R value increases across UK as Covid-19 epidemic grows

Experts from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies estimated the reproduction value - the number of people an infected person will pass the virus on to - was up on the 1.1 to 1.4 it reported in the previous week.All regions of England have an R number that is higher than one and all have positive growth rates.

There were around 9,600 new coronavirus infections per day in England, up on 6,000 the week before, according to its infection survey. Antonio Zapatero, the region's deputy health chief, said the restrictions, which come into effect on Monday, would affect 167,000 people who will not be able to leave their district except for work, school or medical reasons although they will be able to move freely within their area.

Speaking at the same time as Mr Zapatero in a separate news conference, Health Minister Salvador Illa said the government had "proposed extending to the whole of the city of Madrid, as well as surrounding areas with more than 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants".Spain, one of the countries in Europe worst-affected by the pandemic, was under a draconian lockdown from March until May in which people could not leave their homes.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said the public should regain a sense of urgency about following social distancing rules to slow the virus's spread, and the government will order regional measures as needed.Rio postpones 2021 carnival over Covid-19 The city's elite samba schools, which typically spend the entire year preparing their elaborate parades, had said in July it would be difficult to organise the event for February 2021 if there was still no certainty of a vaccine for the coronavirus by late September.

Poland reported a record daily rise in coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day today, with the biggest spike in the central region of the country. The spokesman said that next week the ministry will announce new coronavirus forecasts and possible restrictions. He declined to provide details. The ministry said it does not expect problems with the availability of hospital beds.Iran and Russia's sovereign wealth fund are discussing the joint production of a vaccine against Covid-19, Russian news agencies cited the Iranian ambassador to Moscow as saying today.

RDIF declined to comment on the Iran talks. RDIF has also struck several deals in recent weeks to supply the vaccine, which is currently being tested in a large-scale trial in Moscow, abroad.

I thought it was pandemic 🙄

You mean 'positives' produced by the PCR test that was never designed for the diagnosis of any illness. Please stop this scaremongering nonsense.

England deaths...Not rising exponentially like cases are.....

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, “False/positive rate is very high, only 7% of the tests will be identifying those that have the virus” 🤔 In other words the tests aren’t reliable, and hence the number of cases is wrong!

Has there been a 60% increase in deaths?

COVID 19 or corona virus? 🤔

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