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 INFECTIONS RISING FASTER THAN IN SPRING IN FRANCE, BELGIUM TIGHTENS
RESTRICTIONS, SPANISH REGIONS CLAMOUR FOR CURFEW
The coronavirus is spreading through France faster than at the peak
of the first wave in spring, a government scientific advisor said,
in one of the starkest alerts yet about the scale of the resurgence
engulfing Europe.
Belgium banned fans from sports matches, limited the number of
people in cultural spaces and closed theme parks. The country, which
has Europe's second highest infection rate per capita after the
Czech Republic, had already closed cafes, bars and restaurants and
imposed a night curfew.
The Spanish regions of Castilla and Leon and Valencia were
clamouring for the government to impose night-time curfews after
authorities failed to reach a decision on nationwide restrictions
the previous day. [L8N2HE3IY]
EURO ZONE ECONOMY AT RISK OF DOUBLE-DIP RECESSION
Economic activity in Europe's single currency zone slipped back into
decline this month, heightening expectations for a double-dip
recession as a second wave of the coronavirus sweeps across the
continent, surveys showed.
GERMAN HEALTH MINISTER EXPECTS COVID-19 VACCINE IN EARLY
2021-SPIEGEL
A COVID-19 vaccine could be available for the German population
early next year, Health Minister Jens Spahn was quoted as saying,
adding that Germany would be prepared to pass on surplus amounts of
the shot to other countries.
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DON'T GIVE UP ON COVID-19 PLASMA, EXPERTS SAY, AFTER STUDY FINDS NO BENEFIT
Researchers called for more research into using blood from recovered COVID-19
patients - or so-called convalescent plasma - as a potential treatment, after a
small trial of hospitalised patients in India found it was of no benefit.
'EATING RATS': MYANMAR'S SECOND LOCKDOWN DRIVES HUNGER
After the first wave of coronavirus hit Myanmar in March, 36-year-old Ma Suu
closed her salad stall and pawned her jewellery and gold to buy food to eat.
During the second wave, when the government issued a stay-home order in
September for Yangon, Ma Suu shut her stall again and sold her clothes, plates
and pots.
With nothing left to sell, her husband, an out of work construction labourer,
has resorted to hunting for food in the open drains by the slum where they live
on the outskirts of Myanmar's largest city.
“People are eating rats and snakes,” Ma Suu said through tears. “Without an
income, they need to eat like that to feed their children.”
(Compiled by Philippa Fletcher; Editing by Tomasz Janowski)
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