Health emergency declared in France; Italy registers 7,332 new instances; record number of new instances in Portugal, Switzerland, Iran and Russia
Switzerland recorded its largest accumulation of coronavirus infections in one day, with 2,823 new cases reported Wednesday, almost double the number of the previous day.
This figure is the latest in a new wave of cases that hit the Alpine nation, and comes a day before an emergency “summit” opposed to coronaviruses called how a blockade can be avoided for now.
To date, there have been a total of 68,704 laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases in Switzerland; 5,167 others were treated in the hospital by Covid-19; and 1816 died of coronavirus-related deaths, according to public fitness authorities.
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Iran reported 279 coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest count since February, bringing the total number of deaths to 29,349.
Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state television that 4,830 new instances had been known, also a record, in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of instances to 513,219.
Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on state television that three days of restrictions would be imposed from Thursday in five cities, adding Tehran, where the spread of the disease is at its highest level.
Namaki warned of the “very difficult months” to come in the country.
To fight infections, on Saturday the government made it mandatory to wear a face mask in public places in Tehran, warning that offenders will be fined. The government plans to impose the same restrictions in other primary cities.
Angela Merkel is welcoming prime ministers from Germany’s 16 federal states in Berlin this afternoon at an assembly her leader said could have a “historical dimension” given rising infection rates.
The German law firm recorded 5,132 cases of infections on Wednesday in the last 24 hours, a point that had not been observed since 11 April.
Merkel and regional leaders disagree with a new rule that prohibits states from welcoming hotspot visitors unless they can show a recent negative check; some states, adding the populous population of North Rhine-Westphalia, have already said they will comply.
According to German media on Wednesday morning, the chancellor also needs states to agree on a recently lowered threshold for infections that would cause curfews and the mandatory use of masks in public spaces.
Crowd-loving Pope Francis has vowed to do more to stay away from worshipers, after his laid-back attitude toward viral restrictions has come as a surprise in recent days.
“Forgive me if I greet you from afar,” Francis said at the end of his weekly general audience, held in a Vatican hall.
I’d like, as always, for you and say hello, yetArray. . it’s better to keep your distance.
“I, if everyone, as intelligent citizens, meets the requirements of the authorities, will help put an end to this pandemic.
The Argentine, who has rarely been dressed in a mask since the virus first moved to Italy in February, had been photographed several times in recent weeks joking with prelades that were also unmasked.
The 83-year-old man, who kidnapped part of a lung in his youth, also noticed kissing the hands of newly ordained priests.
Francis said that as soon as he approached the “everyone comes and piles up. “
“The challenge is that there is a threat of contagion. So, if everyone wears a mask and helps keep their distance, we can continue with the audience,” he said.
Four Swiss guards tested positive over the weekend, the Vatican said, specifying whether they had been in contact with the pontiff.
In recent weeks, three other cases have been detected between Vatican residents and citizens.
Croatia reported on Wednesday 748 new infections with Covid-19, a record, and the capital, Zagreb, also recorded 211 new cases.
The past record of 542 new instances reported a week ago.
Since the start of the pandemic, Croatia, a country of about four million people, has recorded 21,741 cases and 33 four deaths.
Currently, there are 3,210 active cases, about 1,000 a week ago.
Since this week, Croatia has strengthened measures to fight covid-19.
The use of mask is mandatory indoors in public places, bars and restaurants will have to close with restrictions on the number of authorized customers, and public meeting organizers of more than 50 people must seek approval at least five days in advance. .
Slovenia, Croatia’s smallest neighbor in northwestern Croatia, with around 2 million people, reported a record number of new infections on Wednesday, achieving 707 cases per day.
Russia saw a record in the accumulation of coronavirus cases on Wednesday for the time being on a consecutive day, as Moscow brought online learning for many academics in an effort to engage the rapidly spreading virus.
Although the number of new contagions has increased in recent days, the government has stated that it does not see a willingness to impose closures or restrictions on economic activity.
The Russian Coronavirus Working Group said it had registered 1,4231 new instances of coronavirus in the more than 24 hours, no later than the day since the start of the pandemic.
During the same period, another 239 people died, he said, bringing the death toll to 23,205. On Tuesday, he reported 13,868 new cases and 244 new deaths.
Home to nearly thirteen million people, Moscow is the region of the country most affected by the pandemic, reporting more than 4,500 new infections on Wednesday.
Sergei Sobianin, the city’s mayor, said academics in grades 6-11 would take categories online for a two-week era starting Monday, while younger academics would continue to attend school as usual.
More than Japan, where a supercomputer has shown that moisture can have an effect on viral particle dispersion. The effects pose a greater threat of coronavirus contagion in dry indoor situations, a major challenge for the northern hemisphere as we enter winter.
There is a solution, Reports Reuters (but it will be very expensive):
The discovery suggests that the use of humidifiers would possibly help restrict periods of infection when window ventilation is not possible, according to a study published Tuesday by research giant Riken and Kobe University.
Researchers used the Fugaku supercomputer to design the emission and virus-like waste of other people inflamed in various indoor environments.
Air humidity below 30% resulted in more than double the amount of aerosol waste at degrees of 60% or more, simulations showed.
Riken’s team, led by Makoto Tsubokura, has already used the Fugaku supercomputer to design contagion situations in trains, workspaces and classrooms.
In particular, simulations have shown that window opening on commuter trains can generate ventilation two to three times, reducing the concentration of environmental microbes.
“The blind concern or unfounded trust of others who oppose COVID-19 infection is simply due to the fact that it is invisible,” Tsubokura said.
Tokyo will host a foreign gymnastics assembly next month that can offer clues as to how the city plans to deal with the coronavirus pandemic at next summer’s Olympics, Justin McCurry writes in the Japanese capital.
Athletes travelling since November 8 should not be quarantined for 14 days, according to the Japan Gymnastics Association, but will want to be tested Covid-19 less than 72 hours before leaving their respective countries and undergoing daily testing. .
Lately, Japan is forcing others to quarantine for two weeks in an attempt to prevent a primary outbreak of the virus, which has inflamed more than 90,000 people in the country and killed another 1,651 people.
In addition, gymnasts will only be allowed to go between their hotels, educational facilities and the festival site, the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, according to the agreement.
The occasion will feature 32 athletes from Japan, Russia, China and the United States who will compete against a maximum of 2,000 spectators at the 13,000-seat venue in central Tokyo.
“Someone has to go back to racing. I hope that [the competition] will host the Tokyo Games,” International Gymnastics Federation President Morinari Watanabe said this week.
The Japanese government and organizers of Tokyo 2020 are eager to discover that the country will ensure the protection of more than 15,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes when the Games open on July 23.
The Olympic Games were originally scheduled to take place this summer, but were postponed for a year in March as the virus spread around the world.
Japanese organizers are reportedly discussing a number of proposals for an Olympic Games secured through Covid, with border controls and athlete movements among the biggest challenges.
Organizers will also need to know how to accommodate thousands of team leaders and occasions, hounds and sponsors, and whether to remove travel restrictions for overseas viewers or completely ban non-Japanese sports enthusiasts.
If the rate of coronavirus cases in Italy reaches the same point as in France, hospitals can deal only for two months, said a head of a doctors’ union, writes Angela Giuffrida, guardian correspondent in Rome.
The admonition of Carlo Palermo, head of the Anaao-Assomed union, came after admission to intensive care rose by 13. 7% in 24 hours. Italy recorded 5,901 new infections on Tuesday. Hospitalizations have increased in recent weeks to 5,076 others, adding 514 others in resuscitation.
Palermo said:
Italian hospitals can cope for at least five months and, for now, it is manageable.
But if we saw an exponential accumulation of cases, as is the case with other countries such as France, the hospital formula would not last more than two months.
Walter Ricciardi, the scientist advising the Ministry of Health on the pandemic, also warned Wednesday that new instances in Italy could eclipse 16,000 per day until early November.
In fact, the speed of expansion [of new cases] is so strong that we may succeed in that figure even sooner.
Last week, Italy made it mandatory to wear outdoor masks and begged them to wear them in internal houses when families cluster in combination or when visitors. The government has also strongly advised that others do not receive more than six visitors to their homes. for meetings. Restaurants and bars will have to close now at midnight. The government said the locks would be attacked, but so far it has ruled out a new lockout.