The restrictions imposed to contain the Covid-19 epidemic continue to cause tension and protest in different parts of the world, including the Spanish capital, Madrid, which today begins a partial closure today to encircle a new increase in infection, and in the meantime other regions are recording improvement and a decrease in infection rates, including the state of Victoria in Australia.

The following are the most prominent developments and news of the spread of the virus around the world for Monday, September 21, 2020, according to the time of Makkah:

05:20 Argentina extends restrictions

The Argentine government issued a decree extending the restrictions imposed due to the Corona virus that the country imposed six months ago to stop the spread of the epidemic until 11 October.

These restrictions apply to the capital region of Buenos Aires, and other regions affected by the epidemic, and prevent residents of these areas from leaving their homes except for specific reasons.

Argentina currently ranks tenth in the world in the number of infections, with more than 630,000 cases recorded, but it has succeeded in slowing the spread of the virus much better than neighboring Brazil.

4:30 Injuries in Brazil exceed 4.5 million

The Brazilian Ministry of Health said that it had recorded 16,389 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 363 deaths within 24 hours.

She explained that these numbers do not include the states of Tocantins, Amapa and Horaima because they do not announce their data on Sundays.

The ministry data showed that the total number of infections in the largest country in South America has exceeded 4.5 million cases since the outbreak of the epidemic, which puts it in the third place in terms of the spread of the disease globally after the United States and India.

Brazil comes second in the world in the number of deaths due to the epidemic, after the United States, with about 137,000 deaths.

2:00 The improvement continues in Australian Victoria

The Australian state of Victoria announced two deaths from the Corona virus and 11 cases, in a continuation of the downward trend in the number of daily infections, which puts it on the path to easing more restrictions.

And the state - which is the epicenter of the spread of the virus in Australia - had announced the previous day, recording 5 deaths and 14 injuries, in the lowest daily toll in three months.

The strict general isolation in Melbourne, the state capital, has contributed to reducing the number of daily injuries, after it touched 700 cases in early August.

01:30 Easing restrictions in Egypt

The Egyptian Ministry of Health said that it had recorded 115 new cases of coronavirus and 20 deaths, compared to 128 cases and 17 deaths the previous day.

Ministry spokesman Khaled Mujahid said in a statement that the total number of injuries that were recorded in Egypt as of Sunday reached 102,15, including 5,770 deaths and 89,532 recovered.

In the context of easing restrictions, the Egyptian government announced earlier that it would allow weddings and cultural events to take place in open places, starting from September 21, after being banned for months in an effort to contain the spread of the virus.

00:30 protests in Madrid

Protesters demonstrated in some poor areas facing general isolation in the Spanish capital, Madrid, to demand better medical supplies and to complain about what they describe as discrimination against them by the authorities.

The demonstrations took place in 12 of the 37 regions where general isolation measures will be applied in Madrid.

Tension increased when protesters threatened to enter the provincial government headquarters.

On Friday, the Madrid regional government ordered a general isolation, starting from Monday, in some of the poorest areas in the city and its suburbs, where about 850,000 people live, after a jump in cases of coronavirus infection in these areas.

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