Union leaders stress the importance of precautionary measures to confront "virus"

New European restrictions with 250 thousand deaths recorded due to "Corona"

European Union leaders during their recent summit in Brussels.

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Yesterday, Belgium imposed a night-time curfew, while Switzerland made the wearing of masks mandatory in closed public places, in the latest measures taken by European governments to confront a second and strong wave of infection of the emerging Corona virus, while European Union leaders stressed the importance of citizens' commitment to health and social measures and measures. Precautionary measures, to confront the virus, and limit its various repercussions.

And counted more than 250,000 deaths from the deadly virus in Europe, but the escalating crisis contrasts with the situation in Australia, where Melbourne, the second largest city in the country, has eased strict restrictions imposed, which kept millions of people in their homes for months.

Starting yesterday, all cafes and restaurants in Belgium will have to be closed for at least a month.

This country finally crossed the 200,000 mark, after it crossed the 100,000 mark on September 20.

This comes on the heels of a week that witnessed a 44% increase in injuries on the European continent, compared to the previous week.

But this step sparked a violent reaction from the business sector, despite the authorities warning that the kingdom, with a population of 11.5 million, is witnessing an accelerated increase in injuries.

"We don't feel that anyone takes us into account, and it hurts me," said Angelo Bossi, a restaurant manager in Brussels. "Everyone is in pain ... It's horrible."

Switzerland was among the few countries that have largely escaped since the virus emerged late last year and swept the world, infecting about 40 million people so far.

But the infection has doubled in the rich country, located in the Alps, over the past seven days, which has led to the imposition of new restrictions, which also include banning public gatherings of more than 15 people.

"The sharp increase in the number of injuries in recent days is a cause for concern," a government statement said.

In fact, it concerns all age groups ».

At the weekend, France imposed a night-time curfew in nine cities, including Paris, which affected 20 million people, while the authorities announced the registration of 32,400 new injuries, on Saturday.

Italy was the last country to announce new restrictions, on Sunday night, in response to the second escalating wave of infection, after it was the first to suffer a large-scale outbreak of the virus in Europe, earlier this year.

"We don't have time to waste," said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who imposed a ban on amateur team sports, and an early closure of bars and restaurants.

He explained that the new measures aim to avoid taking more stringent measures that could further harm the third largest economy in Europe that had already suffered a national lockdown, which lasted two months, before it was lifted in May.

For their part, European Union leaders stressed the importance of citizens 'commitment to health and social precautionary measures and measures, and they agreed, during their recent summit in Brussels, to hold periodic video-conference meetings on a regular basis to coordinate their governments' actions in the face of the outbreak of the epidemic, which has returned to strongly strike most member states in European Union.

European leaders reached the conviction that there is no ideal model to fight the Coronavirus that can be reproduced from one country to another, but they stressed that the most vital element to contain the virus, and its profound economic and social repercussions declared, is the extent to which citizens respond to the health and social measures and measures required of them.

These days, European countries are tightening closure measures, one after the other, hoping to avoid a return to the restrictions of the first wave, through more targeted measures.

It is evident that, almost a year after the first reported case of HIV infection, there is still no ideal and typical prescription for containing the virus, to ensure that hospitals are not exposed to falling again into a permanent state of emergency, and to prevent disruption of social and economic activity.

The director of the Epidemiology Laboratory at the Free University of Brussels, Marius Gilbert, told reporters that the consensus that has emerged is that there is a set of tools, taken together, that work to limit the spread of the virus.

The matter concerns a mixture of well-known elements, represented in "prevention, testing, quarantine and isolation", all of which is concerned with activating and activating these measures.

He pointed out that each country implements these measures, according to their specificities.

In the same context, the authorities in Australia began yesterday to end the lockdown of the longest in the world, as Melbourne's population of five million people was allowed to leave their homes for more than two hours a day, for the first time since July.

Residents have rushed to return to hair salons and golf courses that have been closed for more than 100 days, though authorities have ordered restaurants and most other retailers to stay closed until November at the earliest, while monitoring case numbers.

"I do not do what is loved, I do what is safe, because we do not want to return to the current situation again," said Daniel Andrews, Prime Minister of Victoria state, which includes Melbourne.

The day before yesterday, Saudi Arabia opened the Grand Mosque in Makkah Al-Mukarramah to worshipers for the first time in seven months, and increased the number of pilgrims to 15 thousand per day, with the Kingdom's authorities easing the restrictions imposed to curb the "Covid-19" pandemic.

The authorities allowed 40,000 of their citizens and residents of their lands to enter the Grand Mosque for prayer, and 15,000 to perform the Umrah, amid intensive precautionary health measures.

The Grand Mosque will be sterilized 10 times a day, before entering each group and after leaving it.

It will also prevent access to the Kaaba and the Black Stone.

• European countries, one after the other, are tightening closure measures, hoping to avoid a return to the restrictions of the first wave.

• Italy imposed a ban on amateur team sports, and an early closure of restaurants.

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