8:48 am. Thousands of church members in quarantine in South Korea. The biggest hotbed of infections is at Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul, headed by a controversial conservative pastor. A total of 315 cases related to this church have been recorded so far and around 3,400 members of this congregation have been placed in quarantine.
8:24. CRS reinforcements in Marseille. Government spokesman Gabriel Attal announces in the daily La Marseillaise several measures to support the department in its fight against Covid-19. Among these is the sending of an additional CRS company. These police officers will be responsible for enforcing the various rules, including the compulsory wearing of a mask in part of the city.
8:06 am. British restaurateurs are breathing a little. The government’s push to pay half the bill is a success and brings a welcome boost to a sector devastated by the pandemic. In the first two weeks of August, the number of people who went to the restaurant from Monday to Wednesday, on days when the offer is valid, jumped 26.9% over one year, the research center points out. economic CEBR.
8:03 am. The mask soon mandatory in more closed places? The question now arises particularly at work. It would be “legitimate and priority”, estimates an infectious disease specialist. Our decryption is to find here.
7:36. A locally adapted school health protocol. In the coming days, “there will be adjustments to the terms of the start of the school year with meetings between prefects, regional health agencies and rectors in each region”, announces the Ministry of National Education. More info here.
7h13. The virus is spreading in Latin America. The coronavirus pandemic continues to progress in several Latin American countries. The threshold of 15,000 dead was crossed in Colombia, that of 4,000 dead was crossed in Bolivia, and Peru recorded a record number of contaminations in 24 hours (10,143).
6:50 a.m. New tests at the Olympique de Marseille. Three suspected cases of Covid-19 were announced by the club on Sunday evening, five days before the match against Saint-Etienne marking the start of the new Ligue 1 season. New tests must be carried out this Monday morning, according to Provence. Depending on the results, the holding of the meeting scheduled for Friday could be threatened.
6:32. Historic drop in GDP in Japan. It collapsed 7.8% in the second quarter from the previous three months due to the pandemic, marking a historic plunge marking a third straight quarter of contraction for the world’s third-largest economy.
6:18 am. Mask compulsory in the evening in Italy. It is this Monday that the mask becomes, for the first time, compulsory from 6 pm in the public places where the “formation of groups” takes place in Italy. This measure was announced on Sunday.
6:11 am. 50,000 dead in India since the start of the pandemic. This assessment is reached this Monday after the census of more than 900 deaths in 24 hours, according to official figures.
6:05 am. Elections postponed in New Zealand. Faced with a (slight) resumption of contamination, the New Zealand authorities acted very strongly and decided to postpone the legislative elections for four weeks, from September 19 to October 17. The main city of the country, Auckland, has been reconfigured until August 26 following the detection of several cases who had no known place with the foreigner.
6 hours. Good morning all ! Welcome to this live to follow the news related to the coronavirus on Monday, August 17.
source: https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/coronavirus-les-elections-reportees-en-nouvelle-zelande-l-italie-impose-le-masque-en-soiree-suivez-notre-direct-17-08-2020-8368833.php
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