Category: World News

It was the world’s largest sporting event since the outbreak of the Corona crisis. There were only a few masks to be seen. In Australia, almost 50,000 people attended a rugby game in the port city of Brisbane. On Wednesday (local time) 49,155 fans watched the decisive game of the final series “State of Origin” at Suncorp Stadium as Queensland won 20:14 against New South Wales. The stadium was thus almost sold out, only a few people wearing masks could be seen on pictures. According to the organizers, it was…

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There may be a first case of coronavirus in the island state of Samoa in Polynesia. A sailor tested positive for the virus after returning to Samoa from Europe via New Zealand, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said today. A second test, however, had turned out negative. The man is in isolation in a hospital. In a speech to the nation, Malielegaoi called on the citizens to calm down. The government’s plan for dealing with Covid-19 is being implemented. A cabinet meeting was scheduled for the afternoon. Samoa was one…

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Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, more than a quarter of a million people in the USA have died after infection with the virus. This was revealed on Wednesday evening (local time) from data at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In no other country in the world is such a high number of deaths known. Since the end of September alone, 50,000 people have died. The USA is at a “dangerous point” in the pandemic, Admiral Brett Giroir, who is a member of the Corona working group in the…

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In Germany, health authorities have reported 22,609 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours. This is a good 5,000 more cases than on Wednesday (17,561), according to information from the RKI on Thursday morning. Compared to the figure from a week ago, slightly more cases were reported. Last Thursday, the number of new infections reported was 21,866. The peak was reached last Friday with 23,542 reported cases. The RKI counts a total of 855,916 confirmed infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed concern about the sharp rise in the number of deaths among coronavirus patients in Russia. The authorities reported 456 deaths today – more than ever before in one day since the beginning of the pandemic in Russia. As recently as spring, Russia had caused a sensation in an international comparison with low death rates. Putin had called this a success of his policy. The number of newly infected people was today put at 20,985. 34,387 people have died with the virus so far. The…

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The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 17,561 new infections within 24 hours in the Federal Republic of Germany on Wednesday. That is 3,142 more new infections than the day before. The total number of detected infections thus rises to 833,307. 305 more people died from or with the virus according to the data. The number of deaths thus increases to 13,119. Meanwhile, in south of Australia, a six days lockdown has been imposed. After a recurrence of corona cases in the Australian metropolis of Adelaide, the state of South Australia…

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In the Spanish capital region around Madrid, all 6.6 million inhabitants are to be tested for the coronavirus by Christmas. Yesterday, the conservative regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso submitted a request to the EU Commission to allow antigen tests in pharmacies throughout the European Union. The Spanish central government refuses to give the green light for this. The region of Madrid and the central government have been at loggerheads over the pandemic for months. Ayuso pointed out on Twitter that such tests are already possible in France, Great Britain or…

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The USA has recorded more than 165,000 new corona infections within one day. On Monday, authorities reported 166,045 new cases, according to data released by the University of Johns Hopkins (JHU) in Baltimore on Tuesday morning (CET). The highest figure to date was recorded on Friday, when more than 177,000 cases were reported. The number of deaths within 24 hours was 995. In total, more than 11.2 million people have become infected with the coronavirus in the USA with its approximately 330 million inhabitants. Around 247,000 people have died so…

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In Italy, the number of coronavirus deaths in 24 hours rose sharply on Tuesday. 731 deaths were reported, compared to 503 the day before, the highest level since April 3, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. Thus, the number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic in Italy is 46,464. The Italian President Sergio Mattarella called on his country on Tuesday to make further sacrifices. “Nobody should think ‘it won’t happen to me’. Anyone can get infected. We must not forget this out of respect for the many…

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