The number of people infected with the new Coronavirus "Covid-19" is approaching 47 million and a half million infected globally, and while France is considering imposing a curfew after a number of the population ignored the general isolation, fears of a health catastrophe looming in Lebanon with the high number of epidemics.

According to the "World Meter" website, which specializes in monitoring figures and statistics related to the Corona virus in the countries of the world, the number of infected people reached 47 million 434 thousand and 36 cases at 16:00 Mecca time (13 GMT)

The number of those recovering - according to the same website - reached 43 million 109 thousand 151 recoverers, while the number of deceased persons reached 1 million 213 thousand and 312.

The injuries in the United States exceeded 9 and a half million injuries, as 9 million 568 thousand and 275 injuries were recorded, while the deaths reached 237 thousand and 9 deaths.

In India - the second country in terms of the number of injuries in the world - the number of injuries reached 8 million and 267 thousand and 623 injuries, while the number of deaths reached 123 thousand and 139.

During the past 24 hours, about 39,000 new injuries were recorded, and this is the ninth day in a row that the number of injuries per day is less than 50,000, down from the peak it reached last September.

Despite this decline, experts warn that the current festive season could cause the numbers to increase again.

In Brazil - the third country in terms of the number of injuries and the second in terms of the number of deaths - the number of injuries reached 5 million and 554 thousand and 206 injuries, while the number of deaths exceeded 160,272 deaths.

Brazil ranks second in terms of the number of deaths in the world (Anatolia)

Delicate placement

In France - the fifth country in terms of the number of injuries in the world, and the first in Europe - the number of injuries reached one million 466 thousand and 433 injuries, while the number of deaths approached 37 thousand and 500 deaths.

For the first time on Monday, the number of deaths linked to "Covid-19" in France within 24 hours exceeded the 400 threshold, with 418 deaths.

To limit the spread of the virus, France is considering re-imposing a night-time curfew in Paris and the Ile-de-France region surrounding the capital, amid the government's frustration that many ignore the new general isolation measures in light of the increasing number of HIV infections.

Government spokesperson Gabriel Atal told BFM television that it is unlikely that those who respect the rules will see others in the public who do not care about it. There is a behavior that is destined to be.

We must take all required steps to curb the spread of the pandemic. "

Atal suggested the new curfew was a fait accompli, but Prime Minister Jan Castix's office said the final decision had not yet been made.

According to statements by a government source, the matter will be discussed in a meeting between President Emmanuel Macron and government ministers on Wednesday.

Fears of an accelerating rate of injuries in Germany (Reuters)

The course of the infection

In Germany, a senior official in the health sector said - today, Tuesday - that Germany will be exposed to more than 400,000 daily infections with the Coronavirus by New Year if the course of infection continues as it is.

"The (new) measures can curb the spread of the virus," said Lars Schade, Vice President of the Robert Koch Institute - the main authority for fighting the virus in Germany.

Lars made the comments a day after a partial lockdown was imposed in the country.

Earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that the holiday season, especially Christmas, would be celebrated tightly.

The chancellor said that Germany is "facing difficult months," and compared the epidemic to "an event that only happens once every century."

Belgium imposed a new lockdown to limit the spread of the virus (Reuters)

Procedures and restrictions

For its part, Belgium - the country with the largest number of cases of "Covid-19" in the world, relative to its population - began a new lockdown that lasts 6 weeks, but it is less stringent than the one imposed in the spring.

Telework became mandatory wherever possible, and all non-essential stores were closed, but flower shops and libraries were allowed to keep their doors open.

In Italy, the details of the nightly curfew will be announced nationwide on Tuesday, in addition to travel restrictions to the affected areas.

In Greece, where a curfew was imposed between midnight and 5 in the morning since October 22, a partial one-month lockdown came into effect on Tuesday across the country, in an attempt to curb the high number of HIV infections.

In Austria, where an armed attack targeted the capital Vienna early Monday evening, new lockdown restrictions went into effect on Tuesday and are scheduled to last until the end of November.

In the United Kingdom - the country most affected by the epidemic in Europe, with about 47 thousand deaths - Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the re-imposition of isolation measures in Britain until the second of next December.

In Iran - the most affected country in the Middle East - the Ministry of Health said that Iran today, Tuesday, recorded a record 8,932 cases, bringing the total number of disease cases to 637,712.

Warnings of the collapse of the health system in Lebanon due to the outbreak of the epidemic (Al-Jazeera)

Arab world

In the Arab world, the Tunisian Ministry of Health said - in a statement - that it had recorded 25 deaths and 1,220 new cases of the virus.

She added that it recorded 77 deaths on Monday, between the first of October and the first of November, noting that these deaths had not been announced previously.

The total number of HIV infections, according to the ministry, reached 63,126, including 1,483 deaths, while it did not mention the number of recoveries.

This comes while the Bahrain News Agency said that the Minister of Health, Haiqa bint Saeed Al-Saleh, announced the approval of the optional emergency use of a Chinese vaccine candidate for "Covid-19 in its third and final stage of clinical trials, for" frontline personnel ", starting today, Tuesday.

In Lebanon, officials in the health sector warn of a coming "disaster" in terms of fighting the outbreak of the "Covid-19" epidemic due to the inability to apply deterrent measures approved by the government, and the hospitals' reaching their maximum capacities, amid a deteriorating economic situation that does not help in curbing the virus.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic began last February, Lebanon has recorded more than 83,000 cases, including more than 600 deaths.