Category: World News

The number of new coronavirus infections in Germany has broken through the threshold of 30,000 for the first time, according to the Robert Koch Institute. For technical reasons, about 3,500 cases too few were initially transmitted from Baden-Württemberg, the RKI announced on its website on Thursday. These would add mathematically to the 26,923 confirmed new infections reported in the morning. In view of the further rising numbers, the federal government is making speed with the vaccination. According to Health Minister Jens Spahn, it will begin immediately after Christmas. For Friday…

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New Corona highs were reported Wednesday by the United States and Brazil. In the United States, 3,784 more Corona deaths and more than 250,000 new infections were counted within 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University. Brazil set a new record for new infections Wednesday with more than 70,000 cases and now counts more than seven million people sickened since the pandemic began. In terms of absolute numbers, the U.S. is the country most affected by the pandemic in the world. In total, around 16.9 million cases have been recorded…

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and current Vice President Mike Pence are getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. Pence will have the immunization administered publicly – along with his wife – on Friday to promote the safety of the vaccination. Biden also plans to make such an appearance next week to demonstrate the safety of the preparations. Trump has not yet made up his mindAlong with Pence, the U.S. government’s top health official, Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, will also get vaccinated at the White House. It is still unclear whether acting President…

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The first doses of vaccine against coronavirus are to be available in France the end of the year. France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex told the National Assembly Wednesday evening that 1.16 million units of an initial vaccine would be delivered by the end of the month. Another 677,000 doses would then be added in early January, and another 1.6 million in February. Castex said everything possible would be done to coordinate the vaccination campaign with other EU countries. He had previously announced that one million people at particular risk would…

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Vaccinations against coronavirus are scheduled to begin in Germany on Dec. 27. Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn informed the Conference of Health Ministers about the approval and supply of the vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer, the city of Berlin announced today. “For the federal states, this results in December 27 as the start date,” it said. In particular, it said, vaccination should begin in nursing homes. Earlier, news agency Reuters had learned from insiders that the move was subject to approval on Dec. 23 by the EU and subsequent batch…

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Slovakia has already brought forward the start of a lockdown planned for next week to this Saturday. At the same time, strict curfew restrictions will go into effect at 5:00 a.m. Saturday. This was announced today by Health Minister Marek Krajci after an hour-long government meeting. Christmas shopping will thus only be possible until Friday. Originally, all stores except for supermarkets, for example, were to remain closed for at least three weeks only from December 21. A simultaneous curfew was not included in the government’s previous plans. Krajci cited the…

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India recorded 26,355 new coronavirus cases, health ministry data showed Wednesday. This marked the third consecutive day that daily infections in the country remained below 30,000. The number of deaths rose by 360, bringing the total to 144,069, it said. India, with a population of nearly 1.4 billion, has recorded 9.93 million infections to date, the second highest rate in the world after the United States. However, daily numbers have steadily declined since reaching a peak of about 97,000 in mid-September. The average number of COVID-19 deaths reported daily in…

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The hard lockdown began in Germany on Wednesday. In the face of dramatically growing corona numbers, the state and the 16 federal states have agreed on a package of measures to combat the pandemic. Private meetings continue to be limited to one’s own household and one other. No more than five people are allowed to gather. Children 14 and younger are not counted. Meanwhile, more than 950 Corona deaths were recorded within 24 hours for the first time. According to the Robert Koch Institute, 952 people died from or with…

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The European Union is planning to allocate 500 million euros to supply poorer countries with Corona vaccines. With it one billion doses of vaccine can be purchased, the EU diplomatic mission said today. 400 million euros will come from the European Investment Bank, and 100 million euros from the EU Commission. The money will go to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Covax vaccine initiative, which supports research on numerous vaccine candidates and aims to ensure fair distribution of successful vaccines. More than 180 countries are involved; in addition to EU…

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