France is canceling popular market due to virus concerns

"Robert Koch": The situation of the "Covid-19" epidemic in Germany is "very dangerous"

380,762 people have been infected with the infection since the beginning of the new Corona virus epidemic in Germany

The head of the "Robert Koch" Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lothar Feller, announced yesterday that Germany is facing a "very dangerous" increase in the number of new infections with the Coronavirus, calling for respecting the rules of social distancing to contain the spread of the disease, and said that "the general situation has become very dangerous." While France has canceled the most famous Christmas market in Strasbourg, due to renewed increases in virus infections in the region.

In details, Germany recorded a record number of new infections with the emerging corona virus, amounting to 11,287 within 24 hours, according to figures published yesterday.

In total, 380,762 people have been infected with the infection since the beginning of the new Corona virus epidemic in Germany, of whom 9,875 have died.

Feller said that «the virus may spread uncontrollably» in some areas since September, explaining that «young people are the most vulnerable to the virus now».

"The more people infected in private circles, the more they spread the virus elsewhere," he said.

Nevertheless, the head of the Koch Institute emphasized that it was still possible to “contain” the spread of the epidemic “by systematically respecting the rules of spacing,” as well as by regularly “ventilating” closed rooms.

"We are not helpless," he said.

Germany, like all European countries, has been facing a sharp increase in the number of people infected with "Covid-19" for weeks.

In the face of the renewed spread of the epidemic, the German authorities tightened their measures, especially by imposing a ban on gathering.

In France, the most famous Christmas market in the eastern city of Strasbourg was canceled yesterday, due to renewed increases in Corona injuries in the region.

City authorities said the health situation was deteriorating in Strasbourg, and an evening curfew was likely to enter soon.

The authorities added in the statement that the situation across the Rhine in eastern Germany, which includes many visitors to the market, was also "worrying", and that the authorities had restricted movement across the border.

Mayor Jane Parsijian said that although the market's 300 stalls will not take place this year, processions, concerts and other events were still planned through December.

France has recorded record numbers of coronavirus infections in recent weeks, while the death toll and the number of people being treated in hospitals have also increased, in what the authorities described as the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex is expected to extend the curfew measures currently in place in Paris and eight other major cities to other additional regions.

France was among the European countries hardest hit by the first wave of the pandemic, with more than 34,000 deaths in total as of yesterday.

In Spain, Health Minister Salvador Illa said that the outbreak of the Corona virus has become out of control in certain regions of Spain, in an interview with the Spanish radio station "Onda Siro".

And Bloomberg News reported that Ella said, "We are in the second wave, it is no longer a threat, it is a reality."

"In some areas of our country, the pandemic is no longer under control. We have to take more decisive measures," he added.

Yesterday, Spain became the first country in Western Europe to exceed the death toll from "Corona" with one million infections, at a time when the authorities are struggling to control the new outbreak of the virus, and are considering imposing a curfew in the capital Madrid and the surrounding area.

The minister noted that, although the infection rate has slowed in Madrid, it is still worryingly high.

Because of this, he added, the national government is working with local authorities to develop procedures that will be announced today, as the period of work for the state of emergency imposed in the region is scheduled to end.

Yesterday, the Czech Republic confirmed that a new record number of Corona virus infections had reached 14,968, yesterday, while the country imposed strict measures to eliminate the spread of the virus.

More than 4,400 people are currently receiving treatment in hospitals across the country, which has seen a total of 1,739 virus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic.

On the other hand, strict measures to contain the virus have entered into force, and in which people will not be allowed to leave their homes except for work, to buy necessities, to obtain treatment, exercise, or visit family members.

Most of the shops were closed, except for supermarkets and pharmacies.

Interior Minister Jan Hamasek told the "Bravo" newspaper that the government had chosen the "most powerful" weapon available to deal with the virus, but that the borders would remain open, unlike what was the case early this year.

Japanese researchers: Masks limit the transmission of "Corona", but do not completely prevent it

Japanese researchers have shown that masks can provide protection from corona virus particles spread in the air, but even medical face shields do not completely stop the risk of transmission.

And scientists at the University of Tokyo set up an isolated room, and put the faces of statues facing each other.

One head is equipped with a coughing spray that spreads real particles of the Corona virus, and the rest of the heads simulate normal breathing, while the virus is flying in the air.

The researchers found that the cotton muzzle reduced virus inhalation by 40%, and the medical N-95 muzzle reduced it by 90%, but even when the medical muzzle was tightly placed on the face of the statue, particles of the virus leaked through it.

And when I put a muzzle, whether cotton or medical, on the face of the statue that spreads the disease, it limited the spread of the virus by 50%.

In a study published the day before yesterday, the researchers wrote, "The result was better when I put the muzzle on the face of those who spread the virus and those who receive it."

There is a growing consensus among health experts that the virus can be transmitted through the air.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its indicative recommendations this month, to say pathogens can linger in the air for hours.

Another team of Japanese researchers used supercomputers to show that air humidity significantly slows the spread of virus particles.

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Injury in Germany within 24 hours, according to figures published yesterday.

- The head of the institute affirms that it is possible to "contain" the spread of the epidemic "by respecting the rules of divergence."

- The Spanish Minister of Health confirms that the Corona pandemic has gone out of control in some areas of the country.

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