Category: World News

More than 109.08 million people worldwide have been confirmed to be infected with coronavirus. More than 2.5 million people died in connection with the virus. That’s according to a Reuters count based on official data. The U.S. is by far the country most affected by the pandemic, with nearly 27.8 million people infected and more than 487,000 dead. India has more than 10.9 million known cases of infection and more than 155,700 deaths. Brazil has recorded over 9.8 million infected and nearly 240,000 deaths. Curfew in the Netherlands must be…

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Visits to the swimming pool and gym, meeting friends for a beer – what people in Austria, as in many European countries, can currently only dream of, is once again a reality in Iceland. Together with the Vatican, the country in the far north has the lowest incidence rate in Europe. In the past three weeks, the non-EU country of Iceland was the only European country that the EU’s disease control agency ECDC listed in the “green” category. That means, according to ECDC, there is no need for EU countries…

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Anyone entering the UK from 33 countries on a “red list” must immediately be quarantined in a hotel for ten days. The measure is intended to protect the country from the spread of CoV variants and has been in force since today. From Europe, only Portugal is affected, plus all South American countries as well as states in southern Africa and the United Arab Emirates. Test before entry, two tests afterwardsAll other entrants, including those from Austria, must continue to isolate themselves for ten days after arrival. What is new…

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The British government has reached its self-imposed goal of vaccinating at least 15 million residents against Corona by mid-February. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday called it a “milestone.” “This country has achieved an extraordinary feat,” the head of government tweeted Sunday. Nadhim Zahawi, the secretary of state in charge, tweeted, “15,000,000! Great team.” Johnson had issued this figure at the beginning of the year as a stage goal for Feb. 15. Officials say – as of Friday – more than 14.56 million people have received a first dose. But…

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Due to the dramatically high number of coronavirus infections, the Czech Republic has once again declared a state of emergency. It will be in effect for 14 days starting tomorrow, the minority government under Prime Minister Andrej Babis announced today. This is in response to a request from the representatives of all 14 administrative regions, including the capital Prague. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been more than one million confirmed CoV infections and 18,143 deaths in the country of just over ten million people. According to the…

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Health offices in Germany have reported 8354 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. In addition, 551 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours, according to figures released by the RKI on Saturday. The data reflect the status of the RKI dashboard as of 05:30, subsequent changes or additions are possible. On Saturday last week, the RKI had recorded 10,485 new infections and 689 new deaths within one day. The peak of 1244 newly reported deaths had been reached on January 14. The highest number…

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A new variant of the coronavirus has been discovered in the Brazilian Amazon. This mutant is probably three times more contagious than the original virus, Brazil’s Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello announced yesterday (local time). Despite the strong risk of infection, the minister assured: “Thank God, the analysis has shown that the vaccines are also effective against this variant.” However, the Ministry of Health did not provide data from this analysis so far. Pazuello said infections in the jungle city of Manaus had risen unexpectedly in recent months but were being…

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In Ireland, the coronavirus lockdown is to be extended until early April. There will be “restrictions on a large scale” until Easter, government leader Micheal Martin told public broadcaster RTE today. Since Christmas, restaurants and pubs have been closed in Ireland, and since New Year’s Day, stores for non-essentials have also been closed. Since the beginning of the year, there have been no more face-to-face classes in schools. Reopening schools and construction projects will be priorities when the government reconsiders lockdown measures, Martin said. Ireland had weathered the first two…

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The U.S. is making good progress on new President Joe Biden’s goal of reaching 100 million CoV vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. An average of 1.5 million people have been vaccinated daily over the past seven days, Biden’s CoV coordinator Jeff Zients said yesterday. According to the latest figures from the CDC, about 32.9 million Americans have received at least one dose of vaccine so far – and 9.8 million have already received both necessary doses. The 100 million goal had been criticized in part as not…

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