Dear Reader:

Worldometer (Sept 18): Over 30 million cases and over 950 thousand deaths worldwide. Yesterday, there were over 96 thousand new cases and 1,174 new deaths in India/ over 46 thousand new cases and 879 new deaths in the U.S./ over 35 thousand new cases and 857 new deaths in Brazil/ over 10 thousand new cases and and 50 new deaths in France/ over 4 thousands new cases (over 6 thousand new cases the day before yesterday) and 8 new deaths in Israel/ over 4 thousand new cases and 162 new deaths in Spain/ over 3 thousand new cases and 21 new deaths in the U.K.

AFP: Europe imposes fresh curbs as global cases top 30 million (Sept 18): “Large parts of Europe on Friday geared up for broad new restrictions to stop the coronavirus and Israel became the first developed country to enforce a second nationwide shutdown, as infections worldwide topped the 30-million mark.

Spain was set to unveil a raft of restrictions as officials in Madrid warned the capital had been overwhelmed by the virus and called for “decisive” action from central government… Britain’s government meanwhile warned on Friday that it could reimpose a national lockdown, noting rates of hospitalisation are doubling every eight days, and France prepared to roll out new curbs for major cities.

anita