LIVE - Coronavirus: follow the evolution of the situation Tuesday, October 20

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40 million cases detected worldwide, more than 250,000 deaths in Europe… The coronavirus pandemic continues to grow throughout the world.

This is especially true of the Old Continent, hit hard by the second wave.

Many countries are therefore adopting increasingly restrictive measures for its population.

Ireland and Wales thus become the first European countries to impose a reconfinement on its population.

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The main information to remember:

- Ireland and Wales impose re-containment on their population

- In France, the figures remain alarming, in particular with an increasing test positivity rate

- Other European countries adopt restrictive health measures

Ireland and Wales reconfine

Ireland and Wales will this week become the first territories in Europe to reconfigure their populations in the hope of "celebrating Christmas properly".

In Ireland, the entire population will be re-confined from Wednesday night to Thursday, Prime Minister Micheal Martin announced late Monday.

The measure will come into force Wednesday at midnight for six weeks, he said, while stressing that the schools would remain open.

All non-essential businesses will have to close, bars and restaurants can only serve take-out food.

Wales will be subject to a two-week lockdown from Friday, the hardest measure introduced in the United Kingdom since the first wave of Covid-19 in the spring.

From 6 p.m., the more than three million inhabitants of this British province will be called to "stay at home", explained the Welsh Prime Minister Mark Drakeford, adding that the duration of this "firewall" is the shorter that can be introduced to be effective.

Non-essential businesses will have to close, leading to a situation comparable to the lockdown introduced in the United Kingdom from March 23 at the time of the first wave.

The situation continues to deteriorate in France

Indicators of the coronavirus epidemic continue to deteriorate in France.

The latest report published Monday evening by Public Health France reports 910,277 confirmed cases in the country, including more than 13,000 new detected in 24 hours, while the positivity rate of the tests reached 13.4%.

The provisional toll of the epidemic climbs to 33,623 dead, including 146 recorded in 24 hours.

Other figures fell on Monday evening: those of verbalizations for non-compliance with the curfew, introduced from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. in nine French metropolises.

"There were 19,300 checks of citizens but also checks of establishment", specified the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin on TF1.

"And there were 3,019 verbalizations".

In addition, Brigitte Macron, the wife of the President of the Republic, is in contact with Covid-19, without showing any symptoms, and is in isolation for seven days, his entourage said Monday.

"Brigitte Macron was in contact on Thursday October 15 with a person declared positive for Covid-19 on Monday October 19 and presenting symptoms of the disease. In accordance with the recommendations of the health authorities, she will observe a period of isolation of seven days Brigitte Macron has to date no symptoms of the disease, "said those around him.

Serial restrictions in Europe

With more than 8,000 deaths recorded in seven days, Europe, where the threshold of 250,000 deaths was crossed on Sunday, has experienced its heaviest toll in a week since mid-May, leading many countries to increase health measures.

In

, cafes and restaurants are now closed for four weeks and a curfew went into effect Monday from midnight to 5 am to try to stem the "skyrocket" of the epidemic.

As of Monday, this country of 11.5 million inhabitants recorded 222,253 cases, a figure that more than doubled over a month, and 10,413 deaths, making it one of the most bereaved in Europe in proportion to its population.

A curfew will also come into force from Tuesday in

: the two million inhabitants of this EU member country will not be allowed to go out between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Neighboring country

strengthened its measures on Monday: gatherings should be restricted to six people inside and twelve people outside.

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In

, new restrictions also came into effect on Monday for bars and restaurants, a ban on local parties and fairs and amateur team sports.

Restaurants must display their maximum capacity, close at midnight and only accept a maximum of six people per table.

Bars will close at 6 p.m. if they cannot serve their customers at the table.

In

, the city of Burgos (North) will join the increasingly long list of partially cordoned off municipalities overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday.

The region of Navarre will suffer the same fate from Thursday.

In

, the European country where the disease progressed the fastest last week (+ 146%), the mask is becoming mandatory in closed public places.

In the

, which has the highest rate of infection and death per 100,000 inhabitants in Europe, the government has asked the military to build a field hospital outside of Prague.

Trump attacks Fauci (again)

The pandemic has killed at least 1,114,499 people around the world since the end of December, according to a report established by AFP on Monday.

The United States is the most affected country in terms of both deaths and cases, with 220,085 deaths.

They are followed by Brazil (154,176 dead), India (114,610) and Mexico (86,167).

In the United States, Donald Trump has once again attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, a respected figure in the United States and a member of the White House crisis cell on the coronavirus.

"People say, 'Leave us alone'. They're sick of it. Tired of hearing Fauci and all those idiots," he added.

"This guy is a disaster."

Here is the audio from today of Trump attacking Dr. Fauci.

This sounds even worse than how it looked from the transcript.

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- Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) October 19, 2020