Saturday Night Fever

Trump on Twitter ¨feeling well¨

US President Donald Trump published a video on his social networks on Saturday evening (3/10) claiming to be "better now". The statement was made amid doubts about his real state of health. Trump was diagnosed with covid-19 on Thursday (1/10) and transferred to a military hospital on Friday (2/10).

"When I got here, I wasn't feeling very well. I feel much better now. We're working on getting me back," the president said. In the recording, he also states that the "real test" on his health will take place in the coming days, with the evolution of the picture. Trump also updated Melania's state of health scoring that the first lady feels well.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1312525833505058816

Cineworld at the edge of the cliff

The promise of salvation was Bond's new film, No Time To Die, postponed for the second time (until April 2021)

Cineworld may close all its 128 cinemas in the UK and Ireland after the industry was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic .The film giant is planning to write to Boris Johnson and Secretary of Culture Oliver Dowden to say that the industry has become "unviable". The threat of closure comes after James Bond's new film, which would have attracted many film lovers, has been delayed for the second time until spring. Sources familiar with the discussions told The Sunday Times that Cineworld could close all its sites in the UK this week, putting 5,500 jobs at risk. 

   

Quote of the day

“I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.”

― Alanis Morissette 

Second lockdown in Spain is only theoretical

Autonomous regions are the only ones with competence in the area of health 

  ¨O inter-territorial council of government and regions
cannot impose anything, says Isabel Díaz Ayuso 

Madrid started the 2nd lockdown on Friday night (2.oct.2020). It is the 1st European capital to re-establish strict lockdown due to the covid-19 pandemic. The new lockdown should last at least 14 days, and can be extended if necessary. The region is Europe's worst focus of infection. But the inter-territorial council of the government and the regions "cannot impose anything and even less in this way. We are studying with the lawyer (...) and seeing how we can do things properly," said Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the Madrid regional president.

The Madrid regional executive, led by the right and maintaining a dispute with the national left-wing government, says the agreement "is not legally valid" because it was approved without unanimity and has announced that it is studying the legal options.

Díaz Ayuso, President of the Community of Madrid, said that "there are no criteria for making mobility restrictions," but said he was willing to continue dialogue with the government and study new restrictions in the region

Madrid accumulates 34% of new infections (3,227) and confirmed 1,206 positives

"Madrid's health is Spain's health. Madrid is special," Health Minister Salvador Illa said at a press conference

The Madrid region accounts for more than one third of the 133,604 cases diagnosed in the country over the past two weeks

In Spain, the maximum capacity of shops and services open to the public has been reduced to 50%, which will operate until 10 pm (local time) as a general rule. Hotels and restaurants and gambling and betting establishments may not exceed 50% of their capacity inside and 60% outside, and consumption in the bar is not allowed. The Basque Country is the second region with the most reported infections in the last 48 hours, followed by Andalusia with 341 and Aragon with 275.