Category: World News

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, more than five million people worldwide have died after being infected with the virus. That’s according to data released today by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The threshold of four million coronavirus deaths worldwide had been exceeded in early July. According to the U.S. researchers’ data, the number of confirmed infections now exceeds 246 million cases. The university’s website is updated regularly with incoming data and shows a slightly higher level than the official World Health Organization (WHO) figures. In some cases, the…

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While the Italian government is facing protests against the “3-G” requirement for all workers, which has been in effect since October 15, the cabinet is setting new vaccination targets. For example, Health Minister Roberto Speranza wants to vaccinate 90 percent of the population. “This is an ambitious goal that is within our reach,” said Speranza, guest of the program “Mezz’ora in +” broadcast by Rai 3 yesterday. According to government figures, 86 percent of Italians over the age of 12 have received at least one vaccine dose. Italy has already…

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Authorities in China have registered more new cases of infection in one day than at any time in more than six weeks. Fifty-nine new locally transmitted infections were reported, up from 48 the previous day. Including cases brought in from abroad, the total is 78 new infections within 24 hours. Most cases occurred in the north, including Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia and Beijing. Compared to other countries, the numbers in China are low, but the government usually quickly resorts to drastic measures, as it has already done in the capital and…

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Biontech and Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine has now received emergency approval in the US for use in children between the ages of five and eleven. After an advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted in favor on Tuesday, the FDA granted emergency approval yesterday. Subsequently, the health authority CDC must now also formally deal with it. This means that the vaccination campaign for the approximately 28 million children affected in the USA can now start in November, as already planned by the White House. Within the next…

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More than 245 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 5 million infected people have died. More than 6.9 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. The latest developmentsThe acute corona vaccine shortage in poorer countries threatens the entire world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Ahead of the G-20 summit in Rome, the WHO is therefore calling on the 20 major industrialized and emerging countries to act as quickly as possible. Providing health care to the poorest is solely a…

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New Zealand plans to relax its strict entry restrictions for fully vaccinated people in mid-November. This will only affect citizens and residents of the Pacific nation, but not tourists. The time travelers must spend in state-run hotel quarantine will be halved from 14 to 7 days starting Nov. 14, followed by three days of home isolation, he said. Minister Chris Hipkins, who is responsible for corona measures, said this at a press conference in the New Zealand capital, Wellington, on Thursday (Oct. 28). Further relaxations would come into effect when…

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On Wednesday, former US President Donald Trump announced the launch of his own social network “Truth Social,” and a few hours later the platform was already the target of an attack by the Anonymous collective. The attackers succeeded in gaining access to a private version of the network, reports the New York Times. There, they allegedly created fake accounts for Trump and his confidants and published, among other things, pictures of pigs defecating. Trump had presented “Truth Social” shortly before. The ex-US president, who was blocked by Twitter and Facebook…

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The seven-day incidence in Germany has reached 100 for the first time since mid-May. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week this morning at exactly 100.0. For comparison: the previous day the value had been 95.1, a week ago 70.8. The health offices in Germany reported 15,145 new Corona infections to the RKI within one day. This is according to figures reflecting the status of the RKI dashboard as of 04:31. A week ago, the figure had been 10,949 infections. Across…

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A new mutation of the delta variant of the Corona virus has been identified in a growing number of infections in the United Kingdom and Russia. Around 6 percent of cases are now thought to be due to this mutation, known among experts as AY.4.2. or “Delta Plus,” which is thought to have properties that make the virus more survivable. Ongoing tests will show whether the mutation is even more contagious than the already known delta variant. But it is considered unlikely that it could be resistant to vaccination. The…

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