[EN DIRECT 13 SEPTEMBRE] All developments in the COVID-19 pandemic

Whether in Quebec or elsewhere on the planet, the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting our lives.

You will find here all the news throughout the day related to this crisis which is hitting the population, governments and the economy.

LAST REVIEW

PLANETARY

Case: 28 789 698
Dead: 920 808

IN THE COUNTRY

Case: 136,102
Dead: 9170

IN QUEBEC

Case: 64,707
Dead: 5780

All the news for September 13, 2020

6:58 am | South Korea temporarily eases coronavirus restrictions around Seoul

The measures, which were instead strengthened last month in this area which is home to half of the country’s 52 million inhabitants, will be relaxed from Monday and for two weeks, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun announced during ‘a government meeting.

South Korea largely contained the COVID-19 epidemic initially with effective large-scale tracing and testing methods, but subsequently had to contend with several outbreaks, which rekindled fears of a second wave.

5h00 | [OPINION] Butter on the popcorn

“No one – policy makers or journalists – knows what to do with anti-masks, in fact. Ignoring them helps fuel their feelings of persecution and talking about it strengthens them in their confidence that they are right.“, wrote Claude Villeneuve.

4:17 am | In Cuba, baseball restarts without an audience, new coronavirus requires

The Cuban authorities have accepted that the 16-team championship restart, but under strict sanitary conditions, without an audience and mainly broadcast on television. The international rights have been sold to the Game Time platform.

The island of 11.2 million people is facing a resumption of the novel coronavirus epidemic, which it declared under control in June.

3h54 | Austria experiences second wave of coronavirus

Austria has entered “the second wave” of coronavirus infections, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Sunday, as the number of positive cases continues to rise.

From Friday to Saturday, this country of 9 million inhabitants recorded nearly 870 new cases, more than half of which in the capital. Austria has 33,000 cases and 750 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

0h00 | Snowbirds stuck in Quebec

The number of snowbirds that converge on Florida each winter could be halved this year due to the pandemic.

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To hell with sanitary measures

Several thousand people marched with their faces uncovered in the streets of Montreal on Saturday chanting slogans and singing at the top of their lungs without respecting social distancing, while the toll of COVID-19 infections is still on the rise, which worries the authorities .

The faces of anti-masks

Anti-mask or anti-vaccine slogans, conspiracy theories of all kinds … Opponents of sanitary measures marched in large numbers on Saturday in the streets of Montreal while several regions are in “pre-alert” mode.

The party takes to the sidewalks in Montreal

Many revelers gathered on the sidewalks in front of the bars on Saint-Laurent Boulevard on Friday evening despite the new stricter measures announced by Quebec.