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DUBLIN: Several European countries took urgent new action on Monday (19 October) to combat a momentary wave of coronavirus infections, while the World Health Organization blamed the outbreak of international cases, now more than 40 million, on countries’ lack of quarantine. inflamed other people properly.
Ireland and Wales were the first countries on the continent to re-enter the lockdown, with the number of others killed by COVID-19 in Europe increasing to 250,000, according to an AFP count.
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin issued a national order to “stay home” from midnight on Wednesday, with all non-essential outlets to close and bars and restaurants limited to serving takeaways only, schools will remain open.
Wales also announced “firewall” containment measures for two weeks, ordering the territory’s 3 million inhabitants to remain in their homes, for very limited purposes, such as exercising or working, and prohibiting others from mixing indoors or outdoors.
WHO Emergency Director Michael Ryan blamed the growing transmission in the northern hemisphere for the failure of rigorous quarantine en application.
Speaking at a virtual press convention from WHO headquarters in Geneva, Ryan said that the fact that self-isolation measures were not systematically implemented “is a smart component of why we are seeing such high numbers. “
In recent months, the government of Australia, China, Japan and South Korea has reduced cases by detecting, isolating and quarantined contacts, he said.
Their populations have shown “greater confidence” in their governments that have maintained the measures for longer.
“In other words, they crossed the finish line and beyond and kept running because they knew the race wasn’t over, that final line was wrong. Too many countries have put an imaginary finish line and when they cross it, it would possibly have delayed some of its activities,” Ryan said.
“The countries of Asia, South Asia and the Western Pacific that have succeeded, in my opinion, have continued to keep up with these key activities,” he added.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus suggested the government persevere in the fight against the virus.
“I know there’s fatigue, the virus has shown that when we let our guard down, it can recover at breakneck speed and threaten hospitals and fitness systems,” Tedros said.
Many governments seek to avoid costly large-scale blockades imposed on the front wave as they fight for their savings.
But in some countries, others are angry about new restrictions on life, and protests against masks, situations of legal demand, and battles between central and local governments are on the rise.
Belgium, where hospitalizations increased by one hundred percent last week alone, closed bars and restaurants on Monday for a month and hardened the curfew.
Italy, the initial epicenter of the epidemic in Europe, also announced new restrictions, adding previous bars and restaurant closures and a boost for the construction of domestic work.
In Poland, where almost part of the country is now designated as a coronavirus “red zone,” the government said the national stadium would also serve as a cash hospital to relieve tension in crowded fitness facilities.
‘THE SECOND WAVE IS HERE’
Switzerland, for its part, has made masking mandatory in closed public places and limited public meetings after infections doubled last week.
“The moment of the wave is here, faster and more powerful than expected, we are ready,” said Swiss Health Minister Alain Berset.
France imposed its own curfew since the weekend in nine cities, adding Paris, affecting 20 million people, with a record 32,400 new infections reported on Saturday.
Slovenia has followed suit, with two million other people forced to stay home between nine o’clock at night. and at 6 a. m. on Tuesday and it is forbidden to travel that is not essential.
As European countries imposed new restrictions, Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, softened its closure on Monday when citizens flocked to beauty salons and opened golf courses that had been closed for more than a hundred days.
Only 4 cases were recorded on Monday in The State of Victoria, of which Melbourne is the capital.
VACCINE HOPES
Iran, the Middle East country most affected by the pandemic, has announced a record 337 coronavirus deaths.
Instead, Israel lifted restrictions that prohibited others from traveling more than a mile from their homes and closed kindergartens, beaches and national parks.
Saudi Arabia also has more at ease its own restrictions against viruses by allowing the faithful to enter the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, for Sunday prayers for the first time since March.
Many political figures have the virus in recent days, adding veteran Palestinian negotiating leader Saeb Erekat, who is in a “critical” condition and in a medically induced coma, said jerusalem hospital treating him.
South Africa’s Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said coVID-19 was tested just two days after diagnosed cases in the country exceeded 700,000.
A vaccine remains the greatest hope of completing the tax cycle and lifting blockades around the world, and the United Nations said Monday that it will buy one billion syringes internationally until the end of 2021 for that purpose.
“Vaccinating those opposing COVID-19 will be one of the largest massive global companies in human history,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore.
In the United States, President Donald Trump lashed out at high-level government scientist Anthony Fauci, suggesting that the doctor of great reputation and popularity was an “idiot. “
Fauci, a key member of the White House Coronavirus Working Group, increasingly has a topic of frustration from the president as he tries to shape the message about the highly criticized federal reaction to the pandemic.
But to several U. S. media outlets, Trump told his crusade team, “People are tired of COVID. People say, “Leave us alone anyway. “They’ve had enough. People are tired of listening to Fauci and all those idiots. “
The pandemic killed nearly 220,000 more people in the United States.
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