European leaders are stepping up pandemic restrictions as a wave of COVID-19 cases hits Italy, Spain and countries.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced a full national closure from Thursday through December 1, said schools would remain open. In Germany, the authorities imposed a four-week partial closure on Wednesday.
“We will have to act, and now, to avoid a serious national fitness emergency,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
The United States is also dealing with a large coronavirus outbreak, and 44 states reported an increase in the number of cases in the following week, according to USA TODAY’s research on knowledge from Johns Hopkins University. million instances and 228,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 tracker.
President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States is turning the corner and has mocked COVID’s protection orders and other restrictions, even as America’s death rate has risen to about 800 Americans per day, a point observed in more than a month.
In Europe, leaders take a radically different approach.
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On Sunday, Italy ordered the closure of bars and restaurants at 6 pm and gyms, cinemas and swimming pools closed completely. Spain’s prime minister also imposed a curfew on Sunday and the government said local government can simply ban between regions, among others. Restrictions.
In France, Macron’s resolution to impose a national blockade came days after the government imposed a curfew covering some 46 million people.
“(France has been) outpervised in a wave of moments,” Macron said in a televised showdown on Wednesday.
France reported 288 new deaths from the virus in hospitals in 24 hours on Tuesday and 235 deaths in nursing homes in the last 4 days. Both figures marked the largest accumulation of its kind since May. The country’s extensive care sets are filled with COVID- 19 patients.
“Nothing is more vital than human life,” Macron said. “We have between 40,000 and 50,000 new pollution known every day. “
In Germany, restaurants can serve takeaways and shops and schools will also remain open.
The German disease firm said there had been a record 14,964 new ones in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 449,275 since the outbreak began. The total number of COVID-related deaths in Germany is approximately 10,000, Robert Koch Institute said.
“The scenario is very serious, but we can still stop the spread of the virus if everyone takes responsibility,” Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said at a press convention in Brussels.
The European Commission is the arm of the European Union.
On Tuesday, the World Health Organization said coronavirus cases in Europe had increased by approximately 40% in the past seven days to around 1. 3 million new cases.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resisted calls from some of his clinical advisers for a moment, a total national lockdown. Britain has the worst death toll in Europe, with more than 45,400 dead. Instead, Johnson has implemented a three-tier restriction formula for cities and regions, while defunct parts of the UK, such as Wales and Scotland, have developed their own regulations based on localized infection rates.
Areas classified as “Level 3” in the Johnson system, such as Liverpool and Manchester, are on “maximum alert” and other people living in those spaces are subject to a ban on any social combination between households, internals and externals. , pubs and bars have been forced to close unless they can function only as a restaurant.
In “Level 1” areas, where infections are not uncontrollable, no more than six people can gather indoors or outdoors and all pubs and restaurants should close at 10pm in “Level 2” areas, such as London, there are curfews for some businesses and others are not allowed to socially associate with others with those they do not live with. There are restrictions on the number of other people who can attend events, such as weddings and funerals.
Schools remained open in all areas.
Wales is in the week of a full close that will end on 9 November. Almost all citizens were asked to remain in their homes. Exceptions have been made for medical emergencies and for buying food and other items.
At his press convention on Wednesday, Von der Leyen repeated a word used through public officials to refer to the coronavirus: “No one is safe until everyone is safe. “
Contributor: Associated Press