Joe Biden announced the establishment on Monday of a crisis unit on the coronavirus, while restrictions continue to multiply in Europe and cause demonstrations of rejection, even violence as in Leipzig (Germany).
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In his very first speech after the announcement of the presidential results in Wilmington (Delaware), Democrat Joe Biden declared that this future crisis cell, made up of scientists and experts, would be responsible for building a "
plan that will come into play. in force from January 20, 2021
”, the day of his inauguration.
He thus takes the opposite view of his rival Donald Trump, who has always minimized the pandemic.
The country, already the most affected in the world, is facing a marked increase in the epidemic, with record numbers of new contaminations for several days.
The United States has recorded in the last 24 hours more than 122,000 new positive cases and 991 deaths, bringing the total toll to more than 237,000 deaths.
40,000 dead in France
In Europe, France exceeded the 40,000 deaths linked to Covid-19 on Saturday November 7 since the start of the epidemic.
According to data published on Saturday by the French public health agency (SpF), 306 additional deaths have been recorded in hospitals in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 40,169.
Moreover, still on Saturday, the German city of Leipzig (east) was the scene of violence between
the police
and “
anti-mask
”
demonstrators
while the police had ordered the dissolution of a major rally against the restrictions imposed to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
The police, who for fear of overflows had deployed en masse in the city center where some 20,000 people gathered, told AFP that they had made "
arrests
" without further details.
Clashes continued in the evening in Leipzig.
KAI PFAFFENBACH / REUTERS
In Madrid, hundreds of conspirators and anti-vaccine activists demonstrated on Saturday along the Prado promenade against the “
dictatorship
” of the Covid-19 virus and the restrictions imposed by the Spanish authorities in an attempt to contain the epidemic.
"
They need to reduce the population
" and "
they started by killing old people in retirement homes
," protester Chelo Sánchez told AFP.
Curfew in Portugal, confinement in Greece
The confinements decreed throughout Europe to curb this new wave, if they are less strict than in the spring, are also less well accepted.
New measures have entered into force in Poland, which has half a million cases: cinemas, theaters have closed their doors.
In shopping centers, only stores deemed essential are open.
Distance education has been extended to primary.
Portugal has also joined the countries that have declared a curfew to deal with the resurgence of the virus, announced Prime Minister Antonio Costa.
Greece has introduced a second lockdown, following in the footsteps of France, England, Ireland and part of Italy.
For each exit, the Greeks must obtain a green light from the authorities, by SMS.
Roadblocks check the special permits needed to travel.
The fine for those who do not wear the mask has doubled to 300 euros.
Anticipating this re-containment, more than 70,000 cars left the capital on Friday, causing huge traffic jams, according to police.
According to a count made by AFP from official sources, the pandemic has killed more than 300,000 people on the European continent, for more than twelve million infections.
It is the second most bereaved area in the world, behind Latin America and the Caribbean (more than 410,000 deaths).
The Covid-19 has killed at least 1,243,513 people worldwide and officially infected more than 49.3 million people since the start of the pandemic, according to a count carried out by AFP on Saturday from official sources.
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