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Coronavirus live news: Russia reports record daily cases and deaths; Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive Coronavirus live news: Dutch bars and restaurants to close; Russia reports record daily cases and deaths
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Netherlands registers more than 7,000 coronavirus cases in new daily record; Johnson & Johnson confirms pause in vaccine trial Netherlands announces new slew of measures to curb infection spread; Johnson & Johnson confirms pause in vaccine trial
Here’s a write up from Reuters on the Netherlands’ partial lockdown:
French health authorities on Tuesday reported 12,993 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, up on Monday’s 8,505, but still sharply down from Saturday’s record of 26,896 and Sunday’s 16,101, Reuters reports.
The seven-day moving average of new infections, which averages out weekly data reporting irregularities, stood above the record 17,000 level for the second day running, at 17,816.
The Dutch government announced a new round of measures to slow the spread of coronavirus on Tuesday, according to a report by Reuters, which includes:
Ban on alcohol sales after 8pm
Limit on the size of social gathering
Bars and restaurants to close
Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte said the measures will go into effect from Wednesday.
This partial lockdown will last four weeks, the Dutch health minister said.
The number of people claiming temporary Irish jobless benefits will increase by up to 115,000 if the government imposes stricter Covid-19 restrictions across the country, the public expenditure department forecast on Tuesday.The number of people claiming temporary Irish jobless benefits will increase by up to 115,000 if the government imposes stricter Covid-19 restrictions across the country, the public expenditure department forecast on Tuesday.
Reuters reports:Reuters reports:
The opposition Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called for a two to three-week “circuit-breaker” lockdown in England in an effort to bring coronavirus cases down.The opposition Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called for a two to three-week “circuit-breaker” lockdown in England in an effort to bring coronavirus cases down.
Speaking at a press conference, he said:Speaking at a press conference, he said:
Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte on Tuesday imposed new restrictions on gatherings, restaurants, sports and school activities in an attempt to slow a surge in novel coronavirus infections.Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte on Tuesday imposed new restrictions on gatherings, restaurants, sports and school activities in an attempt to slow a surge in novel coronavirus infections.
Reuters reports:Reuters reports:
US senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the coronavirus aid package the Senate will take up next week will be “roughly” $500 billion.US senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the coronavirus aid package the Senate will take up next week will be “roughly” $500 billion.
Reuters reports:Reuters reports:
The UK’s £12bn test and trace programme “is having a marginal impact” in reducing Covid-19 transmission, according to a recent analysis.The UK’s £12bn test and trace programme “is having a marginal impact” in reducing Covid-19 transmission, according to a recent analysis.
But which countries got it right? Peter Beaumont looks at the success and failures of track and trace across the world.But which countries got it right? Peter Beaumont looks at the success and failures of track and trace across the world.
For more UK-specific coronavirus news, you can follow Andrew Sparrow’s daily politics blog.For more UK-specific coronavirus news, you can follow Andrew Sparrow’s daily politics blog.
There had been a further 17,234 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK. It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 634,920.There had been a further 17,234 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK. It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 634,920.
A further 143 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Tuesday. It is the highest daily figure since June, as parts of the country were facing tougher social distancing restrictions under a new three-tiered alert system. This brings the UK death total to 43,018.A further 143 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Tuesday. It is the highest daily figure since June, as parts of the country were facing tougher social distancing restrictions under a new three-tiered alert system. This brings the UK death total to 43,018.
After that news that Cristiano Ronaldo tested positive for Covid-19 there have been no further positive tests reported in the Portigal squad before Portugal’s Nations League match against Sweden on Wednesday.After that news that Cristiano Ronaldo tested positive for Covid-19 there have been no further positive tests reported in the Portigal squad before Portugal’s Nations League match against Sweden on Wednesday.
The BBC broadcaster and former England striker, Gary Lineker, is meanwhile among among those commenting on the news:The BBC broadcaster and former England striker, Gary Lineker, is meanwhile among among those commenting on the news:
Ronaldo had played in both of Portugal’s matches so far during the international break.Ronaldo had played in both of Portugal’s matches so far during the international break.
The former Manchester United and Real Madrid forward started against Spain in Lisbon, coming off late on during the second half of the goalless draw, and then played all of the Nations League A3 fixture against France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.The former Manchester United and Real Madrid forward started against Spain in Lisbon, coming off late on during the second half of the goalless draw, and then played all of the Nations League A3 fixture against France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Russia’s regulator has granted approval for a trial of its controversial Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine on people aged over 60, according to the RIA news agency.
In August Russia approved the vaccine for use after less than two months of human testing, including a dose administered to one of Vladimir Putin’s daughters.
The announcement that Russia was pushing ahead with large-scale manufacture and mass immunisation before so-called “phase 3” testing was greeted with criticism from experts who described the Russian approach as reckless and unethical, saying it risked exacerbating rather than helping manage the pandemic.
The WHO said the vaccine should not be produced until it had completed phase 3 trials.
More than 2 million people in England on an official shielding list, considered vulnerable to Covid because of their health, will be advised to take precautions and follow social distancing as cases surge, but most will not be told to stay home.
The announcement by the UK government’s Department of Health and Social Care was strongly condemned by patients groups, who argued that the government was doing too little to support those at most risk. Blood Cancer UK called the advice “ludicrous”, while Kidney Cancer UK said they were being asked to choose between their livelihoods and their health.
As the numbers of cases, hospital admissions and deaths rise, those on the former shielding list have been anxious to know whether they should stay in their homes as they did in the spring. The “clinically extremely vulnerable” group includes people with conditions affecting the immune system, certain cancers and organ transplant recipients.
Staying with footballers for a moment, and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus and will miss his country’s Nations League game against Sweden tomorrow.
The Juventus forward is “doing well, without symptoms, and in isolation,” the Portuguese Football Federation (PFF) said in a statement.
Ronaldo tweeted this photo yesterday, days after playing in matches against France and Spain.
A Manchester United footballer was caught speeding at more than 100mph in the second week of the Covid-19 lockdown in England, a court has been told.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka, a 22-year-old right-back, was stopped by police as he drove into London on the M1 on 1 April, after his £90,000 G-wagon Mercedes had been clocked by a speed gun at 104mph, London’s Evening Standard newspaper reports.
Wan-Bissaka was given six penalty points on his licence and a £600 fine by magistrates.
Hospitals in Paris could have up to 90% of intensive care beds packed with Covid-19 patients as soon as next week, the healthcare system’s chief warned today as France braces for new measures to slow a surge in cases.
“It’s inevitable,” Martin Hirsch, the head of the 39 hospitals in Paris and its suburbs, told the Parisien newspaper.
“By around 24 October, there will be a minimum of 800 to 1,000 Covid patients in intensive care, representing 70 to 90% of our current capacity,” he said.
The prospect puts more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron, who is widely expected to announce tighter restrictions in a prime-time TV interview on Wednesday night.
This is Ben Quinn picking up the blog now while Aamna takes a break.
Relatives of care home residents in England are to be designated as key workers so they can be tested regularly for Covid-19 and continue to visit loved ones.
The plans, initially a pilot project, with no details about how they would be rolled out, were announced to MPs on Tuesday by the care minister, Helen Whately. They are a win for families and charities that have been calling for months for relatives to be given the same key worker status as staff.
Along with testing, the single designated relative would be trained in the use of PPE, she said, although she was unable to give a date for when the pilot would begin.
Organisations including Dementia UK and the Alzheimer’s Society have been calling for such a move, arguing in a letter to the government in July that the care given by family members was essential to dementia patients’ wellbeing. Social distancing restrictions had contributed to a “hidden catastrophe” in care homes, which had been closed to non-essential visitors since March, they said.
Ireland’s government offered more support on Tuesday to those hit hardest by some of Europe’s toughest Covid-19 restrictions in a budget stimulus package that it said was “unprecedented in the history of the state”.
Reuters reports:
Politicians in Germany are urging their government to extend this year’s Christmas holidays by several weeks in order to shield people in family bubbles for as long as possible and delay the risk of super-spreader events at schools in the new year.
Christoph Ploß, a delegate for Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from Hamburg, told Bild newspaper that students could be better protected from the virus if the Christmas break were to be delayed “by two to three weeks”. The summer holidays could be shortened in turn, the conservative politician suggested.
Another CDU delegate, Stephan Pilsinger, proposed extending the Christmas break even further, by up to four weeks.
Germany has seen a surge of infection numbers with the onset of the cold season, with the country’s disease control agency recording 4,122 new infections over the last 24 hours.
Sweden registered 2,203 new coronavirus cases in the last four days, health agency statistics showed on Tuesday, taking the country’s total to 100,654 since the start of the pandemic.
Reuters reports:
The Netherlands reached a new record in daily coronavirus cases, hitting nearly 7,400 infections in 24 hours, data released on Tuesday showed.
Reuters reports the government is preparing to announce new social restrictions at a press conference with Prime Minister Mark Rutte at 1900 local time (1700GMT).