Category: World News

The Czech Republic will open its borders to tourists from all EU countries and Serbia from June 21. This was announced yesterday by Health Minister Adam Vojtech. Travelers will have to prove that they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, have tested negative or have recovered. It would be enough if the first vaccination was more than 22 days ago. The tourism industry in the Czech Republic has suffered greatly from the pandemic. The number of foreign hotel guests in 2020 fell by almost 75 percent compared to the previous…

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The number of reported Corona infections continues to decline in Germany: with 1204 new cases within 24 hours, the Robert Koch Institute again registered fewer infections compared to the previous week. The downward trend is also reflected in the seven-day incidence. Health offices in Germany have reported 1204 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. This is according to figures released this morning, which reflect the status of the RKI dashboard as of 05:02. A week ago, the figure had been 1785 infections. The RKI…

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More than 173.2 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. About 3.7 million infected people have died. More than 2.1 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. Israel began vaccinating adolescents aged 12 to 15 on Sunday (6/6). The Health Ministry had previously said the dangers of contracting the disease outweighed any possible side effects of the vaccination. “Cases of myocarditis in 16- to 19-year-olds have been rare and have mostly passed without complications,” the statement said. Israel uses the vaccine from manufacturers…

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Afghanistan has recorded more CoV deaths in one day than at any time since the pandemic began. Yesterday, authorities reported 50 deaths since the previous day related to coronavirus infection. The actual number is likely much higher. The number of new infections reported daily in the crisis-stricken country has also risen sharply recently, from fewer than 200 in early May to more than 1,300 for several days in a row. The driver of the third wave is believed to be the delta variant, which was first detected in India. There…

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Former President Donald Trump will remain blocked by Facebook until the beginning of 2023. The online network made the announcement on Friday. Donald Trump’s “blog” was surprisingly shut downIt was triggered by the storming of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters – and that he expressed sympathy for the attackers. He also continues to claim, without any supporting evidence, that his victory in November’s presidential election was stolen by fraud. He is thus stoking tensions. Facebook had suspended Trump’s account until further notice and then submitted that decision to its…

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Israel began on Sunday, 6 Juni vaccinating adolescents aged twelve to 15 against the coronavirus. The Health Ministry had previously said the dangers of contracting the disease outweighed the possible side effects of the vaccination. “Cases of myocarditis in 16- to 19-year-olds have been rare and have mostly passed without complications,” the statement said. The vaccine, made by Biontech and Pfizer, is used in Israel. Given the extremely low rate of CoV infection in Israel, the ministry recommends vaccinating high-risk patients, relatives of high-risk patients and adolescents in families planning…

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Faced with significantly falling infection figures in the former CoV hotspot India, the megacities of Delhi and Mumbai, along with other regions, are venturing initial relaxations. The number of new CoV infections within 24 hours had fallen to 120,529 cases today, according to health officials – well below the peak of 400,000 reached in early May. India has a population of about 1.37 billion. In the Delhi metropolitan region, which has been in lockdown since April 19, markets and shopping malls could reopen on Monday, the government chief there, Arvind…

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Italy has set a vaccination record in the fight against the coronavirus: More than 600,000 vaccine doses were administered yesterday, authorities have now announced. In terms of the total number of people fully vaccinated, Italy now ranks second in the EU behind Germany, with 12.7 million immunized. This corresponds to almost 24 percent of those over the age of 12 in Italy. In total, more than 37 million vaccine doses have now been administered nationwide, according to the data. Hundreds of new vaccination centers had opened in Italy in recent…

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More than two billion doses of vaccine have now been administered worldwide in the fight against the Corona pandemic. The striking threshold was exceeded on Thursday morning (CEST), according to a count by the AFP news agency based on official data from individual countries. In the process, six out of ten vaccine doses were administered in the three most populous countries, China, the United States and India. Some 704.8 million Corona shots have been given so far in China, 296.9 million in the US and 221 million in India. In…

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