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In Germany, more than two million people have already been infected with the virus since the outbreak of the Corona pandemic. Health offices reported 22,368 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours, the RKI announced Friday morning. This brought the number of infections to 2,000,958 (as of Jan. 15, 0 a.m.). In addition, 1,113 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours. The actual total number of infections is likely to be even higher, as many infections go undetected. The number of new infections per 100,000…

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According to an “Bild” report, German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to discuss tougher coronavirus measures with the prime ministers even before January 25. A significant tightening of the lockdown is to be discussed, which could also lead to a suspension of local and long-distance public transport. Such a measure has not been decided, however. The reason for the pressure for further restrictions is the fear of a spread of highly contagious coronavirus mutations. The lockdown measures have so far been in effect until the end of January. However, according to…

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In view of the rapid spread of significantly more infectious variants of the coronavirus, the emergency committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) is bringing forward its next meeting by two weeks. The committee will meet as early as today to discuss current developments, the WHO announced yesterday in Geneva. In addition, the emergency committee is to discuss the handling of vaccination certificates and coronavirus tests during travel. Afterwards, the expert committee plans to publish recommendations for the WHO and its member states. Two mutations of the virus have been…

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More than ten million people in the US have been vaccinated against the coronavirus since the start of the vaccination campaign. The CDC announced yesterday that about 10.3 million doses of the vaccine from Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna have been administered. That means about 3.1 percent of all 330 million people in the U.S. have received their first vaccine dose so far. In total, about 29.4 million doses of the two vaccines have been distributed to states, according to the data. Nevertheless, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, for example, urgently…

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In China, the number of new Corona infections has risen at the fastest rate in more than a decade. Within 24 hours, 138 new covid-19 cases were reported, according to health authorities in Beijing on Thursday. The day before, there were 115. According to the National Health Commission, 124 of the new cases were local infections, with 81 reported in Hebei province around the capital Beijing and 43 in northeastern Heilongjiang province. More than 28 million in quarantineThe total number of confirmed Corona cases now stands at 87,844, according to…

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German health departments have reported 19,600 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. In addition, 1,060 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours, the RKI announced Wednesday morning. The peak of 1,188 new deaths had been reached on Friday. The highest number of new infections registered within 24 hours, 33,777, was reported on Dec. 18 – but that included 3,500 subsequent reports. In principle, the interpretation of the data is currently still somewhat difficult, because around the turn of the year Corona cases were discovered,…

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In 2020, according to statistics, there were 608,002 deaths. At year’s end, half of the deaths had a link to Covid-19. As many people died in England and Wales last year as last died in 1918, the year of the Spanish flu. There were 608,002 deaths in the country’s parts between January and December, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday by the UK Statistics Authority. That’s more than in any calendar year since 1918, when 611,861 deaths had been counted. However, the figures are difficult to compare over such long…

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The new form of coronavirus that has recently spread mainly in England has now been detected for the first time in Russia. The mutation form was detected in a traveler returning from Britain, the head of the health protection agency said Sunday. The variant has also been detected in Mexico. In Mexico, authorities in the northern sub-state of Tamaulipas said the new coronavirus variant, was detected in a 56-year-old man. He had flown from Mexico City to Matamoros, immediately adjacent to the U.S. border, on Dec. 29, said Tamaulipas Health…

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In England, people without symptoms will soon be tested for the coronavirus in a rapid procedure. Two million antigen tests have been ordered from a British manufacturer, Health Minister Matt Hancock announced today. Millions more tests could be added in the coming months. The tests will be available starting next Friday, according to a statement from the Department of Health. Within 30 minutes, they will show a result. The government wants to use them to detect asymptomatic cases and thus break transmission chains. Initially, the tests will primarily target people…

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