Lockdowns in Italy over Christmas and New Year
Source : The Guardian
The Christmas plans of many Australians could be thrown into chaos on Saturday with an outbreak in the northern beaches of Sydney threatening to bring in restrictions on people travelling from Sydney to other states.
The UK government said a further 489 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Friday, bringing the total to 66,541. Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 82,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
Italy announces new lockdown over Christmas. Bars, restaurants and non-essential shops are to close nationwide from December 24th-27th and December 31st-January 3rd, the country’s prime minister Giuseppe Conte has announced.
Austria will go into lockdown for a third time after Christmas, the government confirmed, just 11 days after the country’s second lockdown ended. Non-essential shops that reopened last week will close, reopening the week of January 18th along with restaurants, schools, museums and theatres, the government said in a statement. Austria will let ski lifts open despite the lockdown being introduced on December 26th.
France’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 60,000. The health ministry reported 610 new deaths, pushing the total to 60,229, Reuters reports.There were 264 new deaths in hospitals, compared to 258 on Thursday, and a three-day batch of 346 deaths reported in retirement homes.
Turkey’s daily coronavirus death toll hit a record high of 246 in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed, bringing the total number of deaths to 17,610. Turkey also recorded 26,410 new coronavirus cases, including asymptomatic ones, in the last 24 hours.
The UK government said a further 489 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Friday, bringing the total to 66,541. Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have now been 82,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
Sweden’s government on Friday introduced the toughest measures yet to help stave off a second wave of the pandemic, including recommending masks on public transport and closing non-essential public workplaces, Reuters reports. Sweden registered a record 9,654 new coronavirus cases on Friday. The increase compared with a previous high of 8,881 daily cases recorded on Thursday.Sweden registered 100 new deaths, taking the total to 7,993.
US president Mike Pence was given Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, the highest-ranking US official to have received it so far. Pence was given the first shot on live television and said the vaccine was a “medical miracle” and that he “didn’t feel a thing”.
