New Corona highs were reported Wednesday by the United States and Brazil. In the United States, 3,784 more Corona deaths and more than 250,000 new infections were counted within 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University. Brazil set a new record for new infections Wednesday with more than 70,000 cases and now counts more than seven million people sickened since the pandemic began. In terms of absolute numbers, the U.S. is the country most affected by the pandemic in the world. In total, around 16.9 million cases have been recorded…

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and current Vice President Mike Pence are getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. Pence will have the immunization administered publicly – along with his wife – on Friday to promote the safety of the vaccination. Biden also plans to make such an appearance next week to demonstrate the safety of the preparations. Trump has not yet made up his mindAlong with Pence, the U.S. government’s top health official, Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, will also get vaccinated at the White House. It is still unclear whether acting President…

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The first doses of vaccine against coronavirus are to be available in France the end of the year. France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex told the National Assembly Wednesday evening that 1.16 million units of an initial vaccine would be delivered by the end of the month. Another 677,000 doses would then be added in early January, and another 1.6 million in February. Castex said everything possible would be done to coordinate the vaccination campaign with other EU countries. He had previously announced that one million people at particular risk would…

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Vaccinations against coronavirus are scheduled to begin in Germany on Dec. 27. Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn informed the Conference of Health Ministers about the approval and supply of the vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer, the city of Berlin announced today. “For the federal states, this results in December 27 as the start date,” it said. In particular, it said, vaccination should begin in nursing homes. Earlier, news agency Reuters had learned from insiders that the move was subject to approval on Dec. 23 by the EU and subsequent batch…

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Slovakia has already brought forward the start of a lockdown planned for next week to this Saturday. At the same time, strict curfew restrictions will go into effect at 5:00 a.m. Saturday. This was announced today by Health Minister Marek Krajci after an hour-long government meeting. Christmas shopping will thus only be possible until Friday. Originally, all stores except for supermarkets, for example, were to remain closed for at least three weeks only from December 21. A simultaneous curfew was not included in the government’s previous plans. Krajci cited the…

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