Spain activates a state of emergency to impose a general lockdown in Madrid

A record increase in Corona injuries around the world ... and countries that seek help from the army

Spanish police officers stand guard at the entrance to Terminal 4 of Adolfo Suarez Madrid Airport to verify that passengers follow Corona restrictions.

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Yesterday witnessed a record increase in the number of people infected with "Corona" around the world, which prompted many governments to take decisions to completely or partially close activities or cancel activities and declare an emergency, while some countries called the army to help deal with the high cases of HIV infection, which reached 36 million and 524 thousand and 55 cases around the world.

In detail, Switzerland recorded a record increase in one day, by 1,487 cases.

The Public Health Agency in Switzerland said that 60,368 confirmed cases were recorded in total, up from 58,881 yesterday, and the death toll reached 1,794, after three additional deaths were recorded.

In Brazil, injuries exceeded 5 million, and 148,957 deaths.

Russia also recorded a record high of 12,126 new injuries, bringing the total number to one million and 272238.

Officials said 201 people had died in the past 24 hours, bringing the official number of deaths to 22,257.

The total numbers in Canada reached 177,730 injuries, and 9609,000 deaths.

The total number in Mexico rose to 804,488 injuries and 83,096 deaths.

In Ukraine, the National Security Council said yesterday that the country had recorded 5,804 new cases of "Covid-19" in the past 24 hours, up from the previous record of 5,397 injuries yesterday.

The daily toll in Ukraine jumped to a record high for the third day in a row, bringing the total number of Coronavirus cases to 250,538 and 4,779 deaths, including 89 cases during the past 24 hours.

The spike in new infections prompted the government to extend lockdown measures until the end of October.

Yesterday, the Slovak government stated that it had called in the army to help deal with the high incidence of Coronavirus, after the health authorities had reached their maximum capacity in dealing with the virus and became in need of support.

The number of injuries in the country had increased rapidly, despite the start of the state of emergency on October 1.

Defense Minister Jaroslaw Nade said about 1,500 soldiers would be deployed.

Yesterday, the Spanish government decided to activate the state of emergency to re-impose a partial general isolation that applies to several million people in the capital Madrid and its surrounding areas, which is one of the worst outbreaks of "Covid-19" in Europe, after the court canceled procedures.

"Patience has limits ... it is important that the level of infection in Madrid does not spread the disease to the rest of Spain," Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa said in a press conference in which he criticized the local authorities for not taking action to contain the outbreak.

The government said it would deploy an additional 7,000 police to help implement the new measures.

On the other hand, Germany intends to seek the assistance of experts from the army and "Robert Koch" in the hotbeds of the Corona outbreak.

The German news agency said that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the mayors of major cities agreed during their meeting yesterday, on that, if 35 new cases were recorded among every 100,000 people within seven days.

Merkel is holding consultations with mayors of the 11 largest German cities regarding the situation in light of the sharp increase in the number of daily infections with the emerging coronavirus.

The Ministry of Health in the state of Berlin announced that the capital had become the epicenter of the outbreak of Corona, as the rate of new infections exceeded the warning limit of 50 cases per 100,000 people in seven days.

The German Robert Koch Institute for the Control of Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases announced that the number of new infections that were registered during the past 24 hours reached 4,516, based on data from local health departments.

France declared a state of heightened alert in six cities due to the spread of "Corona".

French Health Minister Olivier Ferrand said that four other French cities have shifted to the highest levels of preparedness to confront the Corona virus, after Paris and Marseille had already taken this step.

Veran added that these measures will see all bars close and restaurants be forced to implement stricter health protocols, and will be implemented from Saturday in Lyon, Lille, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump's doctor Sean Conley said that the president has completed the course of treatment for the Corona virus and his condition is still stable since his return to the White House, and he can attend public events from today, Saturday.

In a memo issued by the White House, Conley added that Trump had responded "very well" to the treatment.

At the same time, Buckingham Palace announced today that Princess Sophie, Countess of Wessex and the wife of Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth of Britain, has isolated herself in her home after she had contact with a person who was found to have "Covid-19" disease.

The total number of new cases of Coronavirus around the world reached 36 million 524 thousand and 55 cases yesterday, according to data from "Johns Hopkins" University and Bloomberg News.

The data showed that the number of people recovering from HIV infection in the world exceeded 27.6 million, and the number of deaths reached 1 million 62 thousand and 31 cases.

The United States leads the world in the number of cases of Coronavirus.

The new cases of Coronavirus in the United States have risen to seven million and 61 thousand.

During the past 24 hours, Russia recorded a significant and record increase in the number of new infections with the new Corona virus for the first time, above the level of 12,000 cases, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic.

The Russian Operations Center for combating the virus confirmed - in its daily report - that 12,126 new cases of the virus were recorded.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Health in India announced that the number of Coronavirus cases had increased to 6.91 million, after 70,496 new infections were recorded during the past 24 hours.

Iranian hospitals stop receiving non-emergency cases

Iran announced yesterday that non-emergency patients will not be received in hospitals in light of the large numbers of Coronavirus cases, while the governor of Tehran extended the closure of public places in the capital, which are the most affected by the disease.

Iranian media quoted Iranian Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi as saying, "Because of the large number of (Covid-19) patients ... it is not allowed to enter non-emergency patients until further notice."

Iran has recorded the largest number of cases of the disease in the Middle East.

Highlighting the seriousness of the situation, state television broadcast footage of the digging of 211 new graves in a cemetery outside Tehran in preparation for burying the new Corona virus deaths.

The Ministry of Health recorded 210 deaths from "Covid-19" yesterday, which is slightly less than the record on Wednesday of 239, bringing the total number of deaths to 28,098.

China Joins Kovacs Global Initiative for Coronavirus Vaccines

China announced yesterday that it officially joined the global initiative for vaccines to prevent "Covid-19", becoming the largest economy to support the initiative to date.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hu Chunying said in a statement that China has a lot of capabilities to manufacture the "Covid-19" vaccine, and will give priority to supplying developing countries when vaccines become available.

The WHO-led Kovacs initiative aims to provide at least two billion doses of vaccines by the end of 2021.

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