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Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has filed for emergency approval of its coronavirus vaccine in the US. Subsidiary Janssen Biotech submitted the application to the FDA regulatory agency yesterday, the US group said. Review of the application could take several weeks. So far, coronavirus vaccines from German company Biontech and its U.S. partner Pfizer, as well as U.S. company Moderna, have been approved in the United States. The J&J vaccine has an average efficacy of 66 percent, according to the company. Severe illnesses are prevented by the drug at…

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German health departments have reported 14,211 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. In addition, 786 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours, according to figures released by the RKI on Thursday. Exactly a week ago, the RKI had recorded 17,553 new infections and 941 new deaths within 24 hours. The peak of 1244 new reported deaths had been reached on January 14. The highest number of new infections registered within 24 hours, 33,777, was reported on December 18, but included 3,500 subsequent reports. The…

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More than 103.63 million people worldwide have been confirmed to have contracted the corona virus. That’s according to a Reuters count based on official data. More than 2.24 million people have died in connection with the virus since the first cases of infection were reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The U.S. is by far the most affected country in the world by the pandemic. At least 114,781 new infections have been added in the past 24 hours alone. This brings the total number of infections to more than…

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German health departments have reported 9705 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. In addition, 975 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours, according to figures released by the RKI on Wednesday. Exactly a week ago, the RKI had recorded 13,198 new infections and 982 new deaths within 24 hours. The peak of 1244 new reported deaths had been reached on January 14. The highest number of new infections registered within 24 hours, 33,777, was reported on December 18, but included 3,500 subsequent reports. The…

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German health departments have reported 6114 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. In addition, 861 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours, according to figures released by the RKI on Tuesday. Exactly a week ago, the RKI had recorded 6412 new infections and 903 new deaths within 24 hour The peak of 1244 new reported deaths had been reached on January 14. The highest number of new infections registered within 24 hours, 33,777, was reported on December 18, but included 3,500 subsequent reports. The…

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To stop the spread of mutations of the coronavirus in the country, Germany bans entry from several countries from Saturday. For countries where particularly contagious variants of the coronavirus have spread strongly, Germany has a wide-ranging entry ban from Saturday (January 30). According to “Bild”, the entry bans apply to the countries of Great Britain, Ireland, Portugal, Brazil and South Africa. From Sunday, they will then also come into force for Lesotho and Eswatini in Africa. The German government has classified these countries as so-called virus-variant areas. The regulation will…

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A good 2.2 million people have died worldwide so far in connection with the corona virus. This was calculated by the Reuters news service. Nearly 102 million people contracted the virus. Most of the deaths and infections in absolute numbers occurred in the USA. Brazil ranks second, while India is behind the USA in terms of infections.In the U.S., 3,539 more people died in connection the virus. This brought the total number of deaths to 437,060 in total. On Saturday, for the first time since May 2020, Taiwan recorded a…

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As of today, the Czech Republic will only allow foreigners to enter the country in urgent cases. This was pointed out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Prague this evening. Exceptions apply, among other things, for business trips, indispensable family visits, attendance at funerals and visits to authorities that cannot be postponed, according to a government resolution. Those who own a vacation home in the Czech Republic can no longer use it for recreation for the time being. It will still be possible to leave the country. The government…

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German health authorities have reported to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) 14,022In addition, 839 new deaths within 24 hours, the RKI announced Friday morning. Last Friday, the RKI had reported 17,862 new infections and859 new deaths within 24 hours. The trend toward declining new infection numbers thus continues. The RKI reported a 7-day incidence of 94.4 on Friday, down from 98 on Thursday, the first time the figure had fallen below 100 in a quarter. That means there are fewer than 100 new infections per 100,000 residents on average over…

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