Emergency! Many countries strengthen blockade! Logistics are affected on a large scale...

The COVID-19 epidemic has not "abated" with the arrival of the new year. On the contrary, it has become more and more severe. Extending and tightening the blockade has become a last resort choice that many countries are unwilling to make but have to make.

Last week, the Japanese government urgently announced that it would suspend approval of entry for foreigners from the 28th to the end of January next year.

On the 3rd local time, Reuters reported that German politicians revealed that day that Germany is likely to extend the national lockdown beyond January 10. Germany's Sunday Law Report also reported on the 3rd that in a telephone conference on the 2nd, officials from 16 German states had agreed to extend the ban, but there were different opinions on how long the extension would last.

It is understood that in response to this proposal, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold a meeting with the governors of Germany's 16 federal states on January 5 to discuss whether to extend the blockade to the end of January.

" Given that the number of infections in Germany remains high, we will have to extend the restrictions ," "This is better than relaxing restrictions too early and then facing new serious problems in just a few weeks." On the evening of the 2nd, German Health Minister Jens Spahn had already given the outside world an advance warning.

On the first day of the new year, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced that in order to control the spread of the new coronavirus, the daily curfew in 15 provinces including Hautes-Alpes will be increased by two hours from the 2nd .

The curfew period in 15 provinces was extended, and the government strengthened control measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. At that time, Attar also mentioned that the French government would adjust its epidemic prevention measures in a timely manner according to the epidemic situation after a week.

After Austria lifted the second round of blockade in early December, the number of new patients per day was still between 1,500 and 3,000, and it had to launch a third full blockade on the 26th , closing non-essential stores, but ski resorts were allowed to reopen. The country's experts believe that the previous blockade was too short and ended too early, so the third round of blockade will last at least until January 17, 2021. After January 18, only residents who have undergone antigen testing can resume social life before the full lifting of restrictions on January 24.

Poland implemented a three-week partial lockdown starting from the 28th . Specific measures include a ban on travel on New Year's Eve, gatherings of no more than 5 people, the closure of restaurants, bars, shopping malls, hotels and ski resorts, and schools will be closed until January 17, 2021.