BERLIN – Political tension in Europe on Monday for governments to take on the growing number of coronavirus cases without resorting to a spring blockade that would affect the continent’s economies.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met on Monday with Madrid region President Isabel Daaz Ayuso to coordinate a more powerful reaction to epidemics as the country struggles to involve a wave of the virus.
Police in the Spanish capital and its surrounding villages are preventing others from entering and leaving working-class neighbourhoods that have been partially closed to combat the spread of Europe’s fastest coronavirus.
The move has provoked protests from others that restrictions stigmatize the poor.
Some 860,000 inhabitants are affected by the new restrictions, which will have to justify their movements outside their neighbourhood for professional, educational or medical reasons, parks are closed and department stores and restaurants will have to restrict their occupancy to 50% in those affected. Areas.
Target communities have a 14-day transmission rate of more than 1,000 cases, consisting of 100,000 inhabitants, among those in Europe. COVID-19 has killed at least 30,000 other people in Spain since the outbreak began, according to the country’s Ministry of Fitness.
Monday’s police checks last only two days for informational purposes, however, the government says law enforcement will be mandatory from Wednesday and that those who do not justify compliance will have to pay fines.
In the Czech Republic, Health Minister Adam Vojtech resigned Monday amid a record build-up of coronavirus infections, and said his resolution creates an area for a new technique for the pandemic.
The country did well in the first wave of infections in the spring, however, it faced a record buildup of new cases shown. On Thursday, the Czech Republic recorded more than 3,000 new cases, a figure observed since March.
The Czech Republic has had a total of 49,290 other inflamed people and 503 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Britain’s most sensible medical and clinical advisers delivered an assessment inviting the reflection of the COVID-19 pandemic to the public on Monday as the government prepares to announce new measures for emerging infection rates.
Medical director Chris Whitty and CFP Patrick Vallance warned that infection rates were going in the “wrong direction” and that the UK is facing a complicated winter.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with ministers over the weekend to discuss the government’s response. Analysts expect the government to announce a series of short-term restrictions that will act as a “decisive factor” in curbing the spread of the disease.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel also met on Monday with members of her “coronavirus cabinet” to discuss measures that save her a moment.
Health Minister Jens Spahn expressed his fear of the existing dynamics of the epidemic, in neighbouring countries such as France, Austria and the Netherlands.
“All these countries have several times (the number of instances according to the capita) that we, particularly in line with the number of contagions and a dynamic that, in the case of Spain, turns out to have escaped and is out of control,” Spahn told state television channel Deutschlandfunk.
Bavarian Gov. Markus Soeder warned that situations can get worse as temperatures drop in the coming weeks and others spend more time indoors.
“I honestly have to say it reminds me a little bit of progress in March, when we first thought we were going to leave or not,” he said. “I would advise caution, do not exaggerate yet to be careful. “
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Aritz Parra in Madrid, Danica Kirka in London, Geir Moulson in Berlin and Karel Janicek in Prague contributed to this report.
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