ドイツ（Germany 🇩🇪）： Coronavirus digest

２０２０年１0月３１日（Sat.）　ドイツを始め、EU各国や日本に関しても報じられています。原文サイトもご覧下さい。（ニュースソース：　 DWーDE   １０月３０日発　）

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Coronavirus digest: Germany cases reach record high, France locks down

Germany hit a record of over 18,000 daily infections ahead of tougher measures coming into force on Monday. France heads into a strict second lockdown with residents largely confined to their homes. DW has the latest.

Germany reported 18,681 new infections within the past 24 hours, the Robert Koch Institute, the public health agency responsible for disease control and prevention, reported on Friday.

The figure is the highest-recorded in Germany and is an increase from Thursday, when over 16,000 new cases were recorded.

In response to the sustained rise in infections, Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier this week announced strict lockdown measuresthat are set to come into force on Monday for four weeks in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. During this period, restaurants, bars, sports and cultural venues will be shuttered and there will be limits to public and private gatherings.

The German government also extended quarantine rules for several European countries on Friday. Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia and Cyprus have been declared high-risk areas, meaning travelers coming to Germany from those countries will have to quarantine unless they provide a negative COVID-19 test. Almost all of Austria and Italy have also been designated high-risk areas.

Europe

As parts of Europe see a spike in COVID-19 cases and several countries head back into partial lockdowns, the European Commission has agreed to make €220 million available to help the European Union member states with the cross-border transfer of patients.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday called on EU nations to improve cooperation in their responses to the pandemic, which has claimed more than 210,000 lives across the continent.

Belgium: The country which has the most coronavirus cases per capita in the world will impose tighter lockdown measures as of Monday, closing non-essential businesses and restricting household visits.

Read more: Belgium's COVID-19 healthcare collapse: 'It will happen in 10 days'

"These are last-chance measures if we want to get the figures down," said Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, warning that the new restrictions would be in place for at least a month and a half.

France: France's 65 million population entered a second lockdown on Friday as daily infections crossed 90,000. For the next month, people will be confined to an area of 1 kilometer from their homes, requiring written permission to leave except for going grocery shopping or attending school.

All non-essential businesses will be shut and people will be required to work from home if possible. Residents face a €135 ($157) fine for violations. 

UK: Another 2 million people are being put under the government’s highest level of restrictions to tackle the spread of COVID-19. 

The West Yorkshire region of northern England will be placed under Tier 3 restrictions from Monday, civic leaders said.

Most pubs and some businesses will close and people will be barred from meeting indoors with members of other households.

Asia

Japan: Coronavirus cases topped 100,000, nine months after the first case was found in mid-January, the Health Ministry said Friday. The country reached this mark after confirming 808 new cases on Thursday.

The country was in a state of emergency in April and May and experienced a less serious second wave in August but has so far managed to avoid the "explosive" infections seen in Europe and the US without enforcing lockdowns. Some experts think this is in part due to the common use of face masks and disinfectant.

Americas

Brazil: President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday said it was "crazy" for countries to start going into a lockdown again to control the second resurgence of the virus. Parts of Latin America are reporting their highest single-day rise in the past few weeks. 

The United States on Thursday topped 90,000 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours for the first time. The country, which is battling a resurgence of the COVID-19 outbreak, recorded 91,295 cases on Thursday. The total tally of cases in the US since the start of the pandemic is at 8.94 million. Over 228,600 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States, more than any other country.

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日本の数値が比較的少ないことに関し、マスクや消毒等の日常的に使用していることが効果を出しているのではないかと専門家の意見が述べられています。

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日本の第三波も、立ち上がりの時点で抑え込んで欲しいものです。それにしても、ワクチン開発は、どのような段階になっているのでしょうか。

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デンマーク（Denmark 🇩🇰）： Social distancing works

２０２０年１０月３０日（Fri.）　このデンマークでの研究結果は、一応、日本に於いても参考にしておいた方が良いのではないでしょうか。（ニュースソース：　CPH POST ONLINE １０月２９日発　）

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Danish research: Social distancing works

Study also showed that COVID-19 mortality rate of 17 to 69-year-olds is 65 times lower than for those aged 70 or above

（抜粋）その他として、COVID19による死亡率は、17〜69歳の人は、70歳以上の人に比べて65倍低い結果が出ています。

Keeping your distance can make a difference (photo: Pixabay) （注：　距離を確保することは重要です。違いが出ます。）

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October 29th, 2020 2:31 pm| by Christian W

Researchers from the Danish Blood Donor Study have proven that social distancing and other health authority measures make a difference in terms of not contracting the coronavirus.

Based on antibody tests and a behavioural survey of over 1,200 retired blood donors, the 1.2 percent who tested positive for antibodies were generally less inclined to follow health authority guidelines than those who didn’t have antibodies.

The researchers discovered that half of those who had tested positive for antibodies can remember showing symptoms of the virus.

Over 70 = far more at risk
The study also showed that the mortality rate of 17 to 69-year-olds (0.083 percent) is about 65 times lower than for those aged 70 or above (5.4 percent).

The study has just been published in the scientific journal Clinical and Infectious Diseases and can be read here ( in English).

The news comes just days after a survey revealed that one in every seven Danes intend to not adhere to the government’s latest COVID-19 guidelines.

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原文の後半部分で、70歳以上はリスクが高いとし、死亡リスクが17〜69歳が0.083％で、70歳以上では5.4％になっていると発表しています。この数値を、そのまま日本人に適用するかどうかは別として、参考にはしておきたいものです。

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日本のいくつかの地域で、第三波の兆候が現れていると思います。治療方法やワクチン開発の面で進展はあるのでしょうが、画期的な対策が完了しているわけではありません。今ある数値は、自粛自粛の結果でしょう。しかし、それを改善されたかのように勘違いして注意を怠っている人が増えているのではないでしょうか。

一方、我が家では、まるっと10ヶ月近く自粛を続けています。外食など“0回“です。

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アイルランド発（datelined Ireland）： France has gone into lockdown again

２０２０年１０月２９日（Thu.）　フランスも厳しい状況に陥っているようです。（ニュースソース：　The Liberal.ie  １０月２９日発　）

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BREAKING: France has gone into lockdown again until at least December 1st

The French President Emmanuel Macron has broadcast to the nation that the country goes into lockdown again from midnight. It’s aimed at stopping the acceleration of Covid-19 cases, and will last until at least December 1st.

Similar to Ireland, all bars, restaurants and non-essential businesses will close immediately, however schools will remain open for students and teachers.

Farms and some factories will also be allowed to remain open with some public services also open in an effort to keep the economy afloat.

Macron said: “The virus is being transmitted across France at a speed that even the most pessimistic did not predict.

“Like last spring, you will be able to leave your home only for work, for a doctor’s visit, to help a relative, do essential shopping or go out shortly for air.”

“If in two weeks, we have the situation under better control, we will be able to re-evaluate things and hopefully open some businesses, in particular for the Christmas holiday.

“I hope we’ll be able to celebrate Christmas and the New Year with family.”

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遅きに失した感は否めませんが、早期に状況が改善されることを期待します。もちろん、他のEU諸国もです。

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一方、日本。本日の速報段階では、愛知県の数値は名古屋を中心に急上昇しています。これ以上の悪化を待つことなく、即刻の対策を打ち出すべきでしょう。それが感染拡大を抑え込む手段の一つだと思います。

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アイルランド発（datelined Ireland）： Swedish government again say

２０２０年１０月２８日（Wed.）　スウェーデンのやり方には疑問がありますが、彼らには彼らの考えがあるようです。（ニュースソース：　The Liberal.ie １０月２８日発　）

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Swedish government again say they’re not going to lockdown and will not make face masks compulsory

（抜粋）スウェーデン政府は、ロックダウンの予定は無いし、マスクの義務化もしない予定であると語っています。

Whether they got it right or wrong, no one knows at this stage, only time will tell. Sweden are not locking their people down due to the pandemic.

As Ireland enters week two of its second lockdown, the Swedes are preparing to continue as is with no lockdown and no mandatory face masks.

 

The Nordic nation of Sweden, which never enforced a Covid-19 lockdown, has so far dodged a second Covid-19 wave which many other European nations, including Ireland are reporting.

No lockdown, no face masks, businesses are open and public transport is bustling, yet Sweden has not reported a new increase in Covid-19 cases while other nations who enforced sever lockdowns such as Spain and mandated face masks are experiencing a new jump in cases of the Chinese plague.

The population of Sweden seem to be benefiting from widespread immunity to the Covid-19 vaccine which has been attributed to the country’s refusal to go into full lockdown as most other European countries did during the pandemic.

The Director of the Swedish public health agency, Professor Johan Carlson, has said the government’s decision to not to impose a full lockdown during the first wave of the coronavirus is to thank for the current situation in which record amounts of testing is resulting in only a small number of positives.

In just the past week past week the Scandinavian country carried out more than 120,000 tests, a record in Sweden, of which only 1.3 % identified the disease, the Sun reports.

At the height of the Chinese virus pandemic the proportion was 19 %.

While the death rates of people in Sweden who had tested positive for the coronavirus was higher than other Nordic countries, they were also significantly lower than other European countries who had imposed stringent lockdowns.

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同じ北欧の国と言っても、それぞれの国で考え方は異なるようです。しかし、弱者（高齢者等）に対する扱いが冷淡過ぎるように思えるのですが・・・。

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ドイツ（Germany 🇩🇪）： World-famous Nuremberg Christmas market cancelled

２０２０年１０月２７日（Tue.）　ハロウィーン行事だけでなく、クリスマス関連にもCOVID19の影響が出て来ています。何かやり方がありそうなものですが、EUの第二波の猛威を見ている限りは、行事中止もやむを得ない状況でしょう。一方、日本は第三波を抑え込むことが出来るのでしょうか。（ニュースソース：　THE LOCAL.de  １０月２６日発　）

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World-famous Nuremberg Christmas market cancelled over Covid-19 concerns

View of the Christkindelsmarket in December 2018. Photo: DPA

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The German city of Nuremberg has cancelled its world-renowned Christmas market over soaring coronavirus cases, officials said on Monday.

The worsening pandemic has already forced a slew of other German cities,
including Berlin, Düsseldorf and Cologne, to announce they are scrapping or severely curtailing their Christmas markets.

READ ALSO: Berlin's famous Gendarmenmarkt cancelled due to coronavirus concerns

"After much deliberation and in order to protect the population, we have come to the conclusion that the Christmas market will not take place this year," Nuremberg mayor Marcus König said in a statement.

Germany is home to some 2,500 Christmas markets each year that are popular
with visitors who come to sip mulled wine, nibble on roasted chestnuts and
shop for seasonal trinkets among clusters of wooden chalets.

They draw about 160 million domestic and international visitors annually who bring in revenues of €3 to €5 billion, according to the BSM stallkeepers' industry association.

Nuremberg's "Christkindlesmarkt", famous for its "Christkind" Christmas
gift bringer dressed in a golden crown and robes, attracts more than two
million visitors annually.

It is also one of Germany's biggest and oldest such markets.

Germany has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases over the past week and has
regularly reported more than 10,000 new cases a day.

With regional disagreements hampering efforts to fight the virus, Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet the heads of Germany's 16 states on Wednesday in a bid to agree new national measures.

Merkel made a renewed plea on Saturday on citizens to limit their contacts
and avoid unnecessary travel to prevent further transmission of the virus.

"How the winter will go, how our Christmas will be, all that will be decided in the coming days and weeks," she said.

She acknowledged that the curbs are "not only difficult but also a painful
sacrifice".

"But we must do it only temporarily, and we're doing it for ourselves: for
our own health and that of everyone we can spare from falling ill."

The country has recorded 437,866 cases and 10,056 deaths so far, according
to the Robert Koch Institute disease control centre.

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関連行事の中止は、言うまでもなく経済的な面への影響も大きいようです。また、メルケル首相の言葉も掲載されています。原文を流し読みして下さい。

日本の年末年始関連行事も、今年は変えなければならないのでしょうね、残念ですが・・・。

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