FRANCE “will be added to the British quarantine list this week” unless cases are mini-minimiced in two days, according to high-level sources.
Writing in the Telegraph, Paul Charles, spokesperson for campaign group Quash Quarantine and founder of travel consultancy The PC Agency, said: “I know from senior government sources that anything above 20 per 100,000 for a period of seven days or more is likely to lead to that country being added to the quarantine list.
“On that basis, France has just two days to gets its numbers below 20 – which is highly unlikely.”
Meanwhile, Gavin Williamson said it is now a “national priority” to make sure young people return to school next month.
A day after Boris Johnson declared it the “moral duty” of the country to bring young people back to school, the Secretary of Education praised a Study through Public Health of England that shows that there is little evidence of the spread of Covid-19 in schools.
This occurs when the deaths reached 46,595 after 21 deaths were recorded.
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SPAIN DEFENDS A RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC WHILE CASE NUMBERS OUTSIDE BRITAIN
The Spanish government defended its reaction to the coronavirus pandemic on Monday after official knowledge showed that the country had overtaken Britain to record the total number of cases in Western Europe.
“Appropriate measures are being taken for the pandemic in coordination” with the regions, the government said in a statement, after experts questioned its policy.
“Knowledge shows that we are very active in tracking and detecting the virus.”
Health ministry data showed 1,486 new cases were diagnosed in the past day, bringing the cumulative total to 322,980, compared with 311,641 in Britain.
The disease has claimed 65 lives in Spain in the last seven days. More than 28,000 others have died from the disease in Spain, while more than 46,000 have died in Britain.
46526 PEOPLE IN HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES DEAD AFTER POSITIVE TEST
The government said another 46526 people died in hospitals, nursing homes and the network in general after testing for coronavirus in the UK at 5pm on Sunday, 21 of which were reported in the last 24 hours.
Separate figures published through UK statistics agencies show that there are now 56,600 uk-registered deaths where Covid-19 was indexed on the death certificate.
The government also stated that in the 24-hour era through nine a.m. on Monday, there were 816 laboratory-confirmed cases. A total of 311,641 cases were confirmed.
IRELAND – SOCIAL DISTANCE STANDARDS SLIP, WARNS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
People are mingling more and more on the streets of Ireland, warned the leading acting physician.
Dr. Ronan Glynn expressed alarm over the decline of physical estrangement criteria in favor of a new national effort to defeat the pandemic.
No new deaths similar to Covid-19 have been reported, the National Public Health Emergency Team said, but there has been an increase in the number of cases in recent weeks.
On Sunday, the fitness formula was reported to 57 other cases shown.
Dr. Glynn said: “It turns out that other people wash their hands and practice the breathing label (masks).
“In parallel to all this, we see other people much closer to our streets.”
He added: “I would ask other people to … just give you space.”
NEARLY 100,000 CHILDREN IN THE U.S. ARE POSITIVE IN TWO WEEKS
More than 97,000 young people in the United States tested positive for coronavirus in the last two weeks of July.
Research published through the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association revealed a 40% increase in coronavirus cases in youth in the states and towns studied during those two weeks.
This comes when thousands more academics are expected to return to elegance this week.
NEARLY 20 MILLION GLOBAL COVID-19 CASES
The aggregate is close to the 20 million cases shown of coronavirus.
The World Health Organization said the bleak milestone is likely to be reached this week.
According to a count of official statistics from Johns Hopkins University, 19,936,547 were recorded on Monday.
There have been 732,467 deaths to date since the pandemic.
DENMARK: CORONAVIRUS ‘ON ITS WAY BACK’
The Danish health minister said COVID-19 is “on the back” and announced more local measures to involve the virus.
Magnus Heunicke said at a press conference on Monday: “We are responding with measures tailored to needs.
“We’re doing this for a general blockade of the country.”
Since Sunday, Denmark has recorded 76 new cases, bringing its total since the start of the epidemic to 14,815 cases and 620 deaths.
FRANCE REGISTERS 785 NEW COVID-19 CASES
France has reported 785 new coronaviruses in the last 24 hours.
Until Friday, 2,288 have been confirmed.
In its most recent update, the Department of Health said it had recorded 10,800 new cases in the following week, but failed to provide an updated figure for the cumulative total number of coronavirus infections, which amounted to 197,921 on Friday.
GREECE HOTSPOTS FACE COVID-19 CURFEW
Restaurants and bars in some of Greece’s top tourist destinations will be subject to a night curfew following a spike in COVID-19 infections.
The new regulations come after one of Greece’s leading infectious disease experts told the Guardian that the country is “formally” under the influence of a momentary wave of coronavirus.
The Greek government have said visitors arriving from Sweden, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic will need to provide proof they have tested negative for COVID-19 to gain entry.
The tourist attractions of Mykonos, Santorini, Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Zakynthos and Kos, Aristotelia and Peloni must be closed their restaurants and bars from 7 a.m.
WHO PRAISES BORIS JOHNSON’S FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
World Health Organization holder Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised Boris Johnson and his “strong measures” used in the fight against coronavirus in England.
Dr Tedros ordered the British prime minister to order the closure of parts of northern England after an increase in infections.
He said: “In recent days, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has placed northern England spaces beneath home stay notifications, while case teams have been identified.”
“In France, President Emmanuel Macron introduced mandatory masking in the crowded spaces of Paris in reaction to the accumulation of cases.
“Strict and accurate measures like these, combined with the use of all equipment at our disposal, are to prevent you from any resurgence of COVID-19 and allow corporations to reopen safely.”
WHO: ”GREEN SHOTS OF HOPE’ IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
The head of the World Health Organization said he could see “green outbreaks of hope” in the war against coronavirus.
Despite the global COVID-19 case count set to reach 20 million within days, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said many countries were providing reasons for optimism in their response to the pandemic.
Dr Tedros said in a briefing on Monday: “I know many of you are grieving and that this is a difficult moment for the world.”
“But I have to be clear, there are green outbreaks of hope and no matter where a country, region, city or town is located, it is never too past because of the COVID-19 epidemic.”
THE RATE OF NEW COVID-19 CASES IN IRELAND OUTSTRIPS THE UK
The rate of new coronavirus infections in Ireland in the last fortnight is now higher than in the UK.
Figures published through the European Centre for Disease Control show an increase in cases: the infection rate in Ireland is now 16.9 cases, consisting of 100,000 people, to 16.5 in the UK.
According to RTE, Ireland’s national public broadcasting company, the Irish government used ECDC figures to determine which countries would be on its green travel list.
8 MORE COVID-19 DEATHS IN THE UK
A further 8 people with coronavirus have died in the UK, taking the total number of deaths to 46,574.
The UK recorded 816 COVID-19 projections on Monday, bringing the total to 311641.
COVID-19 ATTACK ” VICIOUS AND TOTALLY UNPROVOKED’
A 15-year-old boy in England admitted to hitting a student in Singapore by saying, “I don’t need your coronavirus in my country.”
The “vicious and absolutely unprovoked” attack took place in February and left the victim with a bloody, bruted face that required surgery, the prosecutor said.
The child admitted to being physically or physically serious at the Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Monday, according to the CPS, and will be sentenced on 7 September.
RESULTS OF ‘DISGRACE’ MODERATION REVIEW, SAYS SCOTTISH SECRETARY
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has described moderation in the effects of the country-wide reviews as “shameful.”
He criticized the ‘postal code lottery’ created through the Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA), disproportionately degrading the scores of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, based on the old functionality of schools.
Mr Jack said Scottish Education Secretary John Swinney “has shown a lack of judgment”, while his UK counterpart Gavin Williamson is “very aware” of the anger from pupils and parents about the situation ahead of the release of GCSE and A-level results in England.
GERMANY COULD BAN FOOTIE FANS UNTIL AT LEAST END OF OCTOBER
Germany is about to eliminate the ban on spectators at Bundesliga football stadiums until at least the end of October, a source told Reuters.
The Bundesliga season restarted in mid-May after a suspension of more than two months, becoming the first European league to resume under strict rules to contain the spread of the virus.
GREECE IMPOSES NEW TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Visitors to Greece from Sweden, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic will want evidence that they have tested negative for the new coronavirus to enter, the government confirmed.
The requirement will take effect from August 17 and stipulates that the check must be more than 72 hours prior to check.
This occurs when the Mediterranean country has reported its highest number of coronavirus infections, 203 cases, since the beginning of the epidemic as fears about a new wave of cases in the tourist haven increase.
Fear that young people are fueling the preston epidemic
Fears are growing that young people might be fuelling a coronavirus outbreak in Preston, Lancashire which has plunged the region back into localised restrictions.
The city, which has a population of 140,000, reintroduced a ban on gathering separate families in other houses and gardens on August 7.
But new figures show that in the week leading up to August 5, the city saw the infection rate double from last week, from approximately 21 cases consisting of 100,000 to more than 42 consistent with 100,000.
And nearly 47% of these new infections were reported in other people under the age of 30, leading officials to check to remind younger people of the deaths of the virus.
TENERIFE COPS BUST VIRUS PARTY
The Spaniards have dismantled a coronavirus festival intended to intentionally spread the killer virus, while cases increase by 700% in a month.
Tenerife officials have accused more than 60 people of camping on the beach as part of an alleged planned attempt to propagate Covid-19.
La Orotava security adviser Narciso Pérez said the police operation took position after investigators discovered the planned beach party on social media.
He told local press: “Over the past few days, Civil Guard officers have discovered a kind of get-together which was being planned on social media to carry out a mass camping trip to Los Patos beach designed to help the spread of Covid-19.
“This is a risk that has been taken very seriously.
“The Civil Guard conducted a thorough investigation to identify the other people who organized this and were interviewed.”
Complete by Natalia Penza here.
MANCHESTER CROWN COURT CLOSED
The Manchester Crown Court was forced to close after three staff members tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend.
This comes after the Crown Square court closed for a thorough cleanup on Thursday morning after a user performed a test of the virus.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the court should reopen on Tuesday and that “as many hearings as possible” had been transferred to the Minshull Crown Court throughout the city.
He said: “The Manchester Crown Court is being cleaned up very well after 3 other people running there tested positive for Covid-19 this weekend.
“We stick to public fitness rules to ensure the protection of all court users and are scheduled to reopen tomorrow.”
CUBA FEARS OUTBREAK
Cuba has reported new cases of coronavirus as fears of an outbreak in Havana increase.
Most of the new instances were registered in the capital, where a partial blockade was reprinted today, and in the neighboring province of Artemis.
In Havana, restaurants, bars and pools closed again, public transport suspended and a ban on going to the beach.
The country has been widely praised for its handling of the pandemic, after implementing a sophisticated contact tracing system and isolating potentially asymptomatic carriers of the disease.
EPIDEMIC IN BED FACTORY
Wakefield City Council in Yorkshire showed an outbreak in a bed factory after four tested positive.
The council had “acted quickly” to involve the outbreak in a sleep factory in the Ossett area.
Anna Hartley, Wakefield Council’s Director of Public Health, said: “We are aware that four cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at Sleep Factory in Ossett.
“We have taken quick action with the company, Public Health England and HSE to restrict any possible new spread and all cases are isolated.”
PLAN GRIM MILESTONE
The death toll for Covid-19 will exceed 750,000 this week, the World Health Organization said.
WHO added that the number of international bodies will succeed at 20 million.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, said: “This week we will achieve 20 million recorded cases of Covid-19 and 750,000 deaths.
“Behind those statistics, there is much pain and suffering. Every loss counts.”
” KNOCKS ON THE DOOR ‘A POSSIBILITY FOR COVID-19 CONTACTS
People who have been in contact with confirmed coronavirus cases may get a knock on their door if tracers are unable to reach them over the phone.
It comes as health officials have announced plans to strengthen regional test and trace powers in England.
In pilot schemes, this has meant that local authorities have been able to visit people at homes where national contact tracers have been unable to reach them.
STURGEON: PM MUST FOLLOW THE RULES IN SCOTLAND
Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon reiterated that all visitors to the country adhere to the coronavirus recommendation, after the Sunday Times announced that the prime minister would spend his vacation north of the border.
When asked at the Scottish government coronavirus briefing on Monday, Sturgeon suggested that he and others come to “stay” to follow local councils.
She said: ‘Whether you’re prime minister or coming to Scotland, I can’t wait for the date you can say’ everyone comes to Scotland and on holiday ‘because we’re in the most sensitive of the worst of this virus, but at the moment we want to inspire everyone, whether they live in Scotland or visit Scotland , so that they are very careful.
“So whether it’s the Prime Minister or anyone else, when you’re in Scotland, and you deserve to do this wherever you live, follow all the advice.
SIX MORE DEATHS IN ENGLISH HOSPITALS
Six other people who tested positive for coronavirus died in a hospital in England, bringing the total number of deaths reported in hospitals to 29419, NHS England showed.
Patients were between 65 and year old and all had known of underlying fitness problems.
The region with the highest number of deaths in the Southeast with four.
There were also two deaths in the North East and Yorkshire, however, all other parts of England did not record deaths during the same period, adding the north-west, where local lockdown measures are in position around Greater Manchester.
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