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In the USA, another African American was killed in a controversial police operation. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will assist the local police in Columbus, Ohio, in the investigation. The Columbus police had previously reported that a police officer shot and killed a 23-year-old African American named Casey Goodson on Friday while searching for suspects. Goodson was not the person they were looking for, however. Shot on his own doorstepLawyers for the family of the deceased made serious accusations against the security…

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In the midst of the worldwide fight against the coronavirus, the United Nations has created the “International Day for Epidemic Preparedness”. This is to take place annually on December 27, according to a resolution passed yesterday. On this day, people should be sensitized to the dangers of epidemics, for example through information events, and preparations for such epidemics should be reviewed. The resolution was adopted immediately before the first anniversary of the beginning of the CoV pandemic: On December 8, 2019, the first diseases were discovered in Wuhan, China, which…

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In view of the dramatic increase in the number of coronavirus victims and newly infected persons, the strict Covid-19 measures in Hungary will be extended until 11 January, including the curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. On 21 December a decision is to be made as to whether Christmas will be an exception. This was announced today by Prime Minister Viktor Orban on his Facebook page. In view of the high risk of infection, New Year’s Eve celebrations and street balls will be banned. Starting tomorrow, Hungarians with CoV…

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In Italy, the number of newly registered coronavirus-infected people and the number of deaths reported in connection with CoV disease remains high. As the Ministry of Health announced last night, 18,887 new cases and 564 deaths were reported in 24 hours. The number of deaths has thus exceeded the 60,000 threshold in the country, which has a population of around 60 million. According to the Ministry of Health in Rome, 60,078 people died of or with a coronavirus infection. 1,728,878 people in Italy have been infected with the coronavirus since…

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Because of the persistently high corona figures, Bavaria is again declaring a state of emergency on December 9. As in Baden-Württemberg, a night-time curfew has also been imposed in Bavaria for all cities and districts with an incidence of more than 200 new corona infections in seven days per 100,000 inhabitants. In the fight against the corona pandemic, Bavaria is also banning the consumption of alcohol in the open air from Wednesday onwards. Bavaria’s Minister-President Markus Söder had already indicated time and again in the past few days that he…

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The German Robert Koch Institute reports 17,767 new corona infections. That is a good 5,500 fewer than on Saturday, but 3,156 more than a week ago. On Sunday, the numbers are usually somewhat lower because less testing is done on the weekend and less data is submitted. Despite the extended partial lockdown, the number of infections thus remains at a high level and even increases significantly compared to the previous week. 255 more people died from or with the virus. This brings the number of deaths to 18,772, a new…

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For the third day in a row, the USA registered a new record in the number of new coronavirus infections. According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 230,000 new cases were registered within 24 hours yesterday, about 5,000 more than the day before. The number of deaths within one day was 2,527. The USA is one of the countries worst affected by the pandemic worldwide. In total, the United States has already recorded more than 14.6 million coronavirus cases. More than 281,000 infected persons died. According to the COVID-19 Data…

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The Italian authorities intend to take tough action to comply with the anti-Covid bills adopted over the Christmas holidays. For example, 70,000 security forces are to be deployed between Christmas and New Year, announced Minister of the Interior Luciana Lamorgese yesterday in an interview with the TV station Sky. Among other things, they are to check that the restrictions on the freedom of travel in force between December 21 and January 6 are being observed. Borders, airports and train stations are also to be strictly controlled, the Minister said. A…

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