Year: 2020

In view of further increasing corona numbers, several European countries have tightened their protective measures against the virus, in some cases drastically. In Greece, a three-week lockdown for the entire country with a night-time curfew has been in force since Saturday. Poland imposed further restrictions. Lithuania is going into a partial lockdown for an initial three weeks. In Latvia the Corona emergency applies from Monday. In Lithuania, the number of new corona infections reached a peak on the first day of the partial lockdown. The health authority in Vilnius reported…

It was a shaky game, but in the end it was enough for Joe Biden. The Democrat wins the presidential election and becomes the 46th President of the United States of America. This was reported on Saturday by CNN and the news agency AP. Election loser Donald Trump has to vacate the White House after only one term in office. It took four days of counting before even large US media companies dared to go public with a result. Finally, on Saturday, CNN and AP reported that Biden had won…

In Germany, the number of coronavirus infections continues to rise rapidly. The Robert Koch Institute today reported 23,399 new cases within one day – more than ever before. In total, there were 642,488 infections in Germany. The number of deaths in connection with the virus rose by 130 to 11,096. Records had already been set on the previous days. Yesterday, the number of new infections exceeded the threshold of 20,000 for the first time with 21,506 cases. To contain the spread of the virus, a partial lockdown has been in…

In the decisive state of Pennsylvania he is already way ahead, gave himself confident of victory – but statesmanlike refrained from attacking his opponent Donald Trump.The election thriller becomes more and more dramatic. On Friday evening (local time) President Donald Trump (74) issued a harsh warning to his democratic opponent. “Joe Biden should not wrongfully claim the office of president. The legal proceedings are just beginning!” Hours later – at 11 p.m. local time – the ex-vice president appeared in front of the cameras in his home state of Delaware…

All EU countries except Finland are rated red by the EU Corona traffic light with the highest warning level. According to Thursday’s update, besides Finland, only individual regions of Greece and the Azores, which belong to Portugal, are rated orange on the EU map to assess the corona situation. Green light is only available for Denmark’s autonomous territory Greenland. Grey appeared on Friday morning Liechtenstein and Slovakia, which means that the EU health agency ECDC does not yet have enough information for a re-evaluation. The so-called EU Corona Traffic Light…