Daily cases increase in Europe and some countries tighten measures

AThe new measures that are beginning to be applied in countries such as Italy, Belgium and Spain include new opening hours for bars and restaurants.

The Government of Spain today approved the state of health emergency, which will allow the establishment of curfew throughout the country to stop the increase in cases of the new coronavirus, announced the Prime Minister.

The alert state – name exact this regime of exception which corresponds to a state of health emergency – will last for six months and will be accompanied by a curfew across the country with exception of the Canary Islands, said Pedro Sánchez.

The head of the Spanish government stated that the curfew will take place between 23:00 and 06:00, with the regions being able to advance or delay one hour depending on local characteristics.

In Italy, after the record numbers of new contaminations, the Government decided to tighten restrictions against coronavirusdespite protests in recent days in Rome and Naples against the curfew imposed in three regions.

Cinemas, theaters, gyms and swimming pools are closed from Monday to 24 November. Bars and restaurants will have to close after 18:00.

Italy today recorded a new record for infections since the beginning of pandemic, with notification of 21,273 new infections in the last 24 hours and 128 Deaths, according to data released by the Ministry of Health.

As infections continue to rise, as does the number of deaths, and this time even with fewer tests performed, 161,880 versus 177,000 on Saturday.

In Belgium, the Brussels authorities decided to bring the curfew imposed in the country from midnight to 22:00 and ordered the stores to close at 20:00.

It was also determined that as of Monday, the use of a mask is mandatory in all public spaces in the Brussels region, where cultural spaces such as cinemas, theaters or museums will also be closed.

Belgium recorded on Saturday 15,432 cases of infection for the new coronavirus, the largest number of infections daily rates registered in the country since the pandemic.

The Belgian authorities reinforced on Friday measures to combat pandemic of covid-19, reducing the presence of students in universities and closing sports competitions to the public, with the country at alert level 4.

In the announcement of the new rules, which are in force until November, the Prime Minister of Belgium, Alexander de Croo, called for individual responsibility and behavior collective citizens, in order to avoid recourse to a new confinement.

Higher education, sport and culture are the areas more targeted by the new rules, which impose a limit of 20% of student attendance at universities, with mandatory use of a mask.

Primary and secondary schools remain open to all students.

Professional sports competitions will once again take place without an audience, even if they take place outdoors, and the amateur competitions are suspended, except for those under the age of 18, who may continue, but with the presence of only one member of each player’s family.

On the other hand, only a maximum of 15 people can attend funerals and must keep a distance.ncia 1.5 meter security, weddings will be celebrated only with the presence of the bride and groom, witnesses and the person responsible for the ceremony and the offer of public transport is reinforced to minimize the gatherings.

In France, the National Assembly voted on Saturday to extend until 16 December February, the state of health emergency, a regime of exception that allows the Government to impose restrictions to face pandemic gives covid-19.

The curfew has been imposed in several French cities, including Paris, Lyon, Small, Montpellier, Toulouse and Marseille.

Germany surpassed on Saturday the ten thousand killed by covid-19 since the beginning of pandemic, after counting 49 Deaths e 14.714 infected in the last 24 hours, registering a new daily record of contagions.

Germany, which until now had been spared by the first wave of spring, has been facing a sharp increase in cases, like all European countries, for several weeks, which has led authorities to tighten up measures against pandemic, in particular prohibiting agglomerations.

On the other hand, local restrictions were decided, as in Berlin, where the use of masks was imposed on certain busy streets, and in other parts of the country, the confinement.

In Croatia, a country with 4.5 million inhabitants, the Government has also increased restrictions after today having recorded a record number of daily cases since the beginning of pandemic.

The country currently has 2,421 new cases of infection like New coronavirus, twice as much as last weekend.

Due to the lack of medical personnel and space in hospitals, the Minister of Health, Willie Beros, announced today that volunteer medical students will assist doctors and that new spaces, such as the large Arena sports center in Zagreb, will be prepared for the reception of patients.

The maximum number of people at public meetings is kept at 50, with prior notice to the authorities, but the number of participants at weddings and funerals is limited to 30, while it will be 15 at other family celebrations.

Masks, which are already mandatory in closed public spaces, will also be mandatory in cemeteries during the next Catholic Feast of All Saints Day and in any location where there is no distance.ncia minimum of 1.5 meters between people.

A pandemic of covid-19 has already caused more than 1.1 million deaths and over 42.6 million cases of infection around the world, according to a report made by the French agency AFP.

In Portugal, 2,316 people died from 118,686 cases of infection confirmed, according to the most recent Direction-General Health.

The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected not end of December of 2019, em Wuhan, a city in central China.

After Europe succeeded China as the center of pandemic in February, the American continent is now the one with the most confirmed cases and the most deaths.