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More than 309 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. About 5.5 million infected people have died. More than 9.4 billion vaccine doses have been administered. Even when vaccinated people contract coronavirus, hospitalization numbers show vaccination protects well against severe symptoms and severe courses. The U.S. has 1.13 new infections in 24 hours. This is the highest number of new infections worldwide so far since the beginning of the pandemic. More than 135,500 people have had to be hospitalized. Most of the infections…

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It is again as high values as before Christmas. Robert Koch Institute in Germany reported 36,552 new infections. The incidence rate of new corona infections in Germany has jumped again. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported the seven-day incidence at 362.7 on Sunday morning. It has been rising day by day since late December. The previous day, the figure had been 335.9, and a week ago it was 222.7. The figure quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over a seven-day period. The incidence is thus again as…

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The number of deaths following PCR-confirmed coronavirus infection in the UK has exceeded 150,000. As the Ministry of Health announced yesterday, 150,057 deaths have now been recorded in the country within 28 days of a positive test result. However, the actual number is likely to be even higher. Covid-19 has already been recorded on the death certificate of more than 173,000 people in the United Kingdom. The country, with a population of about 67 million, remains firmly in the grip of the Omicron epidemic. About 146,000 new infections were recorded…

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More than 299 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 5.4 million infected people have died. More than 9.3 billion vaccine doses have been administered. Boris Johnson has spoken out against mandatory vaccination in the United Kingdom, criticizing vaccination opponents. The British prime minister told media on Thursday (Jan. 6) that vaccination against the coronavirus should remain voluntary. He said he wants to convince people who are still hesitant to get vaccinated. But that task is made more difficult by the…

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More than 299 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 5.4 million infected people have died. More than 9.3 billion vaccine doses have been administered. A group of young Canadians are apparently stuck in Mexico after a sensational party flight to the country without complying with corona measures. At least two Canadian airlines wanted to deny them return travel because of their behavior on the outbound flight, after another airline canceled the return flight. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called them…

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the arrest of people who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus and are violating the curfew in place in the country. Those who refuse to stay at home in violation of the instructions could be arrested, Duterte said today. The CoV pandemic, he said, is a “national emergency” that justifies such action. In light of the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, the government had decided earlier this week that in the capital Manila and several other cities, unvaccinated people would only be…

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Omicron continues to rage almost unchecked on the island. More and more people are having to go into self-isolation – but the government isn’t budging. Around five percent of all Britons are currently sitting at home: as the Daily Mail reports, 1.3 million people in the UK are already in self-isolation. For the population, the effects are already being clearly felt. The situation is so dramatic that there are piles of garbage on roadsides all over England because the responsible refuse collectors no longer have enough staff available. The failures…

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Pills will be ordered from pharmaceutical company Pfizer to treat up to 20 million patients, President Joe Biden said Tuesday (Jan. 4) at the White House. “We may even need more,” Biden said, looking ahead to the coming months. The drug will prevent many hospitalizations and deaths, he added. Pfizer, along with German company Biontech, already markets a widely used vaccine against the corona virus. The number of new corona infections recorded daily in the U.S. has exceeded one million for the first time since the pandemic began. With about…

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In Great Britain, driven by the Omicron variant, more than 200,000 new Corona infections have been recorded within one day for the first time. Within 24 hours, 218,724 cases were reported, the government said Tuesday. In addition, 48 deaths were recorded, it said. The national health service NHS warned of an overload of hospitals because of the many quarantined employees. At least six hospitals reported “critical incidents” Tuesday, meaning the situation could affect priority care. Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to take action to fill staffing gaps in the hardest-hit…

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