October 26, 2020
Here are summaries of the most recent articles from The Associated Press around the world on the coronavirus pandemic, including:
Curfew in El Paso, hospitals are overwhelmed;
German district to put the blockade into force in the midst of the virus;
More BRITISH restrictions are expected in the fight against the virus;
Trump will intensify the crusade schedule despite the virus outbreak, a new outbreak in the White House;
Fearful of public anger with restrictions, Iran has little to contain the virus;
European restaurants and bars are unprepared by new curfews and virus restrictions;
Spain announces state of emergency to combat growing viral infections;
Mexico recognizes more deaths than officially confirmed.
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BERLIN – A time when the German district is introducing a de facto blockade as new coronavirus infections build up in the country and across Europe.
The dpa news firm reported that local government in the Bavarian county of Rottal-Inn, on the Austrian border, said today that restrictions would begin at midnight. Rottal-Inn follows Berchtesgaden, a Bavarian county in the southeastern corner of Germany, which brought similar restrictions last week.
Schools and kindergartens will close and occasions will be cancelled, and others will say don’t leave their homes for no smart reason.
Rottal-Inn has recorded more than two hundred new infections compared to another 100,000 people in the last seven days. In Germany, districts must take action once new infections exceed the 50 mark, and many have done so in recent weeks: compliance measures such as early closing of bars and the requirement to wear outdoor masks in some public places.
New infections in Germany have a higher record rate in more than two weeks, still particularly low than in many other European countries.
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EL PASO, Texas – Residents of the Texas border with the city of El Paso have been suggested to remain at home for two weeks as an increase in coronavirus cases overwhelms hospitals.
The accumulation of virus cases has also led the state to dedicate a component of the city’s civic center as a makeshift fitness center for the sick. On Sunday night, El Paso County’s most sensible elected official issued an order to remain in the house that imposes a curfew. from 10 pm Offenders can be fined $500 per order.
Early Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said 50 hospital beds would be installed at the city’s conference center and another 50 beds could be added if needed. care of the middle site of the conference.
El Paso County fitness reported 772 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, a day after a record 1,216 new infections were reported.
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump plans to intensify an already frantic travel program during the final full week of the presidential campaign, setting aside an outbreak of coronavirus cases in the United States and a new outbreak in his own White House.
Trump is expected to hit nearly a dozen states in his last effort to reclaim Democrat Joe Biden’s flat, adding Sunday to Maine and Tuesday to Nebraska. Both states assign electoral votes from constituencies to Congress and can be very important in a closed election. Trump will hold 11 demonstrations in the last 48 hours alone.
Biden remains near his home in Wilmington, Delaware, today. But he plans to resume his schedule later in the week, with the purpose of achieving the six battlefield states that the crusade considers key to his chances, some with individual occasions at social distance and others with virtual occasions. On Tuesday, the former vice president of Georgia, a state that has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate for more than a quarter of a century and where polls show a close career.
The last week of the crusade faces developing considerations about a public aptitude crisis in the United States. Trump is interested in the electorate dealing with almost everything else, for fear of losing if the election becomes a referendum on his pandemic management. is running to make sure the race is just that, hitting Trump with the virus and presenting himself as a safer and stronger alternative.
What was at stake was transparent this weekend, as the White House became the site of a virus outbreak at one point in a month. Several close affiliates of Vice President Mike Pence tested positive for the virus, adding their staff leader, Marc Short. He insisted on maintaining his competitive political agenda, even though he noticed as a “close contact” of his adviser, claiming the privileges of being an “must-have employee. “
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MADRID – The authorities of the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia have a mandatory order of maintenance of the weekend house, with one of the strictest measures imposed throughout the country to combat a strong resurgence of the coronavirus.
As a component of a new state of emergency declared through the national government on Sunday, Spain’s 17 regions and two autonomous cities can adapt restrictions, adding a national curfew, a six-person limit on social gatherings and travel bans imaginable in the region.
Only the Spanish Canary Islands, where the contagion curve has been kept at bay, will be exempt from the general curfew at 11 p. m. 6 a. m. , which officials from other regions would possibly push an hour before or after.
The purpose is to curb infections due to circle meetings of family and friends at home or in bars.
The Spanish government needs the state of emergency to continue this week until May with as many votes as you can imagine in the country’s parliament.
Last week, Spain became the first European country to exceed one million officially registered instances of COVID-19, officials say the real figure can be well above 3 million.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – As coronavirus infections reached new heights in Iran this month, overwhelmed their hospitals and increased their death toll, the country’s fitness minister delivered a rare speech criticizing his own government’s refusal to put fundamental fitness measures into place.
“We have called for fines to be imposed on those who do not wear a mask,” Saeed Namaki said last week, referring to the new mandate of the passing government for Tehran, the capital. “But come in and see how many other people have been fined. said the roads were closed, but how many have closed?»
Namaki’s speech, deploring the country’s “great suffering” and “hospitals full of patients,” obviously blamed the resurgence of the virus at the government gate, a stark contrast to the same old speeches of officials who point the finger at public restrictions.
But a day later, the minister had a very different message.
“We will not in vain have to sow panic among the people,” Namaki said in a speech broadcast through the ISNA semioficial news agency. “We never announce that we don’t have empty (hospital) beds. We have empty beds. “
The rhetorical change is typical of Iranian leaders’ inconsistent reaction to the pandemic, which many see as a help in fueling the virus. Experts say conflicting messages reflect the fact that leaders have little freedom to impose serious restrictions that would harm an already fragile economy and thus stoke public anger.
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LONDON – The UK government is likely to tighten restrictions in more parts of the country this week, amid combined symptoms of whether recent measures have stopped a strong incidence of coronavirus infections.
Government scientific advisers say there are signs that the backlog has started to stabilize since a three-tier formula of virus threat restrictions went into effect, but that it is too early to be sure.
Much of northern England, adding up to the main cities of Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield, has been placed at the first “very high” risk point, with closed pubs and others from other families banned from mixing.
Regional disparities are causing friction between local politicians in the north and the conservative government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has been accused of not doing enough with other people and businesses affected by local closures.
The government said it is arguing with local leaders in other areas, adding the town of Warrington in north-west England and Nottinghamshire in central England, the option to move to the highest level.
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have set their own public rules, and Wales has introduced the strictest measure: a 17-day lockdown for its 3 million inhabitants.
Britain has the deadliest coronavirus outbreak in Europe, with nearly 45,000 dead.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican fitness officials said Sunday that the actual death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the country is much higher than previously thought, and said there were 193170 deaths “in excess” in the year through September 26, adding 139,153 of those deemed attributable to COVID-19.
This represents about 50,000 more deaths than Mexico’s official test-confirmed death figure of approximately 89,000, and approximately 56% more than the estimated 103,882 pandemic deaths.
Mexico has an incredibly low check rate, and officials had stated in the past that many others were not being checked or that their checks had been incorrectly monitored. The government had reported in the past the estimated number of COVID-19 deaths of 103,882 then taking into account poorly controlled controls and other safe factors.
But the Ministry of Health said that experts had now analysed the knowledge bases of death certificates until the end of September, the most recent date for which full knowledge was needed, to reach the most recent figure of 139,153. death certificates, although they were not indexed as a cause of death.
Excess deaths are calculated by comparing the expected number of deaths from an average in recent years to 2020.
The branch did not report the other 54,000 “excessive” deaths, but experts from other countries warned that more people may have died for reasons other than coronaviruses just because hospitals were full of COVID-19 patients or others were reluctant to seek medical attention. . other diseases because they were afraid to fit infected.
Mexico’s policy is to control only others with severe symptoms of coronavirus infection, as well as a small pattern of the general population.
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PARIS – Patients inflamed with the virus now occupy more than a portion of France’s sprawling sets of care, and some doctors are calling for tighter restrictions after the record surge showed infections.
Dr. Jean-Fran’ois Delfraissy, head of the government’s virus advisory framework, said he was surprised today by the “brutality” of the increase, after more than 52,000 new cases were reported on Sunday.
Speaking on RTL radio, he introduced the concept of local locks or the 21-hour extension in France at 6 a. m. , which lately cover a part of the country and more than two-thirds of its population.
The number of other people hospitalized in France with the virus has increased considerably in recent weeks, putting pressure back on the ICU. COVID patients now occupy more than two-thirds of the ICU in the Paris region.
Dr Eric Caumes, head of the infectious and tropical diseases branch of pitié-Salpétriére Hospital de los Angeles in Paris, told Franceinfo today that “we have lost the epidemic, even if it is not new. “
France is among the countries most affected by the pandemic, with 34,761 virus-like deaths, and has recently recorded more than 340 positive cases in line with 100,000 other people across the country during the week.
Delfraissy warns that this new wave of the virus may be “stronger than the first” and is spreading across Europe.
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ZAGREB, Croatia – Croatia’s tourism minister tested positive for coronavirus while the small European Union country continued to report an increase in new cases.
Official news firm Hina said Nikolina Brnjac had taken the test after attending a government assembly on Saturday. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic tested negative, the government said today, but two ministers sitting next to Brnjac were asked to isolate themselves.
Experts in Croatia and some neighbouring countries blame the country’s summer tourist season for the accumulation of new cases, saying there is little or no distance on Adriatic beaches or nightclubs.
On Saturday, the number of new infections in Croatia exceeded 2,000 for the first time.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – As of today, Denmark reduced the limit for public meetings to 10 of the previous 50 and suggested that the same number be respectable for meetings in personal households.
There have been some exceptions, namely sporting events where there may be a maximum of 500 people inside a stadium and funerals where another 50 people can gather.
Another new restriction is that you can’t drink alcohol after 10 p. m.
Starting Thursday, you’ll be in Denmark to wear masks in public places like supermarkets, libraries and theatres.
Previously, the government ordered others to wear masks on public transport and when walking through restaurants, bars or cafes.
Denmark recorded 40,356 virus samples and 702 reported deaths.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Australia’s former coronavirus access point, Melbourne, will emerge largely from the closure after the city today recorded its first day without a new case of COVID-19 in more than 4 months.
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said from 11:59 p. m. On Tuesday all shops, restaurants, cafes and bars will be allowed to open and tactile sports can be resumed.
Starting at 11:59 p. m. on November 8, Melbourne citizens will no longer be limited to traveling within 25 kilometers (16 miles) of their home.
Melbourne, the country’s second-largest city, has been subject to strict closures since early July and the state government has been accused of causing economic damage by not loosening restrictions before.
The last time Victoria recorded a 24-hour era without a singles case on June 9, before a wave of infections began, it’s been a week since Victoria lost her life to COVID-1nine. The death of a ninety-year-old boy in October 19 raised the death toll in the state to 817 and only 88 other people were killed by COVID-1nine elsewhere in Australia.
The infection count in Victoria peaked at 725 in early August.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The Sri Lankan parliament closed to disinfect the facilities after COVID-19 was diagnosed with a police officer working there.
A coronavirus group that began among clothing factory staff before this month has grown to 4,400 cases, more than the country’s total of 7872, and the death toll increased to 16 on Sunday.
In the 24 hours, 351 new patients have been detected and most belong to the clothing group.
To involve spreading, the government has closed and banned meetings in Sri Lanka, and there is a curfew indeed in many parts of the western province, where infections have been concentrated.
Several thousand more people have been invited to quarantine their homes, while another 8,421 are quarantined in army-run centers.
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NEW DELHI – Coronavirus cases in India continue to decline, but emerging air pollutants and Hindu festivals are generating fears of new infections.
The fitness ministry said 45,148 new cases brought India’s number to 7. 9 million today. He reported 480 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death number to 119,014.
The Indian capital is experiencing an uptick with nearly 4,000 new cases, the highest in the past five weeks. Experts expressed fear of severe air pollutants caused by agricultural fires, diesel exhaust gases, structure dust and garbage burning.
“When you have maximum levels of air pollution, you’ll see a buildup of severe COVID-19 infections,” said Dr. Randeep Guleria, a government fitness expert.
The southern coastal state of Kerala is the worst state for active cases in the country. Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, accused of “gross negligence” at the 10-day Onam festival last August.
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BERLIN – The head of the United Nations declares that “the COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest crisis of our time”.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened an online consultation of the World Health Summit on Sunday with a call for global solidarity in the global crisis and demanded that countries evolve fitness systems in resource-poor countries.
The coronavirus pandemic is the main theme of the summit, planned in Berlin. Several of the leaders and experts who spoke at the opening pressed the desire for cross-border cooperation.
“No one is immune to COVID-19. No one is until we’re all Array,” German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said. “Even those who conquer the virus within their own borders remain trapped within those borders until it is conquered everywhere.
More than 42 million more people have become inflamed with the virus and more than a million people have died from Covid.
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ROME – The number of one-day coronavirus infections in Italy exceeded 20,000 on Sunday, with more than a quarter of new one-day coronavirus infections in Lombardy, the northern region that suffered most of the pandemic in the country this year.
According to figures from the Ministry of Health, there have been 21,273 new ones since last day, bringing the Italian total of COVID-19 infections shown to 525,782.
Health Minister Roberto Speranza said the government’s latest crackdown on social freedoms, adding the closure of restaurants in the early morning and the closure of gymnasiums over the next 30 days, is justified by the expansion of the global contagion curve, with a “very strong wave. “across Europe .
“Each selection brings sacrifices and renunciations,” Speranza said. ” We will have to react without delay and with a decision if we want to avoid unsustainable numbers. “
Italy showed that the death toll in the pandemic has increased to 37,338, with 128 deaths since Saturday.
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PHOENIX – Arizona fitness officials reported new cases of COVID-19 and five more deaths on Sunday, 1392, this is the case of one-day coronavirus in the state since September 17.
Arizona continued to see a slow but stable accumulation in the average number of COVID-19 cases reported as a decrease that lasted until August and September.
The State Department of Health Services said the most recent figures led Arizona’s total to 238,163 known infections and 5,874 known deaths.
The number of infections is thought to be much higher because many other people have not been evaluated and studies recommend that other people may become inflamed with the virus without feeling unwell.
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