The death toll in France has been since April; Merkel warns that Germany’s fitness formula may be overwhelmed; Russia needs an accelerated WHO registration for the Sputnik V vaccine. Follow the latest updates
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau predicted a “hard winter” Tuesday in the face of a momentary wave of Covid-19 infections affecting much of the country, and called it a terrible national tragedy, as the deaths exceeded the 10,000 margin, prompting further restrictions. about public meetings and indoor activities in several provinces. Canada recorded 2,674 new cases on Tuesday, while there are now 10,001 deaths and a total of 222,887 cases. ItArray is,” Trudeau said at a press convention when asked about the fatigue Canadians feel after living in the middle of the pandemic for more than seven months. to assure Canadians that their liberal government is handling the crisis in the most productive way possible. “What we are going through is a terrible national tragedy. Families have lost those they enjoyed, been devastated by these tragedies and we want to know that there will be more tragedies to come,” Trudeau said.
The White House has included this year’s list of achievements “Ending the Covid-19 Pandemic,” all it obviously accomplished.
A press accompanying a 62-page report by the White House Office of Scientific and Technological Policy includes, among the “highlights” of the report, the word “End the pandemic”.
The statement, quoted in the Huffington Post, states: “Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, management has taken decisive steps to inspire scientists and fitness professionals in universities, industry and government to understand, treat and overcome the disease. . . »
Protesters set fire to dumpsters and police responded with fountain jets in central Rome on Tuesday night, starting with a day of public anger over antivirus measures such as closing restaurants and bars at night and closing gyms and theaters. – a sign of discontent across Europe with renewed restrictions on coronaviruses, AP reports.
Pedestrians and motorists returning from the paintings in Rome were surprised when protesters, some of them hooded and members of a far-right political group, set fire to the trash cans in Piazza del Popolo, overturned parked scooters and mopeds, and dropped smoke bombs. Reported. Police vans dropped torrents of water to disperse them. It is the fifth consecutive night of violent protests in Italy, following the recent curfews of local nightclubs in metropolises such as Naples and Rome.
Starting next week, Hawaii will begin allowing visitors from Japan to elude the state’s 14-day quarantine requirement if it is negative for Covid-19, however, Japanese travelers will still have to spend two weeks in quarantine when they return home, which is likely to happen to restrict the number of other people who get the benefits of the plan. The check option takes effect on November 6. Travelers must pass a Covid-19 check at an authorized clinic or hospital in Japan within 72 hours of departure.
This month, Hawaii implemented a testing program for travelers from other parts of the United States. Hawaii’s tourism-dependent economy draws more travelers from Japan than from any other foreign country. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the state received about 5,000 Japanese visitors daily. the numbers are down to almost none.
Trump at a rally in Omaha, meanwhile:
More than 70 million Americans voted in the US presidential election. U. S. , more than the part of the overall participation in the 2016 election with a week before Election Day, according to a T. C. The draft election counts on Tuesday. The record pace, which can lead to the percentage of participation in more than a century, is the latest sign of intense interest in the festival between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. It also underscores the electorate’s preference for diminishing its threat of exposure to Covid-19 as pandemic selections gain strength as winter approaches. The highest point of early voting led to Michael McDonald, the University of Florida professor who runs the US Election Project. U. S. , waiting for a record turnout in the U. S. But it’s not the first time Of approximately 150 million, or 65% of those eligible to vote, the rate since 1908 The American electorate has already voted much earlier in this presidential crusade than in 2016 when it passed the 47 million mark this month.
More data on the US case outbreakU. S. : Beyond the Midwest, the city of El Paso in Texas also faces an increase in the number of cases affecting local hospitals, with officials setting up a care center of choice to help relieve medical center patients. The ancient narrative was that of the over-65s, who had comorities, but we see at 20. We’re seeing 30- and 40-year-olds,” Dr. Reuters told. Ogechika Alozie, infectious diseases specialist in El Paso.
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced that he is controlling some coronavirus regulations to combat what city officials have described as a “dramatic increase” in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. Restaurants, retail stores and offices will see their capacity reduced by half, the mayor said, while occasions will be limited to 25 other internal and 75 outsiders. Colorado reported a record one-day build-up in cases monday and hospitalizations have accumulated by 60% over the next two weeks to succeed in 571. The percentage of positive tests has more than doubled this month to more than 7%. the number of other people hospitalized in the state is well below the April record of 1,000.
More data now on the 42 new instances in China, which make up the highest daily death rate in more than two months due to the buildup of infections in northwestern Xinjiang, the country’s fitness government announced Wednesday. Patients. The region’s health government also reported 19 other asymptomatic infections, which China does not recognize as shown cases of Covid-19, which explained some of the new asymptomatic cases reported. remains far from the February highs at the height of the epidemic in mainland China that forced the country to almost paralysis. in the afternoon and a total of 183 other people were shown to have become inflamed with the new coronavirus. to a clothing factory, it is not yet known how the infections started. The total number of Covid-19 infections shown in mainland China is now 85868, while the death toll has remained unchanged at 4634.
Nearly one million others have contracted Covid-19s in the United States in the past seven days, according to a Reuters recount, as new cases and hospitalizations set records in the Midwest last week, and two states are expected to play a key role in the U. S. presidential election on November 3 : Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Trackers have been hit and hospitals may face shortages. “It’s going to get worse before it gets better. “
Across the country, more than 5,600 people were killed by the virus across the country last week, and hospitalizations expanded to thirteen percent, according to a Reuters analysis. His statement that the country “eluding the turning point” in the pandemic has killed more than 226,000 people since it erupted in March. “We made the enthusiasts and now we do all the gadgets and now we do vaccines, we do therapies. “We’ve done a wonderful task and other people are starting to see,” Trump told reporters in the White House.
Mainland China reported 42 new cases of Covid-19 on 27 October, a sharp increase from 16 the previous day, with new cases reported in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, the country’s fitness officials said Wednesday. The region’s fitness authority also reported 19 new asymptomatic infections, part of the total number of asymptomatic infections reported in mainland China on 27 October.
The total number of Covid-19 infections shown in mainland China is now 85,868, while the death toll has remained unchanged at 4,634.
The Australian state of Victoria has achieved relief in the number of Covid-19 cases after a long era of restrictions.
To put this in context, Australia has done what very few countries have achieved by suppressing a momentary wave outbreak well from a peak of more than 700 new cases consistent with the day. Victoria has recorded two cases in 3 days and the lock restrictions were relaxing.
This story presented a visual comparison of Australia’s epidemic curve with several other countries:
It seems like a difficult day in global money markets, with uncertainty about the final results of the US election in addition to the negative sentiment about the spread of coronavirus in Europe and the United States. 0. 1% in red. That is a big improvement over Tuesday’s large loss of 1. 7%, however, it appears that stocks will lose more widely in the Asia-Pacific region to the Nikkei of 0. 4% at Wednesday and Seoul’s opening with a 0. 25% drop.
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We see reports that the French government would possibly hold a month-long national lockdown in reaction to the outbreak of coronavirus cases and the surge in deaths.
The blockade could take effect on Thursday, BFM TV reported on Tuesday.
French President Emmanuel Macron plans to have a televised confrontation on Wednesday, but did not specify whether Macron would then announce such a measure.
BFM TV added that the proposed blockade would be “more flexible” than the strict restrictions imposed in France in March this year.
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French Prime Minister Jean Castex told lawmakers that extensive hospital care sets would be saturated with Covid-19 patients until 11 November, if nothing would be done to prevent the epidemic in France.
“He told us that on November 11, our hospitals will be at a saturation point to that of the first wave, thus an excessive saturation point,” lawmaker André Chassaigne told reporters after a closed-door assembly with the prime minister.
“The scenario is particularly serious. If we can’t flatten the curve, over the next 15 days our hospitals may not be able to care for patients,” he added.
Here are the advances of the last few hours: