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Paris. France recorded the highest number of new infections within one day with 16,972 cases on Saturday. According to the Ministry of Health, a total of 606,625 cases were known. The number of deaths rose by 49 to 32,198. Meanwhile, in Ireland, the authorities spoke of a “significant escalation” of Covid-19 infections. Acting Chief Health Officer Ronan Glynn announced 613 new cases, the highest number since April, when a nationwide lockdown was in effect. The number of new infections also rose rapidly in the USA. The U.S. Centers for Disease…

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After Donald Trump was diagnosed with an infection with the coronavirus Sars-CoV-2, the U.S. President is being treated with a number of different drugs. For most of the drugs, efficacy against the virus has not yet been reliably proven. What is known about the drugs?. In its online edition, “Kurier” newspaper described the three important drugs being prescribed to the sick president. Remdesivir: Originally developed for the treatment of Ebola, Remdesivir is the only drug for the specific treatment of Covid-19 that is approved in the EU under certain conditions.…

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The number of corona deaths in India has risen to more than 100,000. This makes the subcontinent the third country in the world after the USA and Brazil to exceed this mark. Together, these three nations account for almost 45 percent of the over one million corona deaths worldwide. So far, 207,060 people in the USA have succumbed to the consequences of the corona virus, 145,388 in Brazil, and the Indian authorities reported a total of 100,842 corona deaths on Saturday. The number of infections was 6.47 million, an increase…

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In terms of population, there is no country where more people die of corona than here. In terms of population, there is no other country in the world where so many people die of the disease Covid-19 as in Peru. The South American country recently registered 98.6 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. This puts it in first place worldwide, ahead of Belgium, Bolivia and Spain. Only the small state of San Marino in Italy has even more deaths in relation to its population – but with a total of just 42…

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British researchers are confident that Phase III study will yield positive results. With regard to the vaccine co-developed by Oxford researcher Sarah Gilbert, called AZD1222 against Covid-19, the team announced current results for the course of the Phase III study for the next few days, writes the British newspaper The Independent. Gilbert already said in The Independent that the latest results show high efficacy. Hopes were high that the vaccine could soon be presented to health officials and would then be available by the end of the year. The pharmaceutical…

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In Hungary and Poland, the authorities today reported record levels of new coronavirus infections. In the past 24 hours, the virus SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in 1,322 people, the Hungarian government’s crisis team announced today. For more than two weeks now, between 700 and 1,000 new infections have been recorded daily in the country with its approximately ten million inhabitants. The number of people dying in connection with the infection is also increasing. In the past two days, 33 people have died. The total number of deaths due to the…

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According to US President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus. He announced this on Twitter today. After the confirmed coronavirus infection of a close advisor, Trump had isolated himself with First Lady Melania. “The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process,” Trump had written on Twitter last night. There have been corona infections in Trump’s environment before. However, Hicks is the person closest to the president who is known to be infected. According to unanimous media…

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In France, the number of reported new infections has again risen above the 10,000 mark. The health authorities yesterday announced 12,845 cases, bringing the total to 563,535. The number of deaths rose by 63 to 31,956, according to the data. The situation in Paris also deteriorated again recently. According to city authorities, the highest warning level could soon be declared in the French capital. Deputy Mayor Anne Souyris told the channel Franceinfo that two of the three criteria for the highest CoV warning level were met in Paris: The number…

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Due to high coronavirus infection rates, Germany has classified Iceland and individual regions in nine other European countries as risk areas in addition to the whole of Belgium. The Robert Koch Institute updated its risk list accordingly last night and included parts of Great Britain for the first time, including Wales and Northern Ireland. In France, the regions Pays de la Loire and Burgundy (Bourgogne) were added. This means that in Germany’s largest neighboring country, only the border region of Grand Est, which was once particularly hard hit by the…

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