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The fashion trade is expected to Lockdown extremely high discounts
This photo is from the summer, as the textile shops were still open. As soon as the Lockdown is over, it will probably give high discounts on clothing.
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New Corona Numbers of the RKI: 8354 infections, 551 Dead +++ the police Union criticized the lack of equipment for border controls +++ The News about the Coronavirus pandemic in the star-Ticker.
Textile Association expects to Lockdown up to 90 percent discount on clothing
After the Lockdown clothing stores expect significant discounts on many products. “For many Goods, there will be 80 to 90 percent discount, so the pent-up product can be sold,” said Rolf Pangels, chief Executive at the Federation of the Textile, retail, the “Rheinische Post” (Saturday edition). Also in the spring of goods are expected to be reductions with large price to.
“This is a burden on us all year,” said Pangels of the newspaper. If the Lockdown will be extended, count it with other closures. In Protest, the Association bought wool pack of unsold in the truck and in front of the Chancellery of the losses. “Protest is not only dairy farmers can,“ announced Pangels.
New Corona Numbers of the RKI: 8354 infections, 551 Dead
The current Corona-Figures from the Robert Koch Institute to a further relaxation of hope. Therefore, the health authorities have reported 8354 new infections with the Coronavirus Sars-Cov2. Thus, the infections continue to decline significantly: On Saturday a week ago, 10.485 Corona were infections reported. A total of 2.328.447 people have been infected in Germany with the Virus.
The number of deaths will also decrease. The RKI, according to 551 people have died within a day but still the effects of a Corona infection. In order 64.742 Corona died in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic-Infected.
The Seven-day incidence continues to decline, it is located on the Saturday nationwide 60.2. The value indicating the infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days, was on Friday 62.2.
The police Union criticized the lack of equipment for border control
The trade Union of police (GdP) has faulted before the beginning of stationary border controls this weekend, the equipment of the German Federal police. “The technical equipment of the German Federal police leaves something to be desired,” said the GdP district Chairman for the Federal police, Andreas Roßkopf, the “Rheinische Post”. It’s mangle in container offices, toilet and large tents to be able to perform the inspections.
Thus, the units might make part two-digit minus degrees in their work, they need support from the Technical assistance work, said Roßkopf of the newspaper. “I call on the Federal government and the States, to ensure fast now for the necessary help.”
The Federal police checks substantial to come with the border more loads. There is the risk that “Local knowledge about the field and forest paths are bypassing the controls was also”. To prevent this, need it any more forces. Roßkopf estimated that “several hundreds of riot police” were necessary.
As of Sunday, Germany tightened due to the spread of new virus variants, the rules for the entry of several EU member States, including Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. As of Sunday, there should be stationary border controls.
British Corona-variant, more than every fourth sample in Denmark
The first, in England, any variant of Coronavirus in Denmark, now in more than every fourth analyzed Corona sample. The provisional Figures of the Danish Institute of health-SSI. Accordingly, the variant B. 1.1.7 in 28.5 percent of until Friday sequenced samples from the first week of February demonstrated. For comparison: In the week before the share was still at a preliminary 20.3 per cent, of the year, only 2.1 percent.
Bitkom has sharply criticized the awarding of Impfterminen
The IT industry Association Bitkom has criticised the scheduling of the länder in the case of Corona vaccination. “Time management is not rocket science, it just needs to take it professionally,” said the Association’s President Achim Berg, the “Rheinische Post”. Here are a lot of mistakes had been made.
Many countries have knitted in the past few months, own solutions by Hand, and nowhere they worked really well, said the mountain of the newspaper. “The answer of the German Impfföderalismus on the global pandemic is not a provincial, professional she is.” For a state-wide invitation to tender, to the best solution available on the market to use, sufficient time.
Moderna wants to produce 50 percent more of the vaccine per ampoule
The US company Moderna want in the future, filling 50 percent more vaccine against the Coronavirus per ampoule and so the delivery speed. In the case of authorities worldwide approval for this adjustment was requested, it said in a communication from the company on Friday (local time). Previously, the New York Times had reported, the US food and drug administration FDA had already approved an increase in the per ampoule filled amount to 40 percent.
