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The German Robert Koch Institute reported 16,362 new infections at the beginning of the week.On Monday, the figures are usually lower because there is less testing and fewer tests are carried out over the weekend and less data is transmitted.However, 4,030 fewer new infections were reported last Monday.The total number of infections in Germany is therefore 1.337.078. An additional 188 people died from or with the virus, for a total ofThe seven-day incidence is reported to have risen to 176.4, moving further away from the goal of 50 that the…

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Within one day, public health departments in Germany have reported 20,200 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). This is according to figures released Sunday morning. The peak had been reached on Friday with 29,875 reported cases. On Sundays, the recorded case numbers are usually lower, partly because less testing is done on weekends. Last Sunday, the number had been 17,767. The health authorities also reported 321 new deaths within one day. The previous high of 598 deaths had also been reached on Friday. The trend in daily…

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Following approval of the first Corona vaccine in the U.S., vaccination could begin there on Monday. Currently, existing doses of the approved vaccine from German pharmaceutical company Biontech and its U.S. partner Pfizer are being packaged, a White House official said today. Tomorrow, those doses would then be shipped to more than 600 initial deployment sites. “Starting Monday, the vaccine will be deployed,” Gustave Perna said. Perna is in charge of logistics for “Operation Warp Speed,” the White House vaccination project. The CoV vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer had received…

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Due to the persistently high CoV figures, a hard lockdown is to apply in Germany from Wednesday at the latest, according to a report. The heads of the state and senate chancelleries of the federal states had agreed on this with the Chancellor’s Office this evening, the business magazine “Business Insider” reported. The Chancellor’s Office would prefer to put the lockdown into effect on Tuesday. The state premiers want to discuss the tightening measures with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) tomorrow morning. The meeting had been called at short notice because…

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Italy – Due to falling coronavirus numbers, restaurants and bars in many regions of Italy will be allowed to reopen from tomorrow. Around five weeks after the establishment of three risk zones and a partial shutdown, the time of the red zones is then over for the time being. Lombardy in the north and Calabria in the south, which were initially severely affected, are now even back in the low-risk yellow zones. Health Minister Roberto Speranza had also ordered in Rome that Abruzzo, as the last red zone, will change…

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In many parts of Italy, the CoV situation has gradually improved and pressure on hospitals has decreased. Starting tomorrow, Lombardy, the region of the country most affected by the epidemic, and the regions of Piedmont, Basilicata and Calabria will be downgraded to the yellow zone, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza decided last night. Stores can reopenThis means that stores can open again, and pubs are allowed to stay open until 6:00 pm. Last Sunday, the previously red classified regions of Tuscany, Campania, as well as the Valle d’Aosta and the…

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Following the first emergency approval for a coronavirus vaccine in the U.S., U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has promised his countrymen first vaccinations this weekend. “The first vaccine will be administered in less than 24 hours,” Trump announced yesterday. He said his administration had already begun sending the vaccine, made by Mainz-based pharmaceutical company Biontech and US-based Pfizer, to all US states. Their governors would decide to whom the vaccines would be administered there first. Free vaccinationTrump stressed vaccinations would be free for all Americans. Referring to the vaccine’s development in…

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An expert panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended emergency approval of the Corona vaccine from German company Biontech and its U.S. partner Pfizer. The panel voted in favor of U.S. approval in a public meeting Thursday, meaning it could now be decided within days. To be sure, the expert panel’s vote is not binding. But there is every indication that the Biontech vaccine will soon receive emergency approval. The FDA had already declared on Tuesday that it considered the vaccine to be safe and effective.…

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? Because of the Corona pandemic, the French are not allowed to celebrate the turn of the year outdoors: the government imposed a curfew for New Year’s Eve from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m., as Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday evening. Castex cited the excessively high numbers of new infections as the reason. “We have not yet reached the end of the second wave”the head of government stressed. ▶️ Other planned Corona relaxations will therefore be postponed, Castex went on to say: cinemas, theaters and museums, for example,…

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