Thinking about the mercury retrograde, the second wave will go on for some time before COVID dies down.
Here is what is going on around the world regarding Covid-19.
Personally, I have been feeling more anxious when I think of Covid-19 over the past few days and It feels similar to when the world first started battling this virus. It seems at though every country is reporting rising numbers with many thinking of shutting down again.
*Residents of major French cities including the Paris region are to be confined to their homes between 9pm and 6am, Emmanuel Macron has said, as governments across Europe battle to contain record numbers of Covid-19 infections.
*The French president used a prime-time TV interview on Wednesday to announce the curfew, which will be in place for four weeks from midnight on Saturday and will affect nine cities including Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse and Lille.
*Malta reported 111 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, the country’s highest daily figure yet. Malta is a small country.
*Ireland has reported 1,095 new confirmed cases of coronavirus - the highest daily number in the country since 10 April - and five new deaths.
*Italy’s coronavirus infections reached 7,332 on Wednesday – the highest daily increase recorded since the beginning of the pandemic, writes Angela Giuffrida, the Guardian’s Rome correspondent. There were 43 more fatalities, bringing the death toll to 36,289.
*Romania has joined the slew of European countries reporting record numbers of new confirmed cases of coronavirus, with 4,016 added to its tally on Wednesday.
More from around the world regarding Covid-19 cases from the Guardian.
*Tough measures are to be introduced in Portugal from Thursday and plans are afoot to make mask wearing and use of a contact tracing app compulsory for some people, as the country a new record in cases.On Wednesday afternoon, Portugal’s health authorities reported 2,027 new cases of coronavirus infection, shattering a previous record of 1,646 recorded last Saturday. Seven new coronavirus-related deaths were reported.
Switzerland has recorded its highest single day increase in coronavirus infections, with 2,823 new cases recorded on Wednesday - nearly double the figure for the day before.
Iran’s has reported 279 coronavirus deaths in the previous 24 hours, the highest daily tally recorded since February, bringing total fatalities to 29,349.
Croatia reported 748 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, a daily record, with the capital Zagreb also registering a record of 211 new cases
Russia saw a record daily increase in coronavirus cases on Wednesday for the second day in a row as Moscow introduced online learning for many students in a bid to contain the rapidly spreading virus.
A study from Japan found that "air humidity of lower than 30% resulted in more than double the amount of aerosolised particles compared to levels of 60% or higher, the simulations showed." This is important to know as the Northern hemisphere is is entering the dry winter months.
Pandemic restrictions saw an unprecedented fall in greenhouse gas emissions in the first half of 2020—larger than during the 2008 financial crisis and even World War II—experts said Wednesday
As governments ordered lockdowns to try to crush the first wave of Covid-19, CO2 emissions from transport, power and aviation plummeted, the international team of researchers said
Using data including hourly electricity production, vehicle traffic from more than 400 cities worldwide, daily passenger flights and monthly production and consumption figures, they determined that the year-on-year emissions drop of 8.8 percent was the largest in modern history.
They suggested some fundamental steps that could be taken to "stabilise the global climate" as countries look to recover from the economic shock of the pandemic.
They noted however that emissions had rebounded to their usual levels by July 2020, when most nations had eased lockdown measures.
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-pandemic-unprecedented-emissions.html
Loved this fun video. If you have (our had) kids, I'm sure you can relate to the craziness that Pandemic Halloween 2020 brings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zR7cN1mEd0
I discovered this YouTube channel back in the spring. They are absolutely awesome and I subscribed. They're always so positive and many of their videos relate to dealing with dealing Covid and other crazy things from 2020. Their videos have definitely helped me to maintain a better mood since the pandemic started.
I read this article today in the NYTimes and the interactive charts to see where the new cases are compared to the peaks back in the spring is very useful.
I hope you can all read this if you are not subscribed. If not - my apologies in advance ?
Harris is canceling events for the next few days. Her top aid has Covid. She had not been near her 48 hours prior to diagnosis.