GREECE has enforced a strict midnight curfew on its holiday islands, after the country recorded the highest number of daily new coronavirus infections since the pandemic started.
Bars and restaurants in Mykonos, Santorini, Corfu, Rhodes, Zante and Crete will be closed from midnight until 7am, according to the Greek government.
Along with the cities of Thessaloniki, Larissa, Volos and Katerini, also affected by the curfew, this will be in place from today until August 23.
Greece recorded 203 new cases on Sunday, the highest since the pandemic started, with overall cases now 5,749.
Meanwhile, Brits with reusable face masks will be stopped from boarding flights to France due to strict regulations enforced by the government.
According to French rules, only disposable masks are allowed on flights, despite reusable coverings being deemed safe by the majority of airlines.
This comes as deaths hit 46,595 after 21 more deaths were recorded.
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LEBANON RECORDS COVID-19 CASES FOLLOWING BEIRUT BLAST
Lebanon has seen a record number of coronavirus cases in the aftermath of the port explosion that rocked Beirut and overwhelmed hospitals.
More than 300 new infections were recorded and seven additional deaths.
It brings the country’s total to 7,121 cases and 87 deaths since February, according to health ministry data.
CORONAVIRUS SPREAD HARDER TO CONTROL WITHOUT COMMON EFFORT SAYS FRENCH PM
The renewed spread of coronavirus in France could become harder to control without a collective effort to stop a rise in the infection rate, its prime minister said on Tuesday.
The public was becoming careless, Jean Castex warned, after official data recorded nearly 5,000 new COVID-19 cases from Saturday to Monday. The epidemic has now killed more than 30,300 people in France.
“If we don’t act collectively, we expose ourselves to the heightened risk that the rebound in the epidemic becomes hard to control,” Castex said during a visit to a hospital intensive care ward in southern France.
France’s 7-day moving average of new infections climbed to 1,640 on Monday from 1,056 on July 31. The 7-day measure reached a post lockdown low of 272 on May 27, a little over 2 weeks after the government eased one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns.
But as in most neighbouring European countries, new clusters have mushroomed as people let their hair down on holiday, families hold reunions and workers return to offices and France is desperate to avoid another full-scale lockdown.
Britain has said it will not hesitate putting more countries on its quarantine list, including France, where hordes of Britons spend their summer vacations.
WORLDWIDE VIRUS CASES DOUBLES IN SIX WEEKS
It took six months for the world to reach 10 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. It took just over six weeks for that number to double.
The worldwide count of known COVID-19 infections climbed past 20 million on Monday, with more than half of them from just three countries: the U.S., India and Brazil, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
The average number of new cases per day in the U.S. has declined in recent weeks but is still running high at over 54,000, versus almost 59,000 in India and nearly 44,000 in Brazil.
WHO LACKS INFO TO EVALUATE RUSSIAN COVID-19 VACCINE, SAYS PAHO
The World Health Organization has not received enough information on the Russian COVID-19 vaccine to evaluate it, the assistant director of its regional branch, the Pan American Health Organization, Jarbas Barbosa, said on Tuesday.
Asked about plans to produce the potential vaccine in Brazil, Barbosa said that should not be done until Phase 2 and 3 trials are completed to guarantee its safety and effectiveness.
“Any vaccine producer has to follow this procedure that guarantees it is safe and has the WHO’s recommendation,” he said in a virtual briefing from Washington.
WORLDWIDE CORONAVIRUS CASES CROSS 20.18 MILLION, DEATH TOLL AT 736,492
More than 20.18 million people have been reported to be infected by coronavirus globally and 736,492 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
DELAY ROUTINE DENTAL CHECKUPS, WHO URGES UNTIL COVID RISK IS KNOWN
Dental patients and staff need to be protected from any potential infection by aerosol-generating procedures, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today, as dentists return to work in areas where the COVID-19 pandemic is easing.
There is currently no data on the spread of coronavirus from the dentist’s chair, it said, calling for more research into common procedures that produce tiny floating particles that may cause infection if inhaled.
These include three-way air/water spray, ultrasonic cleaning equipment that removes deposits from the tooth surface, and polishing, the WHO said in new guidance.
“WHO guidance recommends in case of community transmission to give priority to urgent or emergency oral cases, to avoid or minimise procedures that may generate aerosol, prioritise a set of clinical interventions that are performed using an instrument and of course to delay routine non-essential oral health care,” Benoit Varenne, a WHO dental officer, told a news briefing.
He added: “The likelihood of COVID-19 being transmitted through aerosol, micro-particles or airborne particles … today I think is unknown, it’s open to question at least. This means that more research is needed.”
FRENCH PM ISSUES SERIOUS VIRUS WARNING
France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex has issued a serious warning to the population as virus cases in the country continue to rise.
He told reporters today that the country’s infection rate was heading in the wrong direction and that a collective response was necessary to avoid losing control of the outbreak.
“If we don’t act collectively, we expose ourselves to the heightened risk that the rebound in the epidemic becomes hard to control,” Castex said during a visit to a hospital intensive care ward in southern France.
The tests were more than successful, with more than 600,000 tests conducted a week, however, more can be done to target other people with symptoms, the prime minister said.
Mouthwash can reduce the threat of insect spread
Gargling with a mouthwash for just 30 seconds can be just the threat of coronavirus spread, scientists said.
German experts have found that dental product is effective in “inactivating” SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.
They claim that sweeping the fluid can limit the viral load, which is the amount of waste transported through an inflamed individual, down the throat and, in turn, restrict transmission.
Their findings, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, showed that in all tests, the amount of viral waste was reduced.
Three mouthwashes reduced it to such an extent that viruses cannot be detected after a 30-second exposure time.
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RESIDENTS IN OLDHAM AND PENDLE WARNED OF STRICTER LOCKS
Residents of two northwestern regions have been begged to possibly face stricter blocking restrictions as coronavirus cases continue to increase.
Pfinishle in Lancashire and Oldham, Greater Manchester, were among the regions of the country where new measures were implemented at the end of July to prevent others from meeting at home or indoor rooms.
In Pendle, the council suggested that everyone be tested, even if they had no symptoms, after the region reported the number of cases in the country.
Council leader Mohammed Iqbal said: “The coronavirus is spreading among families and within families, so it is vital that everyone follows these local measures.
“If we don’t, we’re going through much stricter measures, so do everything we can now to prevent the spread of the virus.”
FEAR TO AMERICA As you increase
More than 100,000 cases of coronavirus are reported in the Americas each day, more than a portion of them in the United States.
The regional director of the World Health Organization, Carissa Etienne, is also pressing on a briefing that peaks of concern are occurring in countries that have controlled their epidemics, such as Argentina and Colombia.
“Our region remains under COVID control,” he told journalists in Washington along with other administrators of the Pan American Health Organization.
RECESSION arrives in the UK
Britain will be officially declared in recession for the first time since the 2008 currency crisis, with figures suggesting that the pandemic plunged the economy to a record 21% between April and June.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is expected to see the massive contraction of the quarter of the moment and the UK’s fall in recession after a 2.2% drop in the first 3 months of 2020.
A recession is like two successive quarters of gross domestic product decline.
Britain has experienced a recession since the 2008 currency crisis.
OWNER OF HOLIDAY INN TO AX JOBS
Around 650 jobs are being eliminated internationally at Inn Intercontinental Hotels Group.
This occurs when the company has 2gmial losses after a “substantial” blow to the coronavirus crisis.
The company will reduce about 10% of its global operations, but has not provided a regional breakdown.
The cuts occur amid a series of task loss announcements across industry rivals, adding 250 head-to-head tasks threatened by Premier Inn owner Whitbread.
FRANCE: EXTENSION OF THE BAN ON LARGE MEETINGS
France is extending the ban on public gatherings of more than 5,000 people until 30 October, while coronavirus infections are on the rise, Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed.
Castex said at a press convention that the coronavirus scene in France has gone “in the direction” for more than two weeks.
On Monday, France reported the first significant increase in the number of other people hospitalized with COVID-19 since the end of its strict blockade.
SCOTTISH POLICE MAKES 270 ARRESTS USING VIRUS LEGISLATION
Police have made nearly 270 arrests for coronavirus law in Scotland.
Scotland’s constitutional secretary, Mike Russell, told Holyrood that officials used the powers to impose 3,310 fines, carry out 349 forced dispersions and make 268 arrests between 27 March and 21 July.
He said 94% of the 61,593 interventions had been non-violent dispersions.
NEW ZEALAND: WHAT DOES JACINDA ARDERN SAY?
Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday night, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said: “We have not yet been able to know the source of these cases.
“One of the most important classes we’ve learned from is strong approval.
“In accordance with our precautionary approach, we will ask the inhabitants of Auckland to lock themselves up quickly.
“If you are in Auckland, we ask you to wear a mask for essential services.
“You are asked to stay at home in your bubble unless you are a worker.”
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LAST: NEW ZEALAND MAKES A FRESH EPIDEMIC
The new outbreak in New Zealand, which we reported earlier, would involve 4 members of the same family.
Auckland city residents, with a population of 1.6 million, will have a point 3 lock placed for 3 days from noon on Wednesday.
The measures mean that other people will be invited to stay at home, pictures of the house if imaginable and restrict their touch to their immediate “bubble”.
The rest of the country, meanwhile, will enter a point two blockade, which calls for social estrangement in public office and prohibits meetings of more than a hundred people.
MOVE THE TEST SITE TO MIDDLESBROUGH
A cellular control in Middlesbrough has been relocated after a new organization of instances in the city.
38 cases have been recorded in the domain in the following week, and local fitness officials are connected to a small number of similar households, Teesside Live reports.
WELSHERS ARE LESS LIKELY TO USE FACE COVERINGS, SURVEY SAYS
People in Wales are less likely to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic than others in England and Scotland, according to a new survey through Yougov.
Only 43% of Welsh respondents said they had worn a blanket or mask in the last two weeks, up to 65% in England and 75% in Scotland.
Wales is the only country in Britain where you cannot wear a mask in department stores to help you save Covid-19 transmissions, however, as in the rest of the UK, they are mandatory on public transport.
SCOTTISH SCANDAL PREMIERSHIP: EXPLAINED
Celtic FC’s next two football matches have been postponed after defence Boli Bolingoli traveled to Spain with a coronavirus the club knew.
Bolingoli, 25, told the leaders of The Hoops that he had gone to the high-risk country, was unable to isolate himself on his return, and then played Sunday’s match opposite Kilmarnock.
After Bolingoli’s trip to Spain, Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “We deserve not to expect to see Celtic or Aberdeen play next week.
And some other government showed that their next two games would not take a stand as scheduled.
CORONAVIRUS CASES LINKED TO THE RISE OF THE ABERDEEN EPIDEMIC
Cases of coronavirus related to an outbreak in Aberdeen have risen to 165, as shown today by fitness.
Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon showed that 875 contacts had been known in connection with the outbreak.
This comes after the city sank again in the blockade last weekend, following the formation of a new organization of similar instances to bars and restaurants.
COVID-19: ASIA UPDATE
Here are the latest news from Asia, as swathes of the continent continue to face severe coronavirus outbreaks.
WELSH MINISTER PROMISES LEVEL RANKS TO ‘ROBUST’
The Government of Wales has promised to defraud its academics in the same way as their Scottish counterparts.
Minister Julie James said Wales used a different style from Scotland and almost part of the final student score based on the titles received last year.
This means that academics may be expecting “solid” grades on the day of the results.
“I am pleased to assure each and every student in Wales that modeling in Wales is very different,” he said today at a press convention.
FORMER LEICESTER VIRUS PATIENTS INVITED TO DONATE PLASMA
Former patients with affected Leicester coronavirus are invited to donate their NHS Blood and Transplant blood plasma.
The liquid can be used in transfusions for patients fighting the virus, the BBC.
“We want so many other people to urgently donate that they have recovered,” said one spokesman.
STATISTICS BREAKDOWN
The number of deaths of patients with Covid-19 compliant is as follows:
FRACTURE: MORE SIX DEATHS IN ENGLISH HOSPITALS
Six other people, who were tested for Covid-19, were killed, bringing to 29425 the total number of deaths reported in hospitals in England.
Patients were between 46 and years old. All had known of underlying fitness issues.
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