World Health Organization: The situation on the "continent" is a source of great concern

European Commission: Union governments are not ready for a new wave of "Corona"

Pedestrians pass by a sign calling for social distancing in London.

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The European Commission announced that European Union governments are not prepared to face a new wave of new infections of the Coronavirus (Covid-19), and recommended joint measures to introduce vaccines, if available.

While the World Health Organization confirmed that the epidemiological situation due to the virus in Europe is a source of great concern.

"While the evolution of the epidemic returns to March levels, our preparedness situation is not," said UNHCR Vice President Margaritis Chinas.

He urged the European Union countries to adopt a common strategy for the new phase of the epidemic, and to avoid the different national measures that characterized the first months of the epidemic on the continent.

With the arrival of about 100,000 new cases a day, Europe surpassed the United States by a large margin, with more than 51,000 cases of "Covid-19" recorded in it on average daily.

The commission said hospitals and vaccination services must be provided with skilled personnel, equipped with the necessary preventive equipment, and urged governments to avoid the shortages that the bloc suffered when the epidemic broke out last March.

Yesterday, the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, announced that the next session, which will be held from 19 to 22 October, will not be held in Strasbourg due to the spread of the new Corona virus, but will be organized via video.

"I announce with regret that the plenary session next week will not be held in Strasbourg, but it will take place remotely," Sasoli said on the social networking site "Twitter".

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Due to the spread of the virus, MPs have not entered the European Parliament building for seven months, and work is taking place only from Brussels.

In addition, the European branch of the World Health Organization warned yesterday that the development of the "Covid-19" epidemic in Europe is a source of great concern.

"The number of daily injuries is increasing, and hospital admissions are as well," said the director of the organization's European branch, Hans Kluge.

These statements from the European Commission and the World Health Organization came at a time when European capitals were heading to tighten the general isolation measures, and "The Times" reported that the British capital, London, would move to the "high alert" level from the "medium level" at midnight next night.

"I must warn Londoners ... a bitter winter awaits us," said London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

The disease is spreading in most parts of Britain, where the official death toll from the virus is 43,155, the highest in Europe.

In Germany, alerts increased to citizens of the need to fulfill their responsibilities to limit the outbreak of the Corona virus, after the country recorded a new daily record increase in cases of infection, yesterday.

"There is no longer any doubt that it is the beginning of a very large second wave, at the beginning of this second wave, it is our responsibility to reduce the infection," said Helge Brown, the chief of staff in the office of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The longer we wait and the less we decide on the matter, the greater its impact, not only on our health, but also on our economy.

According to European standards, Germany has so far seen relatively low infection and death rates with the virus during the pandemic, but daily infections have skyrocketed in recent weeks.

Yesterday, data from the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases showed that Germany recorded a record daily increase in the number of Coronavirus cases, adding 6,638 cases, bringing the total to 341,223 cases.

The previous record for the number of daily injuries in Germany was 6294, and it was recorded on March 28, according to the institute.

The German states agreed late, the day before yesterday, to extend measures to limit the spread of the virus in larger parts of the country with the increase in new infections, but Merkel indicated that more severe steps may be needed.

And the German Minister of Health, Jens Young, warned that people's behavior in the coming days will determine whether they will be able to spend Christmas with their families this year.

“It is important to understand that we are not helpless in the face of this virus,” young men told Deutschland Funk.

We can do something, we can all make a difference every day. ”

In France, starting tomorrow, a night curfew was imposed in the capital, Paris and eight other cities, and French President Emmanuel Macron said: “We have to act, we need to curb the spread of the virus,” declaring a curfew between nine in the evening and six in the morning for a period of six weeks.

Other major French cities, such as Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse, will also impose a curfew, provided that these measures include about 20 million people, while the country's population is 67 million.

Minutes before Macron spoke, his government announced that it was extending the state of health emergency.

Yesterday, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced that 12,000 police would be deployed to impose curfews in major cities across France.

The new Corona virus has killed at least one million 93,624 people in the world since the outbreak of the epidemic, according to a toll prepared by Agence France-Presse yesterday, and more than 38571770 confirmed infections were recorded, while at least 26662700 people recovered.

The day before yesterday, 5948 deaths and 365,249 new infections were recorded around the world.

Based on recent reports, the United States recorded the largest number of new deaths (794), followed by Brazil (749) and India (680).

The United States is the most affected country in the world, as it recorded 216,904 deaths out of 7917,189 injuries, according to the Johns Hopkins University census.

And it announced that at least 3,155,794 people have recovered.

Brazil is the country most affected by the virus after the United States, as the number of deaths on its soil reached 151,747 out of 5140863 infections, then India, which recorded 111266 deaths out of 7307097 infections, and Mexico, where it announced 84,898 deaths out of 829,396 infections.

Russia records the highest death toll

During the past 24 hours, the Russian Federation recorded a significant increase in the number of new deaths from the emerging corona virus (Covid-19), representing the highest daily death toll for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.

The Russian Operations Center for combating the virus confirmed in its daily report, yesterday, that 286 new deaths were recorded, compared to 239 deaths the day before yesterday, in addition to the monitoring of 13,754 new infections compared to 14,231 infections the day before, which represents a significant decline and decrease in the number of daily infections. , To reach the final outcome of one million and 354163 injuries, including 23,491 deaths, and 282575 active cases.

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