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The authorities in the USA expect the first corona vaccinations as early as mid-December. “Our plan is to deliver the vaccines to the vaccination centers within 24 hours of approval,” the head of the U.S. government’s vaccine working group, Moncef Slaoui, told CNN on Sunday. According to media reports, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet between December 8 and 10 to decide on the approval of corona vaccines. hp with reports from derstandard.at. picture: pixabay.com

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The German Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) assumes that the first citizens can be immunized against the corona virus in vaccination centers before the end of this year. “There is cause for optimism that there will be an approval for a vaccine in Europe before the end of this year. And then we can start with the vaccinations immediately,” Spahn told the “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland”. He had asked the countries to ensure that the vaccination centers were ready for use by mid-December. That seems to be working. “I’d rather have a…

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It is expected that already by the middle of next year about 70 percent of the approximately 47 million citizens of Spain will be vaccinated. According to government estimates, Spanish citizens will be able to be voluntarily vaccinated against the coronavirus as early as January. “At some point in January” it will be possible to start the vaccinations, said Health Minister Salvador Illa on Saturday in interviews with various Spanish media. A vaccination obligation would be legally possible in Spain, “but in the opinion of many experts probably even counterproductive”.…

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In view of rising infection rates, Portugal is expanding its CoV restrictions. Schools and government offices must remain closed from November 30 to December 7, as the government in Lisbon decided yesterday. Two public holidays in the country on December 1 and 8 are to be used to significantly advance the fight against the pandemic, as head of government Antonio Costa said at a press conference in Lisbon. He called on the private sector to also release their employees during the period mentioned. The government also wants to prohibit citizens…

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As expected, the health authorities reported comparatively few cases to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) with 15,741 new corona infections within 24 hours. Compared to the value of one week ago, this is 1,206 fewer infections, according to RKI data from early Sunday morning. Last Sunday, the number was 16,947. The peak was reached on Friday with 23,648 reported cases. On Sundays and Mondays, the numbers are comparatively low because, according to the RKI, fewer samples are taken at the weekend and therefore less testing is done overall. After the…

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In Germany, health authorities have reported 22,964 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours. Compared to the value one week ago, a good 500 more cases were reported. Last Saturday, the number of reported new infections was 22,461. The peak was reached on Friday with 23,648 reported cases. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the RKI has counted a total of 902,528 confirmed infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany. After the number of new daily infections rose sharply in October and early November, the figure has…

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US President Donald Trump suffered setbacks on Friday in his attempt to overturn the presidential election. The authorities in Georgia also declared the Democrat Joe Biden the winner in the state after the second count. In Nevada, Judge Gloria Sturman refused an injunction from Trump’s campaign team to stop certification of the results. She spoke of a “shocking motion. Two senior Republican state legislators from Michigan said after a meeting with Trump at the White House that they did not yet have any information that would lead to a change…

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According to the national health authority, France has already passed the peak of new infections in the current phase of the corona pandemic. “Although the indicators remain high, their observation suggests that the epidemiological peak of the second wave has been overcome,” the authority stated in a statement issued on Friday. Last week there was a 40 percent drop in positive tests. Accordingly, fewer patients were admitted to hospitals and intensive care units. Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday that the current strategy was beginning to show results. However,…

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The oldest son of US President Donald Trump has been infected with the novel corona virus. Donald Trump Jr. tested positive for the pathogen at the beginning of the week, his spokesman announced yesterday (local time). As soon as the 42-year-old received the test result, he was placed in quarantine. The son of the president did not show any Covid-19 symptoms, his spokesman said. A few hours earlier, the CoV infection of Andrew Giuliani, the son of Rudy Giuliani, had become public. The son of Trump’s lawyer works in the…

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