Category: World News

In the Czech Republic, the number of coronavirus deaths has exceeded the threshold of 6,000. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 6,058 infected persons have died so far, according to data released today by the Czech Ministry of Health. However, a flattening of the curve could be observed in the new infections. Within 24 hours, 4,199 new cases were recorded. That was about 3,500 fewer than on the same day a week ago. The CTK news agency reported that the crematoria in several regions of the country were working at…

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Within one day the health authorities reported 16,947 new corona infections in Germany according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Sunday. That is 5,514 cases less than the day before with 22,461 newly reported cases within 24 hours. On Sundays, the recorded case numbers are usually lower, partly because less testing takes place on weekends. Last Sunday, the number of reported new infections was 16,017. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the RKI has recorded a total of 790,503 infections (as of November 15, 00:00 hrs). The number of…

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As the eleventh country in the world, Mexico has exceeded the mark of one million confirmed coronavirus cases. According to new figures released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday (local time), 5,860 new infections with the Sars-CoV-2 virus were registered in the previous 24 hours. The total number is thus 1,003,253. 635 deaths due to Covid-19 disease were also recorded. Here the total number rose to 98,259 – the fourth highest figure in the world. However, due to high excess mortality, the government estimates that in reality about 50,000…

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In Italy, the restrictive anti-CoV measures of recent weeks appear to be taking effect. For the fourth consecutive day, a decrease in the number of patients requiring treatment in intensive care units has been reported, the President of Italy’s Supreme Health Institute, Franco Locatelli, reported at a press conference in Rome today. The epidemic curve is rising less rapidly. The R-value has dropped, but the number of infected people, which is about 41,000 per day, is still too high, he said, so there is no let-up in the fight against…

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In Germany, health authorities have reported 22,461 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours. This is 1,081 cases less than on Friday, according to the RKI data from Saturday morning. The figure is also slightly lower compared to Saturday last week. At that time, the number of reported new infections was 23,399. On Friday, the previous peak value of 23,542 cases had been reached. Compared to Thursday, the number of newly reported cases on Friday rose by almost 1,700. Since the beginning of the pandemic,…

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Whoever wants to enter Slovakia needs a negative PCR test from Monday, which must not be older than 72 hours. This is provided for by a statement published yesterday evening by the state health authority UVZ. The new rule also applies to travellers from Slovakia’s neighbouring countries Austria, Hungary and Poland as well as almost all other EU countries. Without PCR test one may enter only from ten countries with low coronavirus risk. These include Finland and Greece as the only EU countries. Safe countries outside the European Union are…

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US President Donald Trump has for the first time after the election shown doubts about his certainty of victory. “The government will not make a lockdown,” Trump said on Friday during a performance in the White House Rose Garden, which was about a coronavirus vaccine. “Hopefully, whatever happens in the future, who knows what government it will be, I think that remains to be seen. But I can assure you, this government will not go into lockdown.” U.S. broadcasters reported on Friday that Trump challenger Joe Biden won 306 voters…

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According to several US authorities, there were no irregularities in the US presidential election. Ballot papers were neither deleted nor lost, according to a joint statement issued by various security authorities yesterday by the US Cyber Security Agency. There is no evidence that the November 3 election was rigged in any way. Twitter announced that around 300,000 tweets around the U.S. presidential election had been posted with warnings about controversial or misleading content. In 456 cases, these posts were also completely covered by a warning so that users had to…

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For the second day in a row, the USA recorded a peak in daily new infections with the coronavirus. For Wednesday, 143,231 cases were recorded, according to data from Johns Hopkins University on Thursday. This is the highest level of SARS-CoV-2 infections in 24 hours since the beginning of the pandemic. At the same time, the university corrected Tuesday’s figure – the highest daily figure to date – from 136,325 to 140,290. In the USA, with its 330 million inhabitants, more than 10.4 million people have been proven to be…

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