In light of the high number of cases of Covid-19 virus, the British government raised the alert level to the second highest level, amid the registration of new infections in Egypt and Israel.

The following are the most prominent developments and news of the virus outbreak across the world on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, according to the time of Makkah:

01: 31- Egypt records 126 new cases of Corona, and 17 deaths

On Monday, the Egyptian Ministry of Health recorded 126 new cases of the emerging coronavirus, and 17 deaths, compared to 115 cases and 20 deaths the previous day.


Khaled Mujahid, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health, stated that the total number of infections recorded by


Egypt until Monday reached 102 thousand and 141 cases, including 90 thousand and 332 similar cases of recovery and 5787 deaths.


In mid-March, Egypt had imposed general isolation measures to combat the outbreak of the virus, including a night curfew. Large public gatherings are banned and restaurants, theaters and cinemas are closed.

But it has lifted most of these measures since late June.

00: 48- With the increasing number of Corona injuries ... Britain raises the alert level


, on Monday, the British government raised the alert level to the second highest level, due to the increasing spread of the Corona virus in the country.


The government's Joint Biosecurity Center raised the level of the Covid-19 alert from 3 to 4, to reflect the increase in cases, according to the American Associated Press.


The third level indicates that the Covid-19 epidemic is generally prevalent, while the fourth level means that the transmission of infection is high or significantly increased.


Chris Whitty, chief physician in charge in the United Kingdom, said in a briefing broadcast on local television, "The infection rates simulate the strong increase in France and Spain, and they almost double on a weekly basis." And the British official believes that new infections may increase 10 times to reach nearly 50,000 per day per month. Next if no immediate action.


On Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce tougher measures to try to curb infections before the winter months.

00: 42- Israel: 9 deaths, and 2567 cases of Corona

The Israeli Ministry of Health announced, on Monday evening, that it had recorded 9 deaths and 2,567 cases of corona during the last 24 hours.


Thus, the total number of people infected with the virus since last February rose to 190,929, including 1,273 deaths, according to the Israeli Maariv newspaper, and in Israel currently there are 52 thousand and 876 active cases (currently infected), among whom 653 are in a condition described as critical, and 169 are subject to Them for ventilators.


Since Friday, the government began implementing a 3-week lockdown plan, in an attempt to limit the spread of the pandemic.

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