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41,462,439 |
+437,441 |
1,135,703 |
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8,584,819 |
+63,663 |
227,409 |
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7,705,158 |
+56,000 |
116,653 |
|
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5,300,649 |
+25,832 |
155,459 |
|
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1,447,335 |
+15,700 |
24,952 |
|
|
1,046,641 |
+16,973 |
34,366 |
|
|
1,037,325 |
+18,326 |
27,519 |
|
|
981,700 |
+7,561 |
29,464 |
|
|
957,421 |
+26,676 |
34,048 |
|
|
876,885 |
+2,767 |
33,937 |
|
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860,714 |
+5,788 |
86,893 |
|
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789,229 |
+26,688 |
44,158 |
|
|
708,359 |
+2,055 |
18,741 |
|
|
545,286 |
+5,616 |
31,346 |
|
|
495,637 |
+1,159 |
13,719 |
|
|
449,648 |
+15,199 |
36,832 |
|
|
438,265 |
+3,667 |
10,418 |
|
|
393,131 |
+1,545 |
5,723 |
|
|
391,355 |
+10,457 |
9,999 |
|
|
373,109 |
+4,267 |
12,857 |
|
|
362,243 |
+1,509 |
6,747 |
|
|
353,426 |
+2,013 |
9,513 |
|
|
343,373 |
+405 |
5,235 |
|
|
324,744 |
+667 |
6,692 |
|
|
315,826 |
+6,719 |
5,927 |
|
|
307,335 |
+1,173 |
2,291 |
|
|
253,134 |
+8,743 |
6,873 |
|
|
240,159 |
+9,679 |
10,489 |
|
|
208,915 |
+14,969 |
1,739 |
|
|
205,954 |
+2,266 |
9,826 |
|
|
202,579 |
+10,040 |
3,851 |
|
|
191,102 |
+4,848 |
6,065 |
|
|
182,580 |
+3,577 |
3,079 |
|
|
155,625 |
+1,510 |
12,453 |
|
|
144,872 |
+5,743 |
791 |
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|
140,037 |
+147 |
8,526 |
|
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130,210 |
+266 |
225 |
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126,435 |
+696 |
2,597 |
|
|
122,398 |
+425 |
2,206 |
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|
119,132 |
+1,538 |
472 |
|
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118,531 |
+813 |
721 |
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|
111,484 |
+451 |
1,137 |
|
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109,766 |
+143 |
1,796 |
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|
106,271 |
+2,535 |
2,229 |
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105,883 |
+178 |
6,155 |
|
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102,415 |
+196 |
3,567 |
|
|
99,425 |
+1,503 |
1,236 |
|
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93,933 |
+453 |
1,679 |
|
|
91,118 |
+628 |
1,384 |
|
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90,232 |
+851 |
2,582 |
|
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89,642 |
+733 |
941 |
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88,035 |
+391 |
753 |
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85,715 |
+11 |
4,634 |
|
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78,907 |
+374 |
308 |
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|
69,409 |
+1,958 |
925 |
|
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68,791 |
+833 |
1,630 |
|
|
68,530 |
+1,836 |
1,121 |
|
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65,577 |
+1,241 |
536 |
|
|
64,010 |
+179 |
534 |
|
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61,667 |
+37 |
1,125 |
|
|
57,933 |
+12 |
28 |
|
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56,819 |
+746 |
1,250 |
|
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55,081 |
+252 |
1,880 |
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53,459 |
+549 |
1,118 |
|
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53,422 |
+1,166 |
1,868 |
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51,625 |
+719 |
765 |
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50,180 |
+1,423 |
1,259 |
|
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48,628 |
+499 |
427 |
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46,593 |
+714 |
642 |
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|
46,144 |
+497 |
858 |
|
|
45,892 |
+1,442 |
740 |
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|
43,620 |
+2,648 |
443 |
|
|
39,696 |
+1,194 |
972 |
|
|
37,120 |
+512 |
781 |
|
|
37,003 |
+630 |
690 |
|
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33,602 |
+2,202 |
98 |
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|
33,335 |
+1,472 |
1,048 |
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|
32,120 |
+145 |
933 |
|
|
28,287 |
+1,424 |
393 |
|
|
27,444 |
+15 |
905 |
|
|
27,334 |
+865 |
534 |
|
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25,424 |
+91 |
450 |
|
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24,836 |
+640 |
862 |
|
|
22,957 |
+732 |
199 |
|
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21,208 |
+1,351 |
172 |
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|
20,363 |
+21 |
121 |
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17,948 |
+297 |
462 |
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16,964 |
+193 |
279 |
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|
16,069 |
+177 |
250 |
|
|
16,000 |
+18 |
346 |
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15,982 |
+1,503 |
200 |
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15,484 |
+25 |
321 |
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14,071 |
+222 |
355 |
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|
12,406 |
+39 |
133 |
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11,671 |
+430 |
138 |
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11,599 |
+61 |
70 |
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11,316 |
+45 |
37 |
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|
10,933 |
+145 |
98 |
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10,613 |
+39 |
80 |
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10,295 |
+27 |
69 |
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|
8,445 |
+71 |
174 |
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8,338 |
+289 |
255 |
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8,239 |
+311 |
120 |
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8,215 |
+28 |
236 |
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6,051 |
+128 |
127 |
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5,864 |
+3 |
183 |
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5,805 |
+5 |
116 |
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|
5,150 |
+6 |
109 |
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4,369 |
+14 |
35 |
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3,709 |
+9 |
59 |
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2,966 |
+127 |
25 |
Retrieved from: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
From CNN's Valentina Di Donato in Rome
Medical staff transfer a patient with Covid-19 to hospital in Milan, Italy on October 19. Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images
Italy recorded 127 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, marking the first time since May the country's daily death toll has reached triple digits.
The country recorded a further 15,199 new cases on Wednesday, a considerable increase on the day before, when 10,871 cases were reported.
Speaking on Tuesday, Italy's Health Minister Roberto Speranza said the government is "working day and night" to avoid a second lockdown.
"It depends on what we will be able to do in the next few weeks," he said.
Speranza also called on people to avoid "needless movements" and "going out when it is not necessary."
Troubles in Lombardy again: Almost a third of cases reported on Wednesday were from the Lombardy region -- where Milan is situated -- in northern Italy. Lombardy was the epicenter of Italy's outbreak in the spring.
"Milan, Naples and probably Rome are already out of control in terms of containment" of coronavirus," Walter Ricciardi, an adviser to Italy's Health Minister, said during a webinar on Wednesday. "When you aren't able to contain you must mitigate, you must block movement."
Curfew in Rome: An overnight curfew will be imposed in the Italian region of Lazio, where the capital Rome is situated, starting midnight on Saturday October 24. Authorities hope the measure will help stop the virus' spread.
The curfew, which will be in effect from midnight to 5 a.m. each night, will be imposed for 30 days on the region's almost 6 million residents, according to local authorities.
All movement will be prohibited, except for where there are health or work reasons, or emergencies.
From CNN’s Maria Fleet in Atlanta
People are out and about on Grafton Street in Dublin on October 21 as Ireland prepares to enter a second national lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images
Ireland has now moved to “Level 5” measures — in what is now Europe’s strictest coronavirus lockdown.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced the restrictions on Monday when the country’s case count topped 50,000. The restrictions are set to be in place for six weeks to deal with the “deteriorating situation with the disease across the country.”
Martin tweeted late Wednesday, “This evening, as we think about the next six weeks of increased restrictions at Level 5, we just need to remember that we are doing this to protect our families and the most vulnerable in our communities. We will come through it and we will see each other again. #LockdownEve.”
Under the new measures, people are asked to work from home, unless providing an essential service. Social gatherings at homes and gardens are prohibited, but people will be allowed to exercise in parks close their homes. Schools, childcare services and “essential retail” services will remain open under the restrictions. Bars and restaurants are allowed to be open only for take-away and delivery service during the period.
Ireland recorded an increase of nearly 2,000 new cases last week over the week before, prompting the government to impose the stringent measures.
From CNN's Chris Liakos in London
Greece recorded 865 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday — its highest daily case count since the pandemic began.
Wednesday's number marked an increase of nearly 200 more cases than the day before.
Greece announced six more deaths on Wednesday, and at least 86 individuals are in ICU.
The Greek government announced a local lockdown for the region of Kastoria in Northern Greece. This is the second town placed under lockdown after Kozani, also in Northern Greece,
According to Greece’s National Public Health Organization, Greece has recorded 27,334 cases and 534 deaths in total.
From CNN’s Sarah Dean in London
Coronavirus cases in South Africa’s Western Cape province have risen by 42% in the past seven days, leading the country's Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize to warn of a “resurgence” of the virus.
Mkhize, who is currently isolating after testing positive, said the country is "seeing concerning increases in some of the provinces," including this "marked increase" in the Western Cape, home to the port city of Cape Town.
"According to our resurgence plan, we define this significant spike in new cases in the Western Cape as a resurgence," he said Wednesday in a statement on Twitter.
Mkhize explained the Western Cape Provincial Health Department has identified clusters that are responsible for the increase in cases. He said the “single biggest cluster outbreak” was “associated with a super-spreader event in a bar".
He also said country-wide epidemiological reports are showing that over the last seven days there has been an increase of 9.1% in new cases.
Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-10-21-20-intl/index.html
By Antonia Noori Farzan and Rick Noack
Former president Barack Obama speaks at a drive-in rally for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Philadelphia on Wednesday. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Former president Barack Obama delivered a lacerating critique of President Trump in his debut on the 2020 campaign trail Wednesday, denouncing his successor’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and ridiculing him for being unable to even “protect himself” from covid-19.
Speaking at a drive-in rally for Joe Biden in South Philadelphia, Obama attacked Trump on a wide range of issues — including his personal tax payments, embrace of conspiracy theories, handling of the economy and efforts to gut the Affordable Care Act — as he implored Democrats to avoid complacency and turn out at the polls.
“We’ve got to turn out like never before. We cannot leave any doubt in this election,” Obama said, warning that Trump has suggested he won’t accept the results if he loses.
Though polls have showed Biden holding a steady lead in Pennsylvania, Obama cautioned: “I don’t care about the polls. There were a bunch of polls last time, and it didn’t work out. . . . Not this time. Not this election.”
With less than two weeks left before Election Day, Obama’s appearance in a state Trump won in 2016 highlighted the importance of Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes, which both campaigns have viewed as a must-win on a path to the White House. A day earlier, Trump delivered remarks at a rally in Erie, Pa., in one of three western counties that had voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012 but backed Trump four years ago.
A little more than an hour after Obama spoke, Trump briefly went after his predecessor during a campaign rally in North Carolina, claiming that it was “good news” that Obama is out on the campaign trail.
“It’s good. There was nobody that campaigned harder for crooked Hillary Clinton than Obama, right?” Trump said. “He was all over the place. . . . I think the only one more unhappy than crooked Hillary that night was Barack Hussein Obama.”
Obama has been an important surrogate for Biden, delivering a prime-time endorsement address during the Democratic National Convention in August, headlining virtual fundraisers and rallying supporters in get-out-the-vote video messages and other media appearances. In recent days, he joined vice-presidential nominee Kamala D. Harris and the actor Michael B. Jordan in an online fundraiser.
But his debut at an in-person event aimed to deliver a jolt of excitement from the Democratic Party’s top draw and most electrifying speaker to generate enthusiasm among the Democratic base, particularly minorities and young people. Obama appeared energized in his return to the spotlight, unleashing full-throated criticism over Trump’s management of the country and his personal behavior.
“I get this president wants full credit for the economy he inherited and zero blame for the pandemic he ignored,” Obama said, citing the more than 220,000 Americans who have died of the novel coronavirus. “But you know what? The job doesn’t work that way. Tweeting at the television doesn’t fix things. Making stuff up doesn’t make people’s lives better. You’ve got to have a plan.”
The 44th president cited a nationwide rise in coronavirus cases, which have spiked to over 60,000 a day, and said that Trump “isn’t going to suddenly protect all of us. He can’t even take the basic steps to protect himself.” By comparison, Obama added, Biden “is not going to screw up testing. He’s not going to call scientists idiots. He’s not going to hold a superspreader event at the White House.”
Obama cited recent New York Times reports about the president’s finances that revealed he had paid $750 in personal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and that he maintained a bank account in China while overseeing U.S. foreign policy.
“Can you imagine if I had a secret Chinese bank account when I was running for reelection?” Obama said. “You think Fox News might have been a little concerned about that? They would have called me ‘Beijing Barry.’ ”
The format of the event, in which supporters remained in their vehicles to maintain social distancing, offered a stark reminder of the nation’s health crisis. As Obama spoke, supporters could be heard cheering but also honking their horns in support.
The scene was a contrast to Trump’s rallies, in which thousands of supporters huddle closely on airport tarmacs for the president’s remarks. Many have eschewed masks, as Trump has denounced Democratic governors and mayors for maintaining pandemic restrictions on businesses.
Biden did not attend the event. The former vice president has hunkered down at his home in Wilmington, Del., and maintained a low public profile this week, with aides emphasizing that he is focused on preparing for his final debate with Trump on Thursday.
Ahead of the drive-in rally, Obama urged supporters to vote and avoid cynicism over the country’s problems. He tied the recent social justice protests to the election, suggesting the passion that drove demonstrators would offer a bulwark against opponents who have tried to depress the vote.
Obama also met with 14 Black community members in North Philadelphia to discuss issues facing Black men, including poverty, unemployment and gun violence.
“Obama’s ability to mobilize Democrats is rivaled by only one other person, and that would be Trump — Obama because he inspires us and tells us, ‘Yes we can,’ and Trump because he dares tell us we can’t,” said Pennsylvania state Sen. Sharif Street (D), who participated in the meeting.
Retrieved from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-trump-coronavirus/2020/10/21/226551a2-13b6-11eb-ba42-ec6a580836ed_story.html
By Lorenzo Tondo
Italy on Wednesday registered a record of 15,199 new Covid infections in the last 24 hours, its highest daily increase in coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Over the past day, 127 people have died of coronavirus, bringing Italy’s total number of deaths to 36,832. The new increase brings the total number of confirmed cases to almost 450,000. Over 177,000 swabs were taken, another new record.
That Italy would establish a record for new cases was already likely during the day, as Lombardy, the Italian region hardest hit in the coronavirus first wave, registered on Wednesday over 4,000 cases, its highest daily tally since the beginning of the pandemic.
On Monday, authorities in the region have been given the green light to impose a curfew which will run from 11pm until 5am and will start on Thursday. Campania in the south is seeking to adopt a similar measure on Friday.
On Wednesday, authorities announced that former COVID emergency hospitals at the Milan Fair and in Bergamo are reopening,
‘’The government has never lowered its guard on the COVID crisis’’, Premier Giuseppe Conte told the Senate on Wednesday.
He said the government ‘’was aware of the sacrifices it was asking of people’’ and that “today we are more ready, the situation is different from March”.
However, a few hours before, Health Minister Roberto Speranza told La7 television that “The situation is extremely serious.” “It’s necessary to say how things are’’, Speranza added. ‘’The (contagion) curve is rising. The effort of each one of us is needed. It is necessary to raise the level of attention. We are working day and night to avoid a lockdown. We must bring down the curve”.
· Italy’s Lazio region, including the capital Rome, is set to introduce a curfew on Friday from midnight to 5am to try to curb its surging Covid-19 infections, a regional government source told Reuters. The source said the region will also introduce some restrictions on schools and universities. The northern region of Lombardy, around Milan, which was hit hardest in the first wave and recorded its highest daily tally on Wednesday since the beginning of the pandemic, announced a similar curfew from Thursday, from 11pm to 5am, and Campania in the south is seeking to follow suit on Friday.
· It comes as Italy registered a record of 15,199 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, its highest daily increase in coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
· France recorded more than 25,000 new infections for the sixth time in 12 days, with the government likely to announce a geographical extension of the curfews currently in place in Paris and eight other major cities. Several more regions are to enter red-alert status, which means that they will have to impose curfews, the government said on Wednesday. It came as hospitals in several cities including Paris moved into emergency mode to cope with the influx of patients with the virus.
· Greek authorities announced a regional lockdown of the northern region of Kastoria, after declaring the region an elevated risk, the highest of a four-tier risk assessment. Restrictions will be imposed from 23 October. It comes as the country reported 865 new cases of Covid-19, a new high since the outbreak began in late February.
· Spain became the first western European country to surpass a million coronavirus cases. The unwelcome milestone comes as the government considers a curfew and as political bickering threaten to jeopardise efforts to control the second wave of the virus.
· The UK reported a daily record of 26,688 coronavirus cases, bringing the tally of lab-confirmed infections to 789,229.
· Russia is not planning to impose any blanket restrictions to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, the president Vladimir Putin said, even as the country reported a record new daily death toll from the respiratory disease. Russia needs keep on carrying out tests for Covid-19, observe safety measures and start vaccinations, Putin said.
· The German health minister Jens Spahn tested positive for the coronavirus, the health ministry said. He took part in a cabinet meeting earlier in the day but other ministers do not need to go into quarantine, a government spokesman said.
· Poland will announce fresh restrictions on Thursday after coronavirus infections doubled in less than three weeks, possibly including moving some primary school students to distance learning. On Wednesday, it reported a daily record of 10,040 new cases, taking its tally past 200,000.
· The Netherlands hit a new record for daily coronavirus cases, with more than 8,500 infections in the 24 hours, nearly a week after the government imposed “partial lockdown” measures including the closure of bars and restaurants.
· Scotland will introduce a five-tier system of coronavirus restrictions on Friday that will partly mirror England’s three-tier traffic light system of controls, as infections and fatalities climbed sharply to levels not seen since May.
· Turkey is considering reimposing some measures to stem rising coronavirus cases, such as stay-home orders for younger and older people or even weekend lockdowns, but will avoid hurting the economic recovery.
· Iran reported its highest daily number of cases since February, recording 5,616 new coronavirus cases for the previous 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 545,286 in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country. Authorities have urged people to avoid unnecessary trips and stay home, warning that hospitals in Tehran and some other major cities are overflowing with patients with coronavirus.
· The Czech Republic shut most shops and services and sought to limit all movement to essential trips such as for work and medical visits to curb Europe’s fastest growth in new coronavirus infections. The country recorded a record daily rise of 11,984 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, amid a surge in recent weeks, and the health minister said the health system would soon reach the limits of its capacity and that hospitals would run short of beds in November without immediate action.
· People who host house parties in Ireland can be fined up to €1,000 or jailed for up to one month to ensure compliance with a new Covid-19 lockdown. The government is fast-tracking legislation to give police new powers to levy on the spot fines for breaches of the new restrictions, which come into effect on Thursday.
· Slovenia and Croatia both reported record daily highs in new infections. This week Slovenia introduced a curfew from 9pm to 6am and a 30-day state of emergency to cope with the coronavirus, while Croatia isn’t yet considering such measures.
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