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Coronavirus: re-containment in France and elsewhere in Europe, the UN calls for leaving schools open

2020-10-29T06:29:59.320Z


SITUATION UPDATE - New reports, new measures and highlights. Update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.


More than 44 million cases

The coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 1,168,750 around the world, according to an AFP report on Wednesday, October 28.

More than 44,056,470 cases of infections have been officially diagnosed.

The United States is the most affected country in terms of both deaths and cases, with 227,673 deaths, followed by Brazil with 158,456 deaths, India with 120,010 deaths.

Mexico crossed the 90,000 death mark on Wednesday and Argentina that of 30,000 deaths.

Read also: Covid-19: 500,000 contaminations in the world in 24 hours, Europe at the time of re-containments

Screw tower in France

President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday the return of confinement throughout the national territory "

from Friday

" and until December 1, at a minimum.

"

This confinement will be adapted on three main points:

the schools will remain open

, the work will be able to continue,

the nursing homes and the retirement homes will be able to be visited", however specified the president.

Private meetings outside the strict family nucleus will be excluded, public gatherings prohibited and travel from one region to another prohibited.

To read also: "Reconfinemen t: but what was summer used for?"

"

Once again, you have to have a lot of humility, we are all in Europe surprised by the evolution of the virus

", he said before announcing a reconfinement lasting one month, at least. .

The country risks according to him "

at least 400,000 additional deaths

" within a few months if nothing is done.

Germany too

Germany will close from this Monday, November 2 for one month restaurants as well as sports and cultural facilities, announced Wednesday Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Read also: Germany resolves to take "muscular and severe" measures against the second wave of coronavirus

The government has developed a new emergency aid program of up to 10 billion euros to support sectors of the economy affected by the tightening of restrictions.

Politicians still hope to save the holiday season despite most Christmas markets, so dear to Germans, have been canceled due to the pandemic.

Elsewhere in Europe

Belgium, which has become the country in the world where the coronavirus circulates most intensely during the second wave, had 5554 hospitalized patients on Wednesday, very close to the peak recorded on April 6 (5759), according to data from the Belgian health institute public Sciensano.

A new crisis meeting was called this Friday.

More drastic measures will perhaps be necessary in the coming days,

” admitted Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.

In Spain, five additional Spanish regions, including Madrid, will close their territory before the long weekend of All Saints, during which families traditionally go to pray at the graves of their loved ones.

UN appeal for school

The UN agencies Unesco and Unicef, as well as the World Bank, have called for leaving schools open in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the damage done to schooling in poor countries.

Read also: Reconfinement: schools, colleges and high schools remain open with "a reinforced health protocol" said Emmanuel Macron

"

We don't need to look far to see the devastation the pandemic has caused to children's learning around the world,

" said Robert Jenkins, head of the Education Department at Unicef ​​(United Nations Fund for childhood).

The drug remdesivir has already grossed nearly $ 900 million

The antiviral drug remdesivir, used for hospital patients with Covid-19, has already earned its manufacturer Gilead Sciences nearly $ 900 million in the third quarter, the pharmaceutical company announced.

Remdesivir, whose trade name is Veklury, was one of the first drugs to demonstrate relative effectiveness in rigorous trials in shortening the recovery time of patients hospitalized with coronavirus by several days.

But it has not been proven to reduce mortality.

Source: lefigaro

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