In the fight against the spread of Corona, the Greek government has ordered a three-week lockdown for the entire country from Saturday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis justified the tough step in a televised address that he could not allow the health system to be overloaded. From Saturday morning at 6 a.m., all shops except supermarkets, pharmacies and other essential businesses must close.
There is also a general curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. This does not apply to employed persons who have a corresponding confirmation from their employer. If you want to go shopping or go to the doctor during the day, you have to inform about it by SMS.
With the exception of kindergartens and elementary schools, schools in the state will switch to online operations. Mask requirements apply everywhere.
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In Hyesan, Ryanggang, a North Korean trading city facing the border with China, two people, a security instructor (secret police) of the border guard and a soldier, left the river armed towards China.
A blockade order was issued in Hyesan City from the morning of the 2nd, and all going out is prohibited. 2000 soldiers of the special forces "storm corps" boarded a special train before dawn on the 3rd and arrived at Mt. Esan on the 4th.
The mission is to completely block the border for 20 days so that no one crosses the border. Border guards not only shoot wild animals approaching the border one after another, but they also shoot humans, a local horror, writes a local source.
In Lithuania, the number of new corona infections reached a peak on the first day of the partial lockdown. The health authority in Vilnius reported positive tests within 24 hours in the Baltic EU country on Saturday 1972.
So far the record was 1656 new cases. In view of the rapidly increasing numbers, the Lithuanian government in Vilnius has sent the entire country into a partial lockdown for an initial three weeks since Saturday.
Gastronomy businesses are only allowed to sell outside the home until November 29th, leisure, cultural, entertainment and sports facilities must close as much as possible, events and gatherings in public places are prohibited. Masks are also required in almost all public spaces.
The number of reported coronavirus infections in Germany has risen to 650,133. As can be seen from the information from the state authorities evaluated by me, 18,785 new cases were added within 24 hours.
The number of infection-related deaths rose 86 to 11,253. Around 231,200 people are currently infected. The numbers do not include the new infections in Saxony, as the state does not pass on any data at the weekend.
The infection rate (R value) is given by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) as 1.05 (previous day: 0.90). This means that an average of 100 infected people infect 105 other people with Sars-CoV-2. The 7-day R-value is currently 1.04 (previous day: 0.99).
According to Deutsche Bahn, cross-border train traffic between Germany and Poland will only be possible to a limited extent from Sunday.
Due to the orders of the Polish authorities in connection with the corona pandemic, numerous trains will be canceled every day on the routes "Lübeck - Neubrandenburg - Stettin" and "Berlin - Angermünde - Stettin", as the railway announced.
The restrictions should initially apply until further notice.
Technology for earthquake prediction has not been founded in the world yet. In Tehran, 26 seismographs have been deployed so far.
The mayor of Tehran, Pirooz Hanachi, hopes to install 200 more in areas around Tehran that are prone to earthquakes. Tehran is one of the most dangerous metropolis in the world. The planet is at risk of numerous natural disasters ,
such as earthquakes, floods , droughts, droughts, landslides and fires. And earthquakes following. Tehran has a population of over 8,300,000 people with a mixture of old non-resistant structures and new high-rise buildings.
The Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic would like to carry out corona mass tests on a regular basis. That would be an alternative to a strict lockdown, the liberal daily “Dennik N” quoted him on Saturday:
“If we ask ourselves whether it is better to lock the whole of Slovakia in a nationwide lockdown, so that millions of people without work and the Shops are closed (...), or whether we all go to a test like this once a week, maybe spend an hour there (...),
then I believe that 99.9 percent of working people are in favor of the nationwide testing. " Since Saturday morning, Slovakia has continued an unprecedented mass test of a large part of the population. Within two days,