An international call to keep schools open during the pandemic crisis

Britain resists pressure to follow France and Germany's measures amid increasing cases of "Corona"

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Britain resisted pressure yesterday to impose a second general isolation measures nationwide, after France and Germany imposed comprehensive restrictions on social life to contain the high incidence of the emerging coronavirus, which pushed health services near their maximum absorptive capacity, while the two organizations called "UNESCO" And UNICEF and the two nations with the World Bank to keep schools open in the context of the measures adopted to confront the "Covid-19" epidemic, in a report that shed light on the implications of the epidemic crisis on school education in poor countries.

In detail, the government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has so far tried to avoid imposing a nationwide lockdown, choosing instead to impose a gradual system of local controls aimed at tightening procedures in the affected areas, while leaving other areas with fewer restrictions.

A new study, conducted by "Imperial College London", showed the tragic situation facing Britain, the country that has the largest number of deaths due to the virus in Europe, as the number of cases in England doubles every nine days.

The author of the study, Stephen Reilly, said that the government must urgently decide whether or not it is willing to follow the example of France and Germany.

"The acceleration is better," Riley, a professor of infectious disease dynamics, told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

However, UK Housing Secretary Robert Genrick said he did not believe his country should follow the example of France and Germany in imposing nationwide restrictions.

"The government's current assessment is that imposing a nationwide lockdown is inappropriate, it will do more harm than good," he told Radio Times.

European economies plunged into their deepest recession on record due to the sweeping lockdowns imposed at the start of the crisis in March and April, and recent restrictions applied to the weak signs of recovery seen over the summer.

Governments struggled desperately to avoid a repeat of lockdowns in the spring, but had to act as new infections increased rapidly and the death rate rose steadily across the continent.

Although the closures in France and Germany exclude schools and most companies, it imposes severe restrictions on social life by closing bars, restaurants, cinemas, etc., and imposes strict restrictions on the movement of people.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who spoke before Parliament, said yesterday that her government has moved quickly to prevent overcrowding in intensive care facilities.

Merkel told Parliament that the winter will be difficult, after she explained to the deputies dozens of measures aimed at controlling the increasing number of infections with the virus, but she added that the winter will eventually end.

The recent increase in new cases has brought Europe back to the epicenter of the global epidemic, which has so far witnessed more than 44 million infections and 1.1 million deaths worldwide.

According to World Health Organization figures this week, the region accounted for nearly half of the new infections in the world in the previous seven days.

For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced yesterday that there will be no general lockdown, despite the significant increase in the number of injuries in Russia in the past weeks.

"We know very well how we should act, and that is why we will not take measures that impose restrictions and general closures that disrupt the economy and commercial activities," Putin said.

The international organizations "UNESCO" and "UNICEF" demanded with the World Bank to keep schools open in the context of measures to confront the epidemic.

"It is imperative to give priority to the reopening of schools, and to provide indispensable rations to compensate for the delay," said Robert Jenkins, in charge of the education department at the United Nations Children's Fund.

According to the report of the three organizations, children of poor countries have lost nearly four months of schooling since the start of the outbreak.

In rich countries, where children benefit to a greater degree from distance learning technologies, this loss has been limited to six weeks.

The World Bank and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) noted that instead of waiting, it is more beneficial to invest "now" in educational systems, in order to reduce the widening gap between education secured in poor countries and that provided by rich countries as a result of the epidemic.

The three organizations based their report on information gathered from nearly 150 countries between June and October.

Japanese study: Post-Coronavirus symptoms persist for 4 months in some patients

A study issued by the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Tokyo showed that about 20% of patients who contracted the "Covid-19" virus reported chronic health problems, including hair loss two months after the onset of symptoms, and about 10% complained of difficulty breathing Or loss or disturbance of the sense of smell, even after four months.

The doctor who led the study at the center, Shinichiro Morioka, said that he was surprised by the fact that symptoms persist for such a long time, adding that he would conduct more research to study the relationship between the length of symptoms or subsequent effects and between patients' ages and chronic diseases.

This study is believed to be one of the first studies to be conducted into how long patients' symptoms of the virus lasted and the subsequent effects.

Doctors primarily conducted telephone interviews with 63 patients, who were admitted to the center due to their infection with the virus, and left between February and June.

Their average age was 48 years, and during their stay at the center, about 30% of them were given oxygen, and 8% were placed on artificial respirators.

The study says that on the 60th day after the onset of symptoms of the virus, 12 patients, or about 19%, were still suffering from a disturbance in the sense of smell, while 11 patients, or about 18%, were suffering from shortness of breath.

Ten patients, or about 16%, were still feeling tired, while three patients, or 5%, had taste disturbances.

After 120 days of the onset of symptoms, seven patients, or 11%, were still suffering from shortness of breath, while six patients, or about 10%, complained of continuing disorders in the sense of smell.

In addition, 14 patients, or 20%, nine males and five women, experienced hair loss, two months after the onset of symptoms.

After a period of time, five of these patients had stopped losing hair, but the other nine still had this problem.

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Yesterday, Vladimir Putin announced that there would be no general lockdown despite the significant increase in the number of injuries in Russia.

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