Germany
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54728893
Merkel, long, hard winter
Monday, closure of restaurants, bars, gyms and theatres
France
Macron, country risked overwhelmed by a second wave that no doubt will be harder than the first
Lock down from Friday
Spain
Six-month extension of the state of emergency
9th May 2021
Regional powers to limit mobility, impose curfews, shut borders with other regions
Catalan region, 15-day ban on entering or leaving
UK, Tier 2 from Saturday:
East Riding of Yorkshire,
Kingston-Upon-Hull,
North East Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire; Dudley
Staffordshire
Telford and the Wrekin
Amber Valley
Bolsover
Derbyshire Dales
Derby City
South Derbyshire
The whole of High Peak
Charnwood
Luton
Oxford City
Real-time assessment of community transmission
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/207534/coronavirus-infections-rising-rapidly-england-react/
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/institute-of-global-health-innovation/REACT1_r6_interim_preprint.pdf
Infections rising rapidly in England
Swab tests, n = 85,971, England
Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI
Round 2, 16th to 25th October, prevalence, 1.28% of population infected
Out of self-administered 85,971 swabs, 863 were positive
Estimated 128 people per 10,000
Corresponds to 96,000 new infections each day
Round 1, 18th September to 5th October, it was 60 per 100,000
Infections increased
All age groups
Prevalence, areas of the country
The Humber, 2.7%, 1 in 40, (up from 0.84%)
North West, 2.3%
North East, 1.2%
West Midlands, 1.6%
East Midlands, 1.2%
South East, 0.55%
East of England, 0.64%
South West, 0.72%
London, 0.89%
Age and prevalence
Aged 18-24, 2.2%
Steepest rise, aged 55-64, x 3, 0.37% up to 1.2%
Over 65s, 0.81% x 2, 0.35% up to 0.81
Prevalence also doubled in primary and secondary school children
Reproduction number (R) = 1.56 (on an upward trend)
Giving a doubling time of doubling every 9 days
Previously..
