Italy Closes Nightclubs As COVID-19 Revival Rocks Europe; US Deaths
Top 1k For 5th Day: Live Updates Tyler Durden
Mon, 08/17/2020 – 08:29
When the world looks back on the early days of the coronavirus
pandemic, the virus’s conquest of Lombardy, the northern Italian
region surrounding Milan that’s known as the locus of Italian
industry, will likely be remembered as a catalyst of the terror
that quickly spread across Europe and the US.
And now, after COVID-19 cases have steadily crept higher in
recent weeks, it looks like Italy is preparing to to start
reimposing restrictions on nightclubs and bars just after unveiling
plans to re-start in-person learning across the country.
Italy isn’t alone: France, Spain and Germany have all reimpose
restrictions ranging from partial localized lockdowns to mandatory
mask orders to restrictions on travel over the past few weeks as
the number of new cases has started to bounce back across
Europe.
Specifically, Italy is shutting bars and nightclubs for three
weeks and making it compulsory to wear a mask outdoors at night in
some parts of the country where new cases are increasing. The
restrictions are similar to the nightlife rules imposed by Hong
Kong to combat its “third wave” of the outbreak a few weeks ago, as
younger people are largely emerging as the primary drivers of these
latest outbreaks.
While the median age of new infections has dropped below 40, the
number of new cases reported over the last week has doubled from
three weeks ago.
Just a few days after passing 2.5 million cases, India reported
941 new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the country’s total north of
50,000. India is in fourth place globally in terms of the death
toll.
India has the fourth-highest number of deaths globally, after
recently surpassing the UK’s tally. The virus’s spread continues to
accelerate through the world’s 2nd-most populous country, with
the total number of confirmed case at more than 2.6 million, the
third most in the world.
After reporting its largest batch of new cases in 5 months
yesterday, South Korea reported 197 more cases of coronavirus on
Monday, amid a flareup of infections. The countrywarned over the
weekend of another mass infection after reporting the highest
number of coronavirus cases since early March, most of which are
linked to an outbreak at a church in the capital.
Finally, Australia suffered its deadliest day yet, with 25
deaths recorded in the state of Victoria, home to Australia’s
second-largest city, Melbourne, which is presently the epicenter of
the country’s worst outbreak yet.
