The second wave of new crowns swept Europe, France and Germany announced on the same day that they would implement a "blockade"!

According to Reuters news on the 28th, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Merkel ordered the "closed country" on the same day. The media said that the second round of the new crown epidemic may flood Europe before the arrival of winter.

Reuters: As the second wave of COVID-19 sweeps across Europe, France and Germany are locked in lockdown

According to the report, Macron said in a televised speech that day: "Even the most pessimistic forecast did not anticipate the current speed of the virus."

He said: "We are all in the same situation-tortured by the second wave of the epidemic, and we know that it will be more difficult and deadly than the first wave." "I decided we would return to the lockdown that prevented the virus. "

According to the report, according to the new French measures that will take effect on Friday (30th), people are required to stay at home in addition to purchasing necessities, going to a doctor, or taking up to one hour of outdoor exercise a day; when the employer thinks it is impossible to work from home, Allow employees to go to work; schools will remain open. In addition, people must carry a document proving that they are out when they go out, and the police can check it.

On the same day, German Chancellor Merkel also announced that it would implement blockade measures to control the epidemic.

Merkel said: "We have to take action now." "Our health system can still meet this challenge today, but at this rate of infection, it will reach the limit of its capabilities within a few weeks."

According to reports, Germany will close bars, restaurants and theaters from November 2 to 30; schools will remain open; and shops will be allowed to operate under strict restrictions on access.

Reuters quoted the German Minister of Health as saying: "If we wait until the intensive care unit is overcrowded (and then take action), it will be too late." It is reported that Germany has received patients from neighboring Netherlands, which has already reached the load of hospitals. limit.

According to the latest statistics of the new crown epidemic released by Johns Hopkins University on the 29th, as of 9:43 on the 29th, Beijing time, France had a total of 35,582 new crown deaths and a total of 1,244,242 confirmed cases (ranking the first among EU countries) There were 530 new deaths on the 28th; a total of 10,121 deaths from the new crown in Germany, 463,419 confirmed cases, and 30 new deaths on the 28th.

The latest data released by the World Health Organization on the 27th showed that in the past seven days, there were 1.3 million new confirmed cases in Europe, accounting for nearly half of the 2.9 million new confirmed cases worldwide, and the number of new deaths exceeded 11,700, which was a 37% increase from the previous week.