in Europe: Germany's neighbor at the limit of its capacity - "The water is up to your neck"

Update from October 23, 11:15 a.m

.: A

patient from the Netherlands was transferred

to a German hospital on Friday morning.

This was announced by the coordination center for the distribution of patients in Rotterdam on Friday.

A second flight, also from Almere to Münster, should follow.

It is a

sad premiere

in the second corona wave.

The Netherlands is one of the countries in Europe most affected by the second wave of the pandemic.

Most recently, almost

9,300 new infections were reported

within 24 hours

on Thursday

.

The hospitals in the northwest region, to which Almere also belongs, could hardly cope with the influx of new patients, said the center in Rotterdam.

"The water is up to their necks."

Corona in Greece: "We expect the coming months to be difficult"

Update from October 23, 10:52 a.m

.:

Greece is

tightening the

corona measures

in heavily affected regions.

From Saturday morning, mask requirements apply in 19 regions of the country, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday evening.

Around half of the Greek population is affected;

especially

metropolitan regions such as Attica

including the

capital Athens

or the

port city of Thessaloniki

are affected.

In addition, a nightly lockdown will apply to these regions.

People who work at night are excluded.

"We expect the coming months to be difficult," warned Mitsotakis in a televised address.

The measures are intended to avoid a complete lockdown.

Compared to other European countries, Greece (11 million inhabitants) has come through the corona pandemic well so far.

The numbers have risen sharply in the past few weeks.

So far, 28,000 corona infections and 550 deaths have been recorded in Greece.

The Greek government reacted quickly at the beginning of the pandemic and closed schools before other EU countries.

Denmark closes borders for German vacationers 

Update from October 22, 4:37 p.m

.: As the

Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod announced

according to the German Press Agency (dpa), the

borders

with our

European neighbor Denmark are

now closed.

This means that German citizens are no longer allowed to enter Denmark without a valid reason.

As in other European countries, the increasing number of new corona infections is to blame for this entry ban.

According to the dpa, there should be exceptions for residents of Schleswig-Holstein.

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No more vacation in Copenhagen and Co .: Denmark closes the borders for German vacationers.

© picture alliance / Carsten Rehder / dpa

Corona in Europe: Foreign Minister from neighboring German country with Covid-19 in intensive care unit

Update from October 22nd, 2:01 p.m

.: Belgium's Foreign Minister

Sophie Wilmès

is being

treated

for a

Covid 19 disease

in the

intensive care unit

.

Her spokesman confirmed that on Thursday Belgian media.

Her condition is

stable

, but it requires professional care.

She was taken to the hospital on Wednesday.

Wilmès, who is also

deputy prime minister

, announced at the weekend that she had been infected with the corona virus.

The 45-year-old was Belgium's Prime Minister until recently.

I wish

your successor

Alexander De Croo a speedy

recovery on Twitter.

Veel beterschap, @Sophie_Wilmes.

Je te souhaite un prompt rétablissement!


Nobody is immune to the gevaarlijke virus.


Tous ensemble, nous vaincrons le COVID-19.

- Alexander De Croo (@alexanderdecroo) October 22, 2020

Corona emergency: neighboring country of Germany returns in second lockdown - new record in Italy

Update from October 21, 8:17 p.m

.:

Italy

recorded

a new high in

new infections with the

corona virus

on Wednesday.

The country's health authorities reported nearly 15,200 new cases within 24 hours.

On October 16, the country with its 60 million inhabitants passed the 10,000 mark for the first time since the pandemic began in February.

In addition, 127 Covid-19 deaths were reported on Wednesday.

The dynamics of the

second corona wave are

increasingly

causing

fear of serious bottlenecks in hospitals

in

Italy

.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte

called on the Italians in a speech in the Senate in Rome to refrain from all unnecessary travel.

A big

lockdown

like in spring should be avoided.

Particularly hard hit regions such as

Lombardy

have now imposed limited tightening such as night exit restrictions.

Coronavirus in Europe: the Czech Republic is back in lockdown

Update from October 21, 2:08 p.m.: The

Czech Republic is

currently

one of the countries in Europe with the

highest infection rates per 100,000 inhabitants.

On Wednesday (October 21), a new

high was reported

for the number of new infections every day.

In view of these rising

corona numbers

, the EU's neighboring country, the Czech Republic, is taking considerable measures that amount to a

nationwide lockdown.

Almost all shops have to close from Thursday morning, with the exception of grocery stores, drug stores and pharmacies.

Health Minister Roman Prymula announced on Wednesday.

The government has also

ordered

exit

restrictions.

Citizens must

limit

their contact with other people to

“the time absolutely necessary”

.

Excluded from this are the way to work, necessary shopping, doctor and family visits.

However, walks in parks and the great outdoors are allowed, according to the German press agency.

Coronavirus: EU country about to lose control?

"Shortly before the tsunami"

Update from October 21, 9:48 a.m.:

In many EU countries, the

number of cases is

increasing

exponentially

.

Even

Belgium

is currently one of the most

severe of the corona pandemic

hit European countries.

Nocturnal curfew

, closed bars and restaurants and only one person from another household: the country has already drawn its

conclusions in the fight

against the virus.

According to the

John Hopkins University, there

are currently

up to

9,000

per day

new corona cases

reported.

In the week up to October 16, the

state health institute Sciensano

registered

 an average of 8,422

new infections

every day

.

On Tuesday (October 20th), a total of

2,774 patients

with Covid-19 were in the Belgian clinics,

446 of them in intensive care units.

On average, almost 267 new patients come to the clinic every day,

95 percent

more than in the seven days before.

Frank Vandenbroucke

, Belgium's new health

minister

,

has very clear words for the acute situation: “We are really

close to the tsunami

.

We have

no control

over what happens. "Prime Minister Alexander de Croo goes even further:" It is

worse than on March 18

, when we announced the

total lockdown

. "

Coronavirus: EU country plans mandatory test for entire population - scandal about drastic plan

Update from October 20, 5.44 p.m.:

In

Slovakia

, the

government has announced

a drastic approach.

One plan sees the use of

corona mass tests to test

almost the entire population.

Anyone who evades this has to go into quarantine.

On the next three weekends, from Friday to Sunday,

all Slovaks aged ten and over

should be subjected to a rapid antigen test.

The compulsory test caused irritation and guesswork in the country's media.

Corona in Europe: Slovakia's head of government plans mass test - without prior agreement

The populist-conservative Prime Minister Igor Matovic went public at the weekend with his plan for a comprehensive “people's test”, but he had

not informed

his

coalition partners about it

.

Update from October 20, 4:19 p.m.:

The health authorities in the Netherlands have also recorded alarming numbers.

So were

8182

Corona infections

reported within 24 hours, thus 170 more than before, as shown on the day of an announcement of the Institute for Health and the Environment RIVM on Tuesday.

Corona situation in Europe is coming to a head - Belgium badly affected

Update from October 20, 4:02 p.m.:

The

corona infection numbers

in

Belgium

continue to skyrocket and are now reaching almost

8,500 new cases

per day.

This means there are significantly more than in much larger

Germany

, where the Robert Koch Institute reported 6,868 new corona cases on Tuesday.

In the past week, the state health institute Sciensano registered an average of

8,422 new infections every day

.

That means an

increase of 69 percent

compared to the previous week.

As the

Belga

news agency

reported,

2,774 patients

with

Covid-19 were

in Belgian clinics

on Tuesday

,

446 of them

in an

intensive care unit

.

An

average of

267

new

patients come

to a clinic

every day

,

95 percent more

than in the seven days before.

The number of

deaths

in connection with a

corona infection

is also increasing, albeit not as strongly:

calculated,

32 people

die

every day

in

Belgium

from or with the virus, 15 percent more compared to the previous week.

So

far, there have been

10,443 corona deaths

in Belgium

since the pandemic began.

Belgium is one of the countries in Europe hardest hit by the #corona pandemic.

To contain it, a night curfew has been in effect since Monday evening.

pic.twitter.com/OPWShXq3nD

- ZDF today (@ZDFheute) October 20, 2020

Corona in Europe: Portugal is discussing mandatory warning apps

In view of massive resistance in the country,

Portugal's

 government

has 

postponed

a parliamentary vote on an obligation to download the

Corona warning app

.

"There were many doubts and rejection of this measure," said Prime Minister

Antonio Costa

on Monday evening in an interview with

TVI

.

He therefore asked the President of Parliament to “remove the vote from the agenda”.

However, the socialist head of government does not want to do without the project entirely for the time being.

It is "good to have a more in-depth discussion so that all doubts are removed and the Portuguese

continue to download

the

app

," said

Costa

.

After all, it is a program that is “secure and ensures anonymity”.

So far, the

warning app

“Stay Away Covid” has been

 downloaded

by

around two million of Portugal's ten million inhabitants

.

According to the government, this number is not high enough for the app to effectively

help

contain the

corona pandemic

.

The national

data protection commission CNPD

has

various concerns

about an obligation to download the

app

.

There are problems with "respect for privacy" and "ethically," said CNPD spokeswoman

Clara Guerra of

the

AFP

news

agency

.

The

Portuguese Medical Association

had stated that there was "no solid scientific evidence"

that the app could

contain the

corona pandemic

.

Corona in Europe: Italy asks influencer for help - Ireland goes into a second lockdown

Update from October 20, 3:36 p.m.:

In Italy, the first region is now threatened with a

curfew

.

The government is asking

influencers to help

comply with the

corona measures

.

With

Ireland

now has a second the first country in Europe

lockdown

decided.

Update from October 20, 12:51 p.m.:

The numbers of the coronavirus pandemic in Austria are increasing worryingly.

From Friday, new corona rules will apply in the neighboring country.

Chancellor Kurz warns urgently.

Update from October 19, 10:06 p.m.:

In the fight against the massively rising

corona numbers

, the

Czech Republic is

again introducing a

mask requirement outdoors

.

Health Minister

Roman Prymula announced

after a cabinet meeting on Monday that

it will apply from Wednesday within the built-up area of ​​cities and municipalities

.

Exceptions

apply, among other things, if a distance of more than two meters can be maintained, as well as during

sports

.

Mouth and nose covering is mandatory in any case indoors - recently also in the

car

when people from outside the family are driving along.

Corona in Portugal: 100,000 confirmed infections exceeded

Portugal

has

exceeded

the mark of

100,000 confirmed corona infections

.

The health authority DGS announced on Monday in

Lisbon

that new infections with the

corona virus were

registered

within 24 hours in 1949

.

That is 966 more cases than the day before.

Only on Friday was the highest number of days reported to date with 2608 new cases.

The total number of infections so far detected in the country with 10.3 million inhabitants was, according to official data,

101,860

on

Monday

.

The number of

Covid-19-

related

deaths

rose by 17 to

2,198

.

Corona in Europe: Slovenia introduces night curfew

Due to the rapidly increasing number of infections with the

coronavirus

,

Slovenia

will introduce a

nightly curfew

from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

from this Tuesday

.

This was announced by Interior Minister

Ales Hojs

in

Ljubljana

on Monday

.

Hojs

justified the measure with the fact that, according to studies, the majority of

corona transmissions take place

in private meetings in the evening and night.

The EU country declared a

30-day pandemic emergency

on Monday

.

This initially had no immediate consequences, but formed the basis for the

night curfew

now imposed by the government

.

Local authorities can now also

order

their own restrictions

to slow the spread of the pandemic.

In addition, journeys between the twelve regions of the country are no longer permitted unless there are compelling reasons such as the way to work.

Corona in France: President Macron's wife in quarantine

Update from October 19, 8:23 p.m.:

France's first

wife

Brigitte Macron

had contact with a

corona infected person

and will therefore not take part in the national commemoration for the murdered teacher Samuel Paty this Wednesday.

This was confirmed by the head of state

Emmanuel Macron's office

on Monday.

Brigitte Macron will self-isolate after French First Lady came into contact with a person who has Covid https://t.co/4NmV9ofmwr pic.twitter.com/rqYnzttLzX

- Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) October 19, 2020

According to additional information from the French news

agency AFP

, the

president's wife is

in

isolation

for seven days

.

The

“Première Dame”

therefore has no symptoms.

The former teacher met a person last Thursday who tested positive on Monday and showed symptoms of

Covid 19 disease

.

Corona in England: Clinics in the northwest of the country are partially reaching capacity limits

According to a media report, the first clinics in the

Greater Manchester area in the

UK

can

no

longer accept

Covid 19 patients

.

Twelve

hospitals

are already full, the

Guardian

quoted

from an internal document from the

National Health Service (NHS)

.

Mayor

Andy Burnham

on Monday again asked Prime Minister

Boris Johnson for

more

financial support

for the people and companies in the region.

The

north-west of England

is one of the

regions in the

United Kingdom

particularly hard

hit

by the

corona crisis

.

In

Liverpool

, too, some clinics have already reached their

capacity

limits

:

According to

the

Guardian

, many clinic staff there are sick and in isolation.

UK clinics are considered to be chronically underfunded.

They are often on the verge of collapse

even with larger

flu waves

.

Corona: During the first wave 168,000 deaths more than usual in the EU

Update from October 19, 6:04 p.m.:

During the first

Corona wave

,

168,000 more deaths

than usual were recorded

in the

European Union

from March to June

, around

10,000 of

them in

Germany

alone

.

The EU statistics agency Eurostat presented these figures in Luxembourg on Monday.

The peak was recorded in the 14th week from March 30 to April 5: 36,000 additional deaths.

All deaths from

26 EU countries were recorded

, i.e. not just people who died of or with the

coronavirus

.

Eurostat compares the data from calendar weeks 10 to 26 with the average values ​​for the same period from 2016 to 2019. Statistics on the

causes of death

will only be available

in about two years

, said a Eurostat spokeswoman.

Only then will it be clear why 10,000 additional deaths are recorded in Germany from March to June, but the official number of all deaths in connection with a corona infection is only given as 9789 so far.

Dramatic rise in deaths in early spring 2020 # COVID19



➡️ For more information: https://t.co/PaXb6rHV44 pic.twitter.com/9BLjIWcnrs

- EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) October 19, 2020

The

highest additional death rate

from March to June recorded Eurostat for

Spain

with

48,000

.

It is followed by

Italy

with 46,000 and

France

with 30,000.

Bergamo in

northern Italy

, which had extremely high

numbers of corona infections

, recorded

895 percent more deaths

than the average in previous years

in the twelfth calendar week from March 16 to 23

.

Coronavirus: Czech Army starts building temporary hospital in Prague

The

Czech army

has started building a

temporary hospital

in the

Prague exhibition halls

.

On Monday, a first convoy with 29 vehicles and around 165 tons of medical supplies from the medical base in

Hradec Kralove (Königgrätz) arrived

in the capital.

More transports will follow throughout the week, as the Ministry of Defense announced in

Prague

.

The auxiliary hospital with a capacity of

500 beds

is to serve as a reserve in case the health system is

overloaded

with

Covid-19 patients

.

The field hospital of the Czech Army has, among other things, an operating room, an intensive care unit, a pharmacy, a laboratory and X-ray machines.

Coronavirus: huge problems across Europe

First report from October 19:

Berlin - The federal government has

reacted

to the sharply increasing number of

corona cases

with tightened measures

.

Only two households are allowed to meet at the same time, and restaurants have to close at 11 p.m.

Whether these orders affect the

infection process

will have a positive effect remains to be seen.

“I ask you: Refrain from any 

trip

that is not really necessary, any celebration that is not really necessary.

Please stay at home wherever possible, ”said Chancellor

Angela Merkel

on Saturday in their video podcast.

The situation is very serious.

The day before, the Robert Koch Institute had announced the

highest number of new infections

within a day in Germany

with 7,830 new Covid 19 cases

.

But in Germany's

nine neighboring countries

, everything is much worse.

We are in a serious phase of the #corona pandemic.

Chancellor #Merkel appeals to citizens to significantly reduce their contacts - and to forego unnecessary trips and celebrations.

pic.twitter.com/b4VmlsXS6a

- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) October 17, 2020

Coronavirus: The Netherlands "is on the verge of a disaster" - Belgium and France are in partial lockdown

The

Netherlands

recently had as many new infections as Germany.

The difference: with 17 million inhabitants, the state has roughly the same number as the neighboring state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

"We are in the run-up to a disaster,"

said Amsterdam virologist Hans Zaaijer of the Dutch newspaper

De Telegraaf

.

The small number of intensive care beds also contributes to this.

There are around 1150 in the Netherlands.

With 6,000, North Rhine-Westphalia has around five times as many.

As a consequence, the Dutch government has ordered a

partial lockdown

.

Bars, cafés and restaurants had to close, alcohol cannot be sold after 8 p.m., and the Dutch are not allowed to receive more than three guests a day at home.

In

Belgium

the situation is similarly dramatic.

The new infections within a day are also at the level of Germany.

However, Belgium, with around eleven million inhabitants, has significantly fewer than the Netherlands.

Because of the extreme increase,

all restaurants

in Belgium

have to close for four weeks.

From 20 clock, no alcohol may be sold from midnight to 5 am is considered a nationwide

curfew

.

A curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. has also been in effect in

France

since Saturday

.

But only in the big cities like Paris.

In total, it affects around 20 million of the 67 million inhabitants of France.

The new corona infections have recently set a new

record

at 32,000

.

Czech President on the corona pandemic: "The only weapon is a small piece of cloth"

Germany's eastern neighbors, which were spared high new infections for a long time, are also badly affected by the

second wave

.

With 38 million inhabitants,

Poland

has only about half as many as Germany, but more infections within 24 hours.

Poland's Prime Minister

Mateusz Morawiecki announced

on Sunday that he had ended his quarantine after one of his bodyguards tested positive for the corona virus.

The consequence of the high number of cases: swimming pools and fitness clubs have to close.

Restaurants are not allowed to serve guests between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., but they can offer take-away meals.

The schools remain closed.

Instead, there is distance learning.

The

Czech Republic was

also hit particularly hard.

The state with a population of eleven million had 11,000 new infections within one day.

Bars and restaurants have therefore been closed since Wednesday, alcohol is prohibited in public spaces, and classes at schools and universities are digital.

On Friday evening, President Milos Zeeman called on citizens in a televised address to be more disciplined in

wearing masks

.

"We only have one weapon at our disposal as long as there is no vaccination," he warned.

"And this weapon is a little piece of cloth."

The other four neighboring countries also currently have higher rates of new infections than Germany.

The lowest rate is in

Denmark

with almost 50 new infections.

In

Austria

there are over 90, in

Switzerland

and

Luxembourg

around 140.

List of rubric lists: © Czarek Sokolowski / dpa

Source: merkur

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