Day: December 9, 2020

Another effective vaccination

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From the United Arab Emirates there is a message about the effectiveness of another corona vaccination. The vaccine from the Chinese company Sinopharm is currently being tested there in a Phase 3 trial. And now there are first interim figures: According to these, the vaccine is 86 percent effective. In the first report, which is distributed by the Reuters agency with reference to the UAE Ministry of Health, there is talk of “effectiveness against infection”. Whether this actually means that the vaccination prevents infection in 86 percent of cases (instead…

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High value in Germany: 590 deaths within 24 hours

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In Germany, the number of coronavirus-related deaths reported within 24 hours has risen sharply and reached a new high. The German health authorities reported 590 new deaths within one day to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), according to the RKI figures from Wednesday morning. This is over 100 cases more than the previous record of 487 deaths last Wednesday. A total of 20,815 new infections with the coronavirus were reported within 24 hours. On Wednesday of the previous week, the figure was still 17,270. The highest daily figure to date…

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Slovak government plans new lockdown

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Slovakia will soon face a new lockdown because the number of new coronavirus infections has recently risen again rapidly. This was confirmed yesterday by Interior Minister Roman Mikulec after a six-hour meeting of the National Crisis Management Team in Bratislava. The government wants to announce further details today. Schools in Slovakia were already closed to all students over ten years of age, restaurants were not allowed to admit guests, and food and drinks could only be sold for take-away or outdoor consumption. However, most stores were allowed to remain open…

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Another African American killed by police in USA

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In the USA, another African American was killed in a controversial police operation. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will assist the local police in Columbus, Ohio, in the investigation. The Columbus police had previously reported that a police officer shot and killed a 23-year-old African American named Casey Goodson on Friday while searching for suspects. Goodson was not the person they were looking for, however. Shot on his own doorstepLawyers for the family of the deceased made serious accusations against the security…

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