TIRANA, Albania – Albania’s government has to open a new COVID-19 hospital with 150 beds after the two existing hospitals have reached their limits.
Health Minister Ogerta Manastirliu said Monday that the two existing COVID-linked hospitals with 320 beds were reaching their limits and that the new one would open this week.
Albania has noticed a backlog of new virus cases, doubling from two weeks ago.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said Albania’s cumulative figure of new cases of 100,000 inhabitants had increased to 131 cases by two weeks.
Authorities reported that 19157 was shown with 477 similar deaths shown on Sunday.
The use of masks is mandatory both indoors and outdoors and the police have fined many Albanians who do not wear them every day.
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HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS OUTBREAK:
– Trump to step up his crusade chart despite U. S. virus outbreak, new White House epidemic
– Fearful of public anger with restrictions, Iran has little to contain the virus.
– European restaurants and bars are surprised by the new curfews and restrictions that oppose viruses.
– Spain announces state of emergency in viral infection outbreak
Mexico acknowledges more deaths than officially confirmed, claiming that 139153 is now attributable to COVID-19
– Fear and anxiety accumulate with the virus in US hot spots. But it’s not the first time
– El Paso, Texas, imposes curfew as virus floods hospitals
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– Monitoring of the AP coronavirus pandemic in http://apnews. com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews. com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak
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HERE’S MORE HAPPENING:
PRAGUE – Prague has announced that it will cancel its main classic Christmas markets due to the record build-up of coronavirus infections.
The city corridor said Monday that it is mandatory to “stop the uncontrolled spread of the pandemic. “
The resolution applies to the highest prominent market in the picturesque Old Town Square, through the media to be one of the highest productive in Europe, as well as those of The Plaza Venceslao and the Republic.
Prague says it is still erecting a classic Christmas tree in the Old Town Market, and if the epidemic allows it, it also allows some small stalls.
Several cities in Europe have announced the same resolution, while others, such as Vienna, will continue as usual.
In the Czech Republic, there were 258,097 cases, of which approximately one third were recorded in the last seven days. So far, another 2,201 people have died, adding 1,528 in October.
The seven-day moving average of new instances has been higher in the last two weeks of approximately 46 new instances consisting of 100,000 people plus October 11 to 112 new instances consisting of 100,000 more people on Sunday.
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BERLIN – A time in the German district is to introduce 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 Monday that restrictions would begin at midnight. Rottal-Inn follows Berchtesgaden, a Bavarian county in the southeastern corner of Germany, which brought with it 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 stay 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 elected official issued an order to remain in the house that imposes a curfew. starting at 10 pmat five am Offenders can be fined $5,000 under the 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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MADRID – The authorities of the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia are a mandatory home order only during the weekend, with one of the strictest measures imposed throughout the country to combat a strong resurgence of 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 contained, will be exempt from the general curfew from 23 a. m. at 6 a. m. , that officials from other regions would possibly press an hour before or after.
The purpose is to curb infections in family and friends meetings 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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LONDON – The British 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 accumulation has begun to stabilize since a three-tier formula of virus threat restrictions came into force, 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 is talking to local leaders in other areas, adding to the town of Warrington in the north-west of England and Nottinghamshire in central England, about the option to move to the level.
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have established their own public rules, and Wales has introduced the toughest measure: a 17-day blockade for its 3 million inhabitants.
Britain has the deadliest coronavirus outbreak in Europe, with nearly 45,000 dead.
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PARIS – Patients inflamed with the virus now occupy more than part of the extensive sets of care in France, and some doctors are asking for stricter restrictions after the record increase showed infections.
Dr. Jean-Fran’ois Delfraissy, head of the government’s virus advisory framework, expressed his astonishment Monday at 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 on Monday 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 Monday, 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 – On Monday, Denmark reduced the limit for public meetings to 10 of the last 50 and suggested that the same number be respectable for rallies in private homes.
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 recorded its first day without a new case of COVID-19 in more than 4 months.
Victoria’s premier, Daniel Andrews, said at 11:59 p. m. On Tuesday, all shops, restaurants, cafes and bars will be open and contact sports will resume.
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 largest city at the time, has been subject to strict closures since early July and the state government has been accused of causing economic damage by not easiing 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. On 9 October, the death toll in the state rose 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 in many parts of the western province, where infections have been concentrated.
Several thousand more people have been invited to self-quarantine at their homes, while another 8,421 are quarantined in centers run by the military.
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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 Ministry of Health said that 45,148 new cases raised India’s total to 7. 9 million on Monday and reported 480 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths 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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