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About 267.8 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 5.2 million infected people have died. More than 8.2 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. Slovakia’s ruling parties have agreed on a mix of relaxations and tightenings of the valid Corona measures. Stores closed since Nov. 25 will be allowed to reopen starting Friday (Dec. 10). However, those who have neither been vaccinated against nor recovered from Covid-19 will only be allowed to go to stores that sell essential products such…

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Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Wednesday reported the highest number of Corona deaths in one day since February. 527 more people died in connection with the virus. This brings the total number of reported deaths to 104,047. The RKI also registered 69,601 new infections. That’s 2,415 more cases than a week ago Wednesday, when 67,186 were reported. The seven-day incidence dropped to 427.0 from 432.2 the previous day. The figure indicates how many people per 100,000 population have contracted corona virus in the past seven days. The number of…

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Because of Omicron: Stricter entry rules for Great Britain in forceFrom today, Tuesday, anyone wishing to enter the United Kingdom must present a negative Corona test before he or she can enter the country. The rule applies to all adults, as well as children and adolescents over the age of twelve. The PCR or antigen test must not be older than 48 hours. The measure is intended to slow the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, according to the U.K. Department of Health. Previously, the government had already…

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Despite having one of the highest vaccination rates in Europe and even the world, Portugal is also experiencing rapidly rising infection rates. Health authorities in Lisbon yesterday reported 5,649 new cases registered within 24 hours, the highest since Feb. 6 (6,132). The daily number of people who died with covid-19 was 22, according to the report, the last time that many had been reported was March 10, according to official data. Seven-day incidence at 193Meanwhile, the seven-day incidence in Portugal rose from about 100 in mid-November to 193 most recently,…

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Measures are being tightened: contact restrictions for the unvaccinated, expansion of the 2-G rule and mandatory vaccination starting in February. The federal and state governments have agreed on far-reaching restrictions for the unvaccinated at a joint conference. Acting Chancellor Angela Merkel says after what is expected to be her last conference of minister presidents (MPK) “that the situation in our country is serious as far as the Corona pandemic is concerned.” A general vaccination obligation could apply from February. Clubs and discotheques are to be closed from a seven-day incidence…

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In Bavaria and other German states with a low vaccination rate, considerably more people are currently dying after a corona infection than in the better-vaccinated north of Germany. This is the result of statistical analyses by the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. The basis is the official data of the Robert Koch Institute and the health authorities. According to the data, more than three times as many Corona patients died in Bavaria in relation to the population in seven days (as of Dec. 1) as in Bremen, the state with…

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Against the background of the current situation, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on all high-risk patients and elderly people without vaccination protection to refrain from traveling at present. People over the age of 60 and those with pre-existing conditions such as diabetes and cancer who are neither fully vaccinated nor recovered should refrain from traveling at the moment, the WHO said yesterday in Geneva. General travel bans, as imposed by numerous countries, were considered critical by the WHO. These bans could “not prevent” the spread of the currently…

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Various countries increase vaccination tempo because of OmicronSeveral governments around the world are increasing the pace of their vaccinations because of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Greece, for example, is currently vaccinating as much as it last did last March, said Giorgos Georgantas, deputy minister for digital governance, over the weekend. Currently, the daily average is 90,000 people, 60,000 to 70,000 of whom have already received booster vaccinations. Further action is therefore not needed, he said. The Philippines is also launching a major vaccination campaign to contain the…

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More than 261 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 5.1 million infected people have died. About 7.6 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. The latest developmentsDutch police have arrested a couple after they escaped from a quarantine hotel. The two were caught Sunday (Nov. 29)on a plane that was scheduled to take off for Spain, authorities said. The couple had escaped from a hotel where travelers from South Africa who tested positive for Corona were staying. Some of the…

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