In Europe, over one hundred thousand infections in one day, for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic

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09 October 2020

Over one hundred thousand infections in one day, for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic: Europe is preparing to manage a second wave of Covid-19, which promises to be as aggressive as that of spring.

To cope with this, Germany has not ruled out new restrictions within a few days if the new contagion curve does not stabilize.

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Madrid, screwed into a nightmare spiral for weeks, the Spanish government has decreed a state of alarm.

While in France the health authorities have explained that it will be necessary to deal with the virus until next summer.

For

, which together with Italy is the only large European country with an increase in cases still relatively below the alert level, decisive days are announced.

Angela Merkel said this openly while meeting the mayors of 11 major cities.

You will be "the test of whether we can keep the pandemic under control, as we have done for months, or if we lose control," said the chancellor.

Noting that if within 10 days the contagion curve (so far reached over 4,000 per day) does not flatten, "further restrictive measures would be inevitable".

A new blow for metropolises like Berlin and Frankfurt, where nighttime curfews are already in place.

The European epicenter of the epidemic still remains on the Spain-France-Great Britain axis.

Faced with the explosion in the number of cases in the

region

, the Spanish government declared a "state of alert" in the capital and in several neighboring municipalities: an act of force aimed at restoring the partial closure that had been canceled by the judiciary, after an appeal from local authorities, worried about the collapse of the economy.

For Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, at the moment, the priority is "protecting the health of the people of Madrid".

In

the state of alert has been a reality for several days. Throughout France, which travels steadily over 10,000 new infections daily, the scenario is "difficult six months".

The health authorities of the Scientific Council made it clear, explaining that in May only 4.5% of the population had developed antibodies against the coronavirus.

So, it was found, in the first wave only a minority was in contact with Covid.

Even

is going through a "dangerous phase," acknowledged the British Minister of Health Matt Hancok aftermath of the 17,000 new infections in the United record.

The conservative government, pressured by Labor but also by its MPs, has announced an increase in wage subsidies for workers of companies forced to remain closed for security reasons, as part of the new lockdown that is involving millions of people.

However, this does not mean that the time for a further tightening may come for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.