US, Russia, France, Germany, Portugal record infections – Telam

The United States had another dramatic day due to the disease with 121,888 new cases.

Five countries, including the United States, have once again set records for coronavirus infections, as political tension mounts due to the renewal of strong restrictions derived from a fierce second wave of a pandemic to which the world reacts with amazement and amazement.

Shaken by an undefined electoral situation and rife with controversy like never before in its history, the United States had another dramatic day due to the disease with 121,888 new cases for a total of 9 , 6 million and 234,944 cumulative deaths since the start of the scourge, which continues to rank it as the most affected country on the planet.

They also presented unprecedented figures Russia, Germany, France and Portugal, as American continent had one of the worst weeks in the past seven days with nearly a million infected, according to data from the Pan American Health Organization.

Political risks worsened in Spain after the far-right Vox party lodged an appeal with the Constitutional Court against the state of alarm declared by the socialist government of Pedro Sánchez.

Its leader, Santiago Abascal, attacked the Executive with extreme harshness, which he described as “totalitarian and dictatorial”.

The decree was ordered on October 25 and its extension of at least 6 months approved by the Congress of Deputies in the face of the frantic advance of a second wave which is already accumulating 1,328,832 infections and 38,486 deaths.

Spain It is the second country in the European Union with the most cases behind France, which presented another record of 68,486 cases and 398 deaths.

Russia exceeded 20,000 infections for the first time (20,582).

Russia first exceeded 20,000 infections (20,582) for a total of 1,733,440 and 378 deaths (29,887) as it appears to be on track to become the first country to be massively vaccinated, possibly by the end of this year year, as predicted weeks ago by its president, Vladimir Putin.

The Kremlin regretted that half of the population does not comply with the rules of prevention ordered on time.

Germany It also crossed the threshold of 20,000 cases (21,506) for a total of 619,089, with 166 deaths (11,096) and alerts were re-launched due to a drastic reduction in its hospital capacity and intensive care beds. that keeps the government in suspense and frightens. the population, little behind, much more relieved.

Portugal, Declared a “health calamity” by its authorities, it presented 5,500 new cases three days before the entry into force of the state of emergency for 15 days which could even extend until the end of the epidemic, according to the executive.

It adds 166,900 infected and 2,792 deaths and the government authorized the armed forces to intervene in situations of disobedience to security protocols while announcing that it would use the private health system to bolster the overburdened public.

The United Kingdom crossed the 60,000 death mark (60,051) after adding 355 and 23,287 other infections (1,146,484) in the context of a new and long confinement until December 2 that angered the population of London, with episodes of violence that left at least 100 arrested and an unknown number injured, none seriously.

Schools, institutes and universities continue to operate, but bars, pubs and restaurants no longer.

The government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been forced to remove Denmark from the list of coronavirus safe countries by an unexpected widespread outbreak of a new variant of the pathogen found on mink farms that has spread to a much of its inhabitants and caused this 15 million of these animals are going to be sacrificed to another for the time being.

In Germany, alerts were raised again due to a drastic reduction in hospital capacity.

In Italy rThey come from new restrictive measures that include a nighttime curfew, in principle until December 3, while the government plans to stimulate consumption for Christmas in order to stop the drastic fall in its economy, while preserving all Health care.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conde signed a decree that bans the entry and exit of people in Lombardy, the nation’s economic engine but at the same time the most affected by the pandemic, the same as for two other northern regions, Piedmont and Valle de Aosta and southern Calabria.

Finally, the Colombian government Right-wing Iván Duque has decided to remove the requirement for Covid-19 detection tests for travelers entering from abroad, which has earned him strong criticism, especially from the health union.

To make matters worse, 166 MPs have entered forced quarantine due to the positive case of liberal lawmaker Alejandro Carlos Chocón, who was harshly repudiated for attending parliamentary sessions despite showing all the symptoms of the coronavirus.

Colombia is the third country in South America with the most infections (1,108,084) and the fifth with the most deaths, 32,209, only surpassed by Brazil and Argentina.