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A new coronavirus variant with an unusually high mutation rate is currently keeping experts in South Africa busy. The spread of the variant, known as C.1.2, has increased slightly in recent months, the South African Institute of Infectious Diseases (NICD) said yesterday. C.1.2 has been detected in all nine South African provinces, it said. The variant has also been detected in China, Mauritius, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. NICD scientist Penny Moore stressed that the prevalence of C.1.2 remains “very low.” Therefore, she said, it is not yet possible…

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In addition to the U.S. and Israel, northern Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Lebanon are also affected. The EU is again recommending stricter entry rules for people from countries such as the U.S. and Israel. A total of six states were removed on Monday from the list of third countries for which Corona restrictions should no longer apply, as the Council of Member States announced. The reason is in particular high incidence figures. In addition to the U.S. and Israel, northern Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Lebanon are also affected. USA was…

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Despite a lockdown that has been in place for more than two months, the number of new Corona infections continues to rise in the Australian state of New South Wales. On Monday, authorities in the region recorded 1,290 new cases within 24 hours – the most since the pandemic began. Nearly 80 percent of the new infections were confirmed in the west and south of metropolitan Sydney, authorities said. Regional Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced possible easing of restrictions when 70 percent of the population had been vaccinated. This is expected…

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The U.S. government’s top CoV expert, Anthony Fauci, supports a proposal to make vaccinations mandatory for schoolchildren in light of rising new infections. It’s a good idea, Fauci told CNN yesterday. The U.S. has already done so for decades for polio, measles, mumps, rubella and hepatitis, he said. Until now, children under the age of 12 could not receive a vaccination. Fauci tells ABC that there should be enough data by early October to assess whether vaccination is safe for this age group. The rising number of infections is already…

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For the first time, more than ten million people in India have been vaccinated in a single day. According to health ministry data released Saturday, the mark was surpassed the previous day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the milestone as a “momentous achievement” for his country. Modi’s government has faced criticism since the Corona deaths of more than 200,000 people in a largely unchecked wave of infections in April and May. Five billion vaccinations against Corona administered worldwideThe government had set a goal of vaccinating about 1.1 billion adults by…

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The number of new infections is again higher than last Sunday, with 8416 registered cases. The seven-day incidence also continues to rise steadily: according to the Robert Koch Institute, it climbs to 74.1. The authority also receives reports of 12 new deaths within 24 hours. The seven-day incidence has continued to rise. According to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) this morning, it is 74.1 – the previous day the value had been 72.1, and a week ago 54.5. The health authorities in Germany reported 8416 new Corona infections…

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More than 215.3 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. About 4.5 million infected people have died. More than 5 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. Coastal hospitals in Louisiana cannot be evacuated despite the approach of dangerous Hurricane Ida because there are too many Corona patients in the state. This was stated by Governor John Bel Edwards. Currently, 2450 patients are being treated as inpatients for Covid 19 disease in the state of 4.6 million people, he told CNN on Saturday…

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The sixth lockdown in the Australian city of Melbourne will be extended. This was announced today by the authorities with reference to the still too high infection figures. Actually, the tightened measures for the almost seven million inhabitants of Melbourne and the state of Victoria should have been lifted on Thursday after four weeks. That was no longer possible because the number of new infections had risen by 92 within a day, said the head of the Victorian government, Dan Andrews. As a result, the nighttime curfew will remain in…

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U.S. intelligence agencies remain unable to resolve differences over the exact origin of the COVID-19 virus. The debate over whether an incident in a Chinese lab may have played a role must therefore remain unresolved, officials said Friday (Aug. 27) in a released summary. However, according to individual voices in the U.S. intelligence community, it is said to be certain, according to the Reuters news agency, that the coronavirus was not designed as a biological weapon, but most likely a small group of people in Wuhan were exposed to the…

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