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Rising CoV numbers continue to worry authorities in the US. Over the past few days, the U.S. has averaged just over 137,000 new infections per day, up nearly 12 percent from the previous week, U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) chief Rochelle Walensky said yesterday. The number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 was about the same as the previous week, she said, while the number of deaths rose 23 percent. Progress on vaccinationsAt the same time, however, there has been progress in the vaccination campaign, said White House CoV Coordinator…

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Concern is growing among senior health officials in the U.S. about the Delta variant of the coronavirus. “Everything we thought we knew about coronavirus needs to be revised. It’s almost as if we have a new pandemic,” U.S. National Institutes of Health research agency director Francis Collins said in Tuesday’s Washington Post. For the next few months, he said, we need to be prepared for some difficulties. Due to the spread of the delta variant, the number of new corona infections in the U.S. has recently risen sharply again. The…

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More than 211 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 4.4 million infected people have died. About 4.9 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. The economic downturn in the wake of the Corona crisis may have resulted in the deaths of more than 260,000 babies last year alone, mainly in poorer countries around the world. This is the conclusion reached by experts from the World Bank in a modeling study presented in the journal BMJ Open. According to the study,…

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More than 210.8 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 4.4 million infected people have died. About 4.8 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. In Sydney, police have fined attendees of a church service heavily for violating current Corona measures by gathering. Thirty worshippers would have to pay 1,000 Australian dollars (610 euros) each, and the church itself was also fined 5,000 Australian dollars (3,000 euros), police in the New South Wales state said Monday (Aug. 23). The mass had…

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The infection wave is gaining momentum. According to the Robert Koch Institute, Germany is now at the beginning of the fourth Corona wave. Younger age groups are also strongly affected this time. The seven-day incidence has risen again. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), it was 56.4 – the previous day the value had been 54.5, a week ago 36.2. The health offices in Germany reported to the RKI within one day 3668 Corona new infections. This is according to figures reflecting the status of the RKI dashboard. A…

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The nationwide seven-day incidence of new Corona infections continues to rise: on Sunday morning, it was 54.5, according to the Robert Koch Institute. The previous day, it had been 51.6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and a week ago it was 35. Nationwide, 7050 new infections with the coronavirus were reported, as well as three additional deaths. Seven-day incidence continues to riseThe seven-day incidence indicates the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within one week. The value has been rising steadily again in Germany for weeks. The total number of…

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According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the fourth wave in the coronavirus pandemic has begun in Germany. The proportion of positive samples among PCR tests in laboratories had risen from four to six percent within a week by mid-August, according to the institute’s latest weekly report released yesterday evening. Infections primarily affected younger age groups, it said. “This now clearly shows the beginning of the fourth wave, which is gaining momentum, particularly due to infections within the young adult population,” the report said. The RKI continues to assess a…

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Great Britain registers over 34,000 new cases per day. British health experts warn of autumn. British health experts are worried about the upcoming fall and winter with infection rates still high in the UK. On Wednesday, the British government reported nearly 34,000 new corona cases and 111 new deaths. “This is very worrying,” immunologist Peter Openshaw told Times Radio on Thursday, especially because at present the weather is still relatively good and schools are still on summer vacation. “We’re going into the winter with a very high level of infection…

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