Filenews 26 October 2020
The coronavirus is sweeping Europe, with many countries adopting new strict restrictive measures in an attempt to put the brakes on the second wave of the pandemic in the Old Continent, which recorded more than 1.3 million people living in poverty. new cases last week, according to the WHO.
In Spain the government has declared a state of emergency - in France the death toll is rising as hospitals struggle to cope with the wave of patient admissions, while in Italy, the first Western country to go ahead with a general lockdown last spring, authorities have announced new restrictive measures that they hope will prevent the need for a new lockdown. It was a nightmarish weekend for Europe, which had at one point seemed to be putting the health crisis under control.
Spain in a state of emergency
"The reality is that Europe and Spain have been plunged into a second wave of the pandemic," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said after yesterday's emergency cabinet meeting. In addition to declaring a state of emergency, his government has imposed a curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 p.m. - except for the Canary Islands - across the Iberian country, where the actual number of cases is estimated to exceed three million.
Local authorities with the powers conferred on them can tighten restrictions on movements between different regions and on gatherings of up to six people. Sanchez said he would ask the House to approve an extension of the state of emergency until May.
France: Fears of 100,000 cases a day
In France the situation is dramatic, with the authorities recording yesterday Sunday 52,010 new cases of coronavirus - the fourth consecutive day exceeding 40,000 - and the head of the government's scientific council on the pandemic warning that the country could also have 100,000 cases a day.
The numbers of ICU nurses in French hospitals have been ceding for months over the past few months, but health workers are now again at the forefront of the front line in dealing with the crown. Nevertheless, the authorities in the Loire region, which has been severely affected by the health crisis, are trying to reassure public opinion. "The situation is undeniably worrying and very tense in hospitals, but we have it under control," an official told the French Agency. The Macron government last week extended the night-time curfew to another 38 regions, as well as to French Polynesia.
Poland: Locked bars and restaurants
In Poland, which is facing one of the most serious outbreaks of the crown in Europe and where a two-week lock-up was put in restaurants and bars and public gatherings were limited to five people, the country's president, Andrei Duda, was diagnosed positive just days after the deputy prime minister's quarantine.
Italy: Wake up nightmarish memories from last spring
And in Italy, where nightmarish memories of last spring were awakened with 128 victims of the coronavirus on Saturday, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced new measures with mini lockdown, closing cafes and restaurants daily at six o'clock in the afternoon and locking in gyms, swimming pools, theatres, cinemas and concert halls.
For the next month pubs, bars and ice cream shops will stay open on weekends, but roll out in the afternoon, while the government has made strong recommendations to boost teleworking and prevent people from leaving their homes as far as possible. Italians, Giuseppe Conte said, should be willing to make "small sacrifices" such as dining in their homes and being denied outings to theatres or concerts. "If we do not think in this way, we will not be able to keep the transmission curve of the coronavirus under control and manage the pandemic. These measures are necessary and I hope enough," he stressed in dramatic tones.
The rate of spread of coronavirus has been steadily increasing in the last three months, according to the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, hence the measures taken by governments with curfews and social distancing measures in an effort not to proceed with new global lockdowns, which will once again severely damage their economies, but which Ireland has not avoided.
Source: iefimerida.gr
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