"World Health" calls for not to succumb to the "stable" virus

Demonstrations in Italy against Corona measures and fears of complete isolation in France

Demonstrators clash with police during a protest against the coronavirus measures at Milan Central Station.

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The new wave of measures to limit the outbreak of the new Corona virus in Italy collides with the anger of a large part of the population, at a time when France is considering the possibility of tightening health restrictions, and even imposing complete isolation, again, in the face of the second wave of infections, which has been described as "violent" While the World Health Organization confirmed that the virus is stable, and there are no mutations yet, calling for not to succumb to the virus.

The "epidemic" appears to be out of control in some countries of the European continent, as the population did not accept the new package of measures aimed at limiting the spread of the virus, especially in Italy, which was one of the countries most affected by the health crisis in the spring.

Thousands of people demonstrated, the night before last, in several Italian cities, to protest the closure of restaurants and bars, as of six in the evening, and all theaters, cinemas and gyms for a month.

Violent incidents occurred, especially in Milan and Turin, the two large cities in the north of the country, where riot police were deployed and responded to demonstrators with tear gas.

Scenes reported by Italian media showed, in a live broadcast, the sabotage of a number of trams, the burning of garbage bins, the overturning of bicycles and the smashing of storefronts, especially since some no longer believed in the feasibility of support measures for the sectors and professions most affected by the imposed restrictions.

In the coastal city of Pesaro near San Maran (east), police raided a restaurant, whose owner invited 90 people to dinner to express his refusal to close at six o'clock.

"You can stop me, I will never close," he said.

In neighboring France, the head of the Scientific Council, which advises the French government, Jean-Francois Delphresi, said that "the second wave will probably be stronger than the first," adding that "a large number of citizens have not yet realized what lies ahead."

He continued, "We ourselves are shocked by the violence that has been happening 10 days ago."

"We knew that a second wave was coming," said an anesthesiologist and resuscitation doctor in the Parisian region, who refused to be named.

You have reached.

We have been preparing for it slowly since September.

We are in it.

Ready, but we are exhausted ».

He added, “We no longer think about (Covid-19), but we wonder how we will integrate this into our daily life.

We sometimes wonder if we still have the courage to be doctors to face it. ”

Other European countries follow the same path as the Czech Republic, which will impose, as of today, a curfew from nine in the evening until 04:59 a.m., in a measure that will continue until the third of November.

"We did not record the decline, which we had been hoping for in recent days," the Czech Minister of Health, Roman Primula, told the press, adding that the restrictions imposed recently had "little effect".

The same trend is recorded in Spain, where Catalonia indicated yesterday that it is considering the possibility of isolating residents from their homes at the weekend.

Other Spanish regions also tightened restrictions after declaring a health emergency on Sunday for a period of 15 days.

On the other hand, the Pedro Sanchez government has ruled out, for the time being, isolating residents in homes, as happened last spring.

The restrictions were also extended in Quebec, the Canadian province most affected by the epidemic, with more than 100,000 infections and 6,150 deaths (out of 217,000 infections, and about 10,000 deaths nationwide).

The United States, the most affected country in the world, recorded 225,689 deaths, followed by Brazil, with 157,397 deaths.

In Nigeria, hundreds of residents of the capital, Abuja, looted a food warehouse, intended for poor families affected by the health crisis.

"We are hungry," one of them said desperately to "France Press". "You have to understand that."

“There is a lot of food in this country, but its people are suffering,” he added.

The government does not care about us, and leaves these foodstuffs in stores. ”

At a time when scientists around the world are in a race to find a vaccine for the epidemic, an international study published yesterday by the specialized journal, Cardiovascular Research, showed that long-term exposure to air pollution can lead to an increased risk of death from “Covid-19” At a rate of about 15% in the world.

This comes at a time when the World Health Organization confirmed that the Corona virus is stable, and there are no mutations yet, calling for not to succumb to the virus, whose control depends on the efforts of governments, and every person in society understands that he has a role to play in this regard.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed that there is no magic solution to address the Corona pandemic, but he stressed the need not to succumb to the virus, and said: “Children can go to schools, and the shops remain open, but this is part of preventive measures. , Such as: social distancing, wearing masks, and other measures known now.

He emphasized that the concern about what is known as vaccine nationalism, or a country’s monopoly over a vaccine for its own people only, has receded after nearly 150 countries joined the "Kovacs Facility", which will ensure a fair distribution of vaccines to countries in this facility.

• Restrictions have been extended in Quebec, the Canadian province worst affected by the epidemic with more than 100,000 infections and 6,150 deaths.

• Spanish regions tightened restrictions on the Corona virus, after declaring a state of health emergency, on Sunday, for a period of 15 days.

• The Italian media reported, in a live broadcast, that a number of trams were sabotaged, garbage bins were torched, and shop windows were smashed.

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