Number of new cases increasing - new restrictive measures
coronavirus
07 Sep 2020
/ 19:30
(CGTN Europe)A further 2,988 COVID-19 cases were reported in the UK in the 24 hours to Sunday, according to latest government data – the highest single-day figure since 22 May and a more than 50 percent increase over the previous 24 hours.
- The UK's health minister, Matt Hancock, said he was "concerned" about a rise in cases "predominantly among young people."
- France's health body, Sante Publique France, has confirmed 15,621 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend after a record-breaking Friday of nearly 9,000 new infections. French authorities have also placed seven more departments on high alert, covering major cities such as Lille, Strasbourg and Dijon, where authorities will be able to impose exceptional measures to curb new cases. Of France's 101 mainland and overseas departments, 28 are now considered "red zones."
- The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 814 to 250,799, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Monday morning. No new deaths were reported, the country's death toll staying at 9,325.
- Turkey recorded 1,578 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing its total to 279,806, according to the health ministry. A further 53 people died in the past 24 hours – the country's official death toll now stands at 6,673.
- Russia reported 5,185 new coronavirus cases on Monday, pushing its national tally to 1,030,690, the fourth largest in the world. Authorities confirmed 51 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 17,871.
- AstraZeneca, in collaboration with researchers from Oxford University, has already begun production of the UK government's initial order of 30 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine is still undergoing trials in the UK, Brazil and South Africa.
- Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister, is responding well to treatment after he was taken to hospital with the coronavirus, his doctor says, but warns the 83-year-old's condition remains "delicate."
- Researchers at the University Clinic in Innsbruck, Austria, have found hospitalized COVID-19 patients continue to experience lingering effects of the virus months after the initial infection has passed. Six weeks after leaving hospital, 88 percent of patients still showed lung damage in CT scans, with 47 percent experiencing breathlessness. After 12 weeks, the results were 56 percent and 39 percent respectively.
- Isabel Celaa, Spain's education minister, has urged parents to send their children back to school, as COVID-19 cases continue to soar in the country. "The safest place to be is in school and the benefits of being there are far greater than the possible risks," she told Spain's RNE public radio. Despite the threat of sanctions and heavy fines, many Spanish parents are refusing to return their children to class because of rising infections.
- France's health body, Sante Publique France, has confirmed 15,621 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend after a record-breaking Friday of nearly 9,000 new infections. French authorities have also placed seven more departments on high alert, covering major cities such as Lille, Strasbourg and Dijon, where authorities will be able to impose exceptional measures to curb new cases. Of France's 101 mainland and overseas departments, 28 are now considered "red zones."
- The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 814 to 250,799, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Monday morning. No new deaths were reported, the country's death toll staying at 9,325.
- Turkey recorded 1,578 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing its total to 279,806, according to the health ministry. A further 53 people died in the past 24 hours – the country's official death toll now stands at 6,673.
- Russia reported 5,185 new coronavirus cases on Monday, pushing its national tally to 1,030,690, the fourth largest in the world. Authorities confirmed 51 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 17,871.
- AstraZeneca, in collaboration with researchers from Oxford University, has already begun production of the UK government's initial order of 30 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine is still undergoing trials in the UK, Brazil and South Africa.
- Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister, is responding well to treatment after he was taken to hospital with the coronavirus, his doctor says, but warns the 83-year-old's condition remains "delicate."
- Researchers at the University Clinic in Innsbruck, Austria, have found hospitalized COVID-19 patients continue to experience lingering effects of the virus months after the initial infection has passed. Six weeks after leaving hospital, 88 percent of patients still showed lung damage in CT scans, with 47 percent experiencing breathlessness. After 12 weeks, the results were 56 percent and 39 percent respectively.
- Isabel Celaa, Spain's education minister, has urged parents to send their children back to school, as COVID-19 cases continue to soar in the country. "The safest place to be is in school and the benefits of being there are far greater than the possible risks," she told Spain's RNE public radio. Despite the threat of sanctions and heavy fines, many Spanish parents are refusing to return their children to class because of rising infections.
