Day: November 16, 2020

British Prime Minister Johnson must be quarantined again

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The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has to go into domestic isolation for the second time because of the corona virus. He is the contact person of a person who tested positive for the corona virus, the government in London announced last night. Johnson is in good health and shows no symptoms of Covid-19. Johnson had already gone into self-isolation during the first corona virus wave when he tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in late March. He then had to go to hospital, where he spent a few days in intensive…

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Germany faces tougher contact restrictions

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In the fight against the coronavirus crisis, the German government is proposing strict contact and quarantine restrictions beyond the existing restrictions. In a draft of the draft resolution for today’s video conference of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) with the Prime Ministers, the German Press Agency states that children and young people should be encouraged to meet only with a steady friend in their free time. Private meetings with friends and acquaintances should generally be limited to a fixed additional household. According to the federal government’s ideas, in the future only…

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USA records more than eleven million cases

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The USA reached the mark of eleven million coronavirus infections. This was revealed yesterday from data from the University of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. One million cases were added in less than a week: Ten million had only been reached last Monday. Most recently, the number of new infections had again reached a record high of more than 177,000 in one day. Hospital admissions are also at a record high in about half of the 50 states. In the U.S., a good 246,000 people have died of the disease Covid-19…

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Contact regulations during the lockdown clarified

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The contact regulations during the lockdown starting on Tuesday were clarified by the government last night. According to the adapted “legal justification” of the “COVID-19 Emergency Measures Ordinance”, only one “individual” of a household may meet or visit members of another household, regardless of their number. However, these must be “closest family members” or “important reference persons”. In the evening, the Ministry of Health published an adapted version of the explanatory “legal grounds”. According to it – in contrast to what was communicated in the morning – it is not…

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