In the Czech Republic, a national emergency is to come into force again from midnight on Monday night.
The government under Prime Minister Andrej Babis had decided to declare a state of emergency because of a "rocket-like increase" in the corona numbers.
Among other things, it enables the government to restrict civil rights such as freedom of assembly and to take measures without the consent of parliament. Most recently, a new high in daily corona infections was reached in the Czech Republic on Friday with 3792 cases.
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Israel to suspend arms supplies to Azerbaijan, Israeli media close to Netanyahu say
According to some Israeli media, the Armenian ambassador to Israel has received verbal assurances from Israeli diplomats that Israel will suspend the supply of its weapons to Baku.
According to Russian media and according to a statement by Artsrun Hovhannisyan, a representative of the Armenian MoD, the Azerbaijani military has used the Israeli ballistic missile LORA to destroy a key bridge on the Akari River that connects Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
After clashes during corona controls in Jerusalem, the Israeli police arrested 18 people. The police announced on Monday that officers were pelted with stones and other objects.
Two police officers were slightly injured and vehicles were damaged. The main focus of the operation was therefore the Mea Shearim district, which is mainly inhabited by ultra-Orthodox.
Disputes over the implementation of corona measures had also occurred on Sunday evening in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv. It was triggered by an attempt by the police to break up a meeting in a synagogue with hundreds of ultra-Orthodox people.
According to official information, more than half a million corona infections have already been detected in Great Britain. The actual number of infections is likely to be much higher. Because there is still a lack of testing in the UK.
The UK is also the hardest hit country in Europe by the pandemic, with more than 42,000 deaths. Experts accuse the government of reacting too late and incorrectly to the pandemic. You expect a high number of unreported cases.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who fell ill with Covid-19 himself and fought for his life in the intensive care unit of a London clinic, already warned the British of a harsh winter. According to media reports, bottlenecks in clinics are already threatening again.
At a large wedding at the end of September in Lahr with around 120 people, several guests were infected with the corona virus.
The health department of the Ortenaukreis is currently tracking more than 240 contact persons from Lahr and the surrounding area who have to go into quarantine. "According to the current status,
16 guests at the wedding celebration have so far been infected with the corona virus," said the head of the health department. Some of the people affected were also at other family celebrations, which posed particular challenges for the office.
After a corona outbreak, the Carl-Thiem-Klinikum (CTK) in Cottbus took precautionary measures. Nine employees had tested positive for the virus, four corona patients are currently being treated, the clinic announced on Monday.
Until October 9, no more planned patients would be admitted and no planned operations would be carried out - with the exception of emergencies and tumor patients.
The outpatient departments and day clinics would be closed, the medical care center and the corona smear site would remain open. No visits are possible until further notice. According to its own information, the CTK has 1,203 beds.
In the UK, according to a newspaper report, only vulnerable people should be vaccinated with a coronavirus vaccine. “There will be no vaccination for people under the age of 18.
It is a vaccine for adults only, for people over 50 with a focus on health and care workers and groups at risk, "said British Chair of the Vaccine Task Force, Kate Bingham, in an interview with the Financial Times (Monday edition).
That corresponds to around 30 of the 67 million inhabitants.
Vaccination coverage for the UK population would "not happen." Mass vaccination is the wrong approach because vaccination could do more harm than good in healthy people who are unlikely to have had severe disease,