Covid-19: measures taken by European countries affected by the epidemic resurgence

Europe again besieged by the virus.

The measures taken by several European countries reflect the authorities' concern at the increase in the number of cases of contamination.

A total of 5,000,421 cases have been recorded in Europe, and the number of deaths is 227,130.

Worldwide, the pandemic has killed more than 971,677 people since the end of December, according to a report established on Wednesday September 23 by AFP.

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Meeting of up to five people in Munich

Bavaria is particularly affected, and the Land has decided to tighten its restrictions in Munich, where wearing a mask in part of the city center will be compulsory from Thursday.

The right to reunite will again be limited to a circle of two families or five unrelated people, Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter said.

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Munich

, or

, the atmosphere is not however with concern but rather with the understanding of the mechanisms of the virus, as usual with a lot of graphics and statistics.

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Germany also extended its list of regions at risk on Wednesday in eleven European countries including France due to an upsurge in the Covid-19 pandemic, said the Foreign Ministry.

Besides France, these are the regions of Denmark, Ireland, Croatia, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal (region around the capital Lisbon), Romania, Slovenia, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

In Italy, mask in Genoa but reopening of the stadiums

In Italy, the wearing of a mask will now be compulsory 24 hours a day in the historic center of Genoa, the large port in the north-west, local authorities announced on Wednesday.

Italian Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora, however, said on Wednesday that plans to gradually reopen stadiums in Italy were ready for approval, almost seven months after the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Apart from these decisions, do not panic in Italy: the first titles on the Corona, whether in

or

, concerning ... the measures taken in France and the United Kingdom.

Heavy restrictions in UK

In the United Kingdom, the most heavily affected country on the European continent, new restrictions announced two days ago by Prime Minister Boris Johnson come into force on Thursday: pubs and restaurants, in which only table service will be allowed , will close from 10 p.m. in England, and teleworking will again be encouraged.

In the midst of the resurgence of the epidemic, the British government is launching its application for tracing cases of the new coronavirus on Thursday in England and Wales, four months after the date initially planned.

With some hiccups: the

noted this Thursday morning the incompatibility of the application with certain smartphones, and evokes the "

" of users.

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Virtual confinement in Madrid

In Spain, nearly a million inhabitants of the capital Madrid and its outskirts have been banned since Monday from leaving their neighborhood, except for very specific reasons such as going to work or study.

The Spanish Minister of Health called on all Madrilenians on Tuesday to limit their movements and contacts to "

" in order to curb the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic, the day after the entry into force of severe restrictions in part of the Madrid region.

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