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Coronavirus, France extends lockdown by 2 weeks. Premier: “Irresponsible to lighten measures now”. In the UK over 33 thousand infections

“It would be irresponsible revoke O lighten the measures will now keep the containment rules unchanged for at least the next two weeks ”. The premier Jean Castex announces that in France, which also yesterday recorded more than 35 thousand new cases, the lockdown it will continue for another 15 days. THE non-essential stores they will therefore remain closed. The confinement started 15 days ago and the president Emmanuel Macron had announced that it would be re-evaluated every 2 weeks. In the United Kingdom there are records of cases since the beginning of the pandemic (33,470 after yesterday’s 22,950) but also of swabs in Europe: they are 377,608.

The number of infections from coronavirus in Germany. According to the latest data released byIstituto Robert Koch, I’m 21.866 people who have contracted the virus in the past 24 hours, with others 215 deaths, down from the 261 announced yesterday. The total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic thus rises to 727,553 with 11,982 deaths. “The situation in Germany remains very serious,” said the president of Robert Koch Lothar Wieler at a press conference. “The data of the new infections remain very high, and the number of patients in intensive care and deaths will increase”. Wieler also explained that “the health system will be able to touch its limits and the epidemic could spread uncontrollably in some regions of the country “.

Record of deaths in Russia, where they have been ascertained in the last 24 hours 439 deaths caused by Covid-19. New infections are also on the rise which, after five consecutive days above 20 thousand, yesterday dropped to 19,851 but today they rise to 21,608. Over 140 thousand cases registered in the last 24 hours in United States. According to the data reported by Cnn, on Wednesday they were 140,543, up from 136,325 on Tuesday.

The conditions of the Ukrainian president cause concern Volodymyr Zelensky who tested positive for the virus on November 9. The Head of State, in the last hours, has indeed been hospitalized. Only one precaution towards the people around him, however, an official specified: “First he went home, but he decided to move to the hospital to isolate himself carefully and not expose anyone to the infection”, he explained before reassuring everyone by explaining that it is “nothing serious”.

France – Turning to reporters, Castex said that if i hospital data should they continue to increase the authorities will be forced to implement new measures. Currently, he warned, the number of patients Covid-19 hospitalized exceeds the peak of April.
“In France we register a hospitalization every 30 seconds and an admission to resuscitation every three minutes ”. Castex stated that 40% of these patients are under the age of 65. He also added that “one in four deaths in France is now due to the coronavirus“. Today, at the Elysée, a new health defense council dedicated to the epidemic was held. France has therefore decided to keep the lockdown active at least until the end of the month. To appease the anger of the traders, Castex has however evoked a possible “easing”, if the situation permits, on some commercial activities, but not for bars, restaurants and gyms, starting from December 1st.

UK – Record of coronavirus cases registered in the 24 hours in the UK since the beginning: today’s data released by the government certify this 33.470 new infections registered, just under peak italiano these days, although with a number of daily tests that is soaring to the absolute European record: up to 377.608. On the other hand, the deaths reported in hospitals in England (in lockdown for over a week) fell slightly, passing to 317 against 361 yesterday, when the totalizer of victims counted in the entire United Kingdom had touched the peak of 595, i.e. highest daily number of this second wave of Covid, up to a total of over 50,000 deaths: the highest in Europe in absolute numbers, but inferred from countries such as Spain or Belgium in relation to the population.

Germany – Courts are once again protagonists also in this second phase of the management of anti-covid measures in Germany: in Bavaria an administrative court today gave a green light to the reopening of the Land gyms, while the Constitutional Court denied the reopening of a theater-restaurant . According to the Bavarian court it is allowed to play sports in the family circle and therefore the outright closure of all gyms “is not permissible”. Instead, the Constitutional Court of Karlsruhe rejected the urgent appeal of a theater-restaurant in Bavaria, arguing that “the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic are still to be taken very seriously” and it cannot be excluded that restaurants also contribute to spreading the virus. The judges underlined that the closures of the premises are part of a broader general concept within which the state has a constitutional obligation to protect health and life. (ANSA).

Croatia – New daily record in Croatia with 3,082 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours and a strong jump in patients with active infection, to date 16,348. Since yesterday 32 people have died, bringing the total number of victims to 925. According to the government, the situation cannot be defined as critical, with Croatia presenting an epidemic “visibly better than that of neighboring countries”.

Bulgaria – The coronavirus infection curve remains high in Bulgaria: in the last 24 hours 47 deaths have been reported and the total number of victims rises to 1,898. Since yesterday in the Balkan country, which has about 7 million inhabitants, 3,945 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded out of 10,830 diagnostic tests carried out.

Romania – In Romania the toll of the last 24 hours was 10,142 new coronavirus infections and 121 deaths. As reported by the regional media, there are 12,852 patients in hospital, of which 1,152 in intensive care, the highest number since the beginning of the epidemic. In total, the infections in the country – the hardest hit in the Balkans – have so far been 334,236, with 8,510 victims.

Ukraine – In Ukraine they have been ascertained 11,057 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours: the highest number since the beginning of the epidemic.
Another 198 deaths caused by the virus.

Brazil – Brazil has reached 163,406 deaths due to the coronavirus, including 504 between Tuesday and yesterday, according to the health secretariats of state governments, to which was also added the government of Sao Paulo, which was not presenting its data since last week following an alleged hacker attack. The moving average for the past seven days has been 319 deaths, down 27% from the average two weeks ago. Meanwhile, infections since the beginning of the pandemic in February have risen to 5,749,007, of which 47,724 registered in the last 24 hours.

Japan – New record of coronavirus infections in Japan, with over 1,600 cases per day in conjunction with the arrival of the winter season. Thursday’s numbers exceed those of the previous day (1,547), with the city of Tokyo leading the increase, with 393 new cases bringing the total in the capital to 33,770, the highest sum among the 47 prefectures of the archipelago. The government’s campaign to encourage domestic tourism, which has created tourist flows beyond expectations, is also being examined.

Iran – There are 11,517 cases of Covid-19 recorded in the last 24 hours in Iran. The total number of people infected since the beginning of the pandemic rises to 726,585. There are 457 new victims, totaling 40,121.

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