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The number of new coronavirus infections registered in one day in France today exceeded the 50,000 mark for the first time. A total of 52,010 people were diagnosed with a coronavirus infection within 24 hours, according to the health authorities of the country, which has a population of around 67 million, announced this evening. Since yesterday, 116 new deaths have also been reported. Over 20,000 new cases in ItalyAlso in Italy (60.4 million inhabitants), the competent authorities today reported a further increase in new CoV infections. According to this, 21,273…

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The number of infections is skyrocketing throughout Europe. More and more countries are going back into the partial lockdown. The coronavirus is currently spreading rapidly in Austria: With 3,614 new SARS-CoV-2 infections within 24 hours in Austria, the number of active cases in Austria rose to over 20,000 for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic. On Sunday, another 2,782 infections were added, a record for a Sunday. This means that there are already 21,974 actively infected persons. The number of hospitalized patients is also rising sharply. Nevertheless,…

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Hungary has reported a new negative record in the number of new infections with the coronavirus. Within one day 3,149 new coronavirus cases were registered, the official statistics said today. One day before, the number of cases was 1,820. With the new record, the number of identified SARS-CoV-2 cases increased to a total of 59,247 and the number of victims to 1,425, as 35 people died of or with a coronavirus infection within one day. A total of 16,242 people were considered cured. In the hospitals, 2,449 patients were treated,…

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The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has once again urged the citizens of her country to limit contacts in view of the sharp rise in corona infections. Merkel said in her weekly podcast that her appeal from last Saturday was still valid and would therefore be repeated. The German government announced that with this unusual step the Chancellor wanted to underline how serious the current situation in the pandemic is. Merkel asked to listen to her podcast again and play it to friends for whom it was still new. What she…

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In Spain, the rapidly rising coronavirus numbers indicate a return to the state of alert as during the first pandemic wave in spring. The newspapers “El Pais” and “La Vanguardia” reported yesterday with reference to government circles that this should provide the regional governments with a legal basis for drastic measures to contain the virus. The decision is to be made already today at a crisis meeting of the cabinet, the two papers continued. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had prepared his compatriots for “very hard months” the day before and…

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Our neighbouring country issues a travel warning for almost all of Austria. Starting Monday, Slovenia will put all of Austria, with the exception of Carinthia, on the “red list” of countries with a high risk of corona infections. This was decided by the Slovenian government on Friday evening, as the news agency STA reported on Saturday. According to the decision, when entering Slovenia one will have to present a negative Covid-19 test not older than 48 hours or enter a ten-day quarantine. So far these regulations were only valid for…

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Starting Saturday, the nightly curfew will affect about two thirds of the country’s population, or about 46 million people. As the second EU country after Spain, France exceeded the threshold of one million corona infections on Friday. In the past 24 hours, a record number of 42,032 new infections were recorded, the French health authorities announced. The total number of detected infections thus rose to 1,041,075, and a total of 34,508 infected persons have died since the beginning of the pandemic in France. Strict measuresStarting Saturday, the nightly curfew will…

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Shortly before the election in the USA, President Donald Trump mocked his challenger Joe Biden during a telephone conference with the governments of Sudan and Israel. Speaking to journalists during yesterday’s circuit at the White House, Trump announced that Sudan and Israel had agreed to normalize their relations under his mediation. “Do you think Sleepy Joe could have made this deal, Bibi,” Trump asked Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “I do not think so.” Netanyahu replied diplomatically: “We appreciate the help for peace from everyone in America. At the same…

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The number of new infections with the coronavirus within one day in the USA has risen to over 80,000 for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. Johns Hopkins University (JHU) recorded 83,757 new cases on Friday, about 12,000 more than the day before. In Germany, too, 14,714 new infections were registered within one day, more than ever before since the beginning of the pandemic. However, it must be taken into account that more testing is being done than in spring. The number of deaths associated with Covid…

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