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23-8-2020 Summary Covid-19
infections and outbreaks were “uncommon” in English schools after they reopened
in June, according to a Public Health England report. It comes as the UK’s
chief medical officers warn children are more at risk of long-term harm if they
do not attend school than if they return to the classroom despite coronavirus. German
lawmakers have suggested a temporary ban on private parties after the number of
coronavirus infections reached a four-month high. “We must not risk that day
care centres and schools will close again and that children are forced to
remain at home for weeks because we have accepted higher infection rates due to
lax rules at family parties,” Saskia Esken, co-leader of the Social Democrats,
told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS) newspaper. The EU’s
trade commissioner, Phil Hogan, has issued a “fulsome and profound” apology for
attending a golf dinner during the pandemic amid mounting calls for his
resignation. Ireland’s deputy prime minister, Leo Varadkar, had initially called
for Hogan to consider his position but has now welcomed the Irishman’s apology. The Italian
government is not considering a new coronavirus lockdown despite a steady rise
in cases over the past month, health minister Roberto Speranza has said. “We
will not have a new lockdown,” Speranza told daily newspaper La Stampa on
Sunday, saying the current situation cannot be compared to February and March,
when the disease was spreading out of control and it was difficult to track and
isolate infected people. At least 13
people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as partygoers attempted to flee a
Lima nightclub raided by police because it was in breach of Covid-19
restrictions. At least six were injured, including three police officers, as
around 120 people tried to escape the Thomas Restobar club on Saturday night.
Police arrived to break up a party on its second floor, national police and
government officials said. This is
Aaron Walawalkar in London here, steering you through the latest global
developments in the pandemic. Please do send me any tips or suggestions for
coverage by DM on Twitter @AaronWala. |
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