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7141 Corona infections within 24 hours, incidence continues to fall
The Coronavirus is from the Dashboard of the Robert Koch-Institut on Monday morning
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The Minister of health Spahn sees “first success” through hard Corona rules
Federal Minister of health, Jens Spahn (CDU) has been shown to pleased with “first successes” in reducing the Corona-pay Infection, but further efforts in the fight against the pandemic required. “The Numbers seem to be decreasing, which is good,” said Spahn on Monday in the ARD”morning magazine”. The measures to be taken against the spread of the Virus had. “But we’re still a long way from where we want to go and have to go.”
Estimate: of hospitality has been lost in a Corona-crisis, 38 percent of the sales of
Hoteliers and innkeepers have lost, according to initial estimates by the Federal Statistical office in the past year because of the different Corona-limitations of real’s 38 percent of sales. Without taking into account the changes in price (nominal) was recorded in the hospitality sector, 36 per cent less, as the statistics Agency reported on Monday in Wiesbaden.
In the estimation of preliminary month included values up to and including November. The effects of increased lock downs in December were estimated.
7141 Corona infections and 214 of the new deaths reported
The German health authorities have reported to the Robert Koch-Institute 7141 Corona infections within a day. In addition, 214 of the new deaths were recorded within 24 hours, such as the RKI announced in the Morning. On Mondays, the recorded numbers of cases are usually low, partly because on the weekend, less is tested. Exactly a week ago, the RKI 12.497 infections and 343 of the new deaths was recorded within 24 hours. “After a strong increase in the beginning of the December figures, a decline in during the holidays and a renewed rise in the first week of January seem to be the case, numbers to stabilize again,” wrote the RKI in his report on the situation. The number of within seven days of the reported new infections per 100,000 inhabitants (Seven-days-incidence) was, according to the RKI in the Morning at 134,4. Her previous high was 22. December 197,6 been achieved. The number fluctuated after that, and has been falling for a few days.
Study shows first successes in Israel’s Corona-vaccination campaign
A month after the beginning of the massive Corona vaccination campaign in Israel initial study results show that the vaccine reduces the number of new infections significantly. Already two weeks after the first dose of the Biontech-Pifzer vaccine, the number of positive Corona Tests on more than 60-Year-olds is significantly lower, as a study by the largest health insurer in the country revealed.
Vice-Chancellor, Scholz expects to have a two-week Lockdown extension
Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz expects that the Federal government and the countries to intensify their consultations on Tuesday, the Corona-restrictions, and by two weeks to extend. “Further measures need to be taken,” said the Minister of Finance on Sunday evening in the “picture”Talk “The right questions”. “I’m going to assume that the can be 14 days, which come once again.” Whether to also output the lock, not wanted to exclude the Vice-Chancellor: “I think this is a possible measure, but not the one that is first.”
Altmaier: home office-duty and the output will lock spoken
The Corona-containment measures could disable with output or a FFP2-mask mandatory in rail transport be extended. “There is a selection of possibilities on the table, from the home office a duty on the FFP2 mask duty in the railway transport to more significant contact restrictions or curfews,” said Federal Economics Minister, Peter Altmaier, the “Rheinische Post” on Monday.
EU Commission calls on States to reinforced fight against Corona mutations
Against the Background of the spread of mutant forms of the Coronavirus, the European Commission has called on EU member States to step up the fight against the pandemic. The countries would have to test “more and the capacities in the hospitals and on intensive care units will increase,” said health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides of the newspaper “the world” from the Monday. The politician called for according to the report, more genome Sequencing to identify the different Virus mutations.
Virologist Addo to expect a significant relaxation “in the spring”
The Virologist Marylyn Addo is situated in the Corona-pandemic “in the spring and in the summer, a significant relaxation”. “Because of the warmer weather and the higher vaccination Coverage levels,” said the head of the section of infectious diseases, University hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” on Monday. “I can’t imagine, however, that we can trigger soon in large crowds of people like at the Oktoberfest on it. It is also likely to give in the second half of the year, again an increase, it’s just a cold virus. But I remain confident.”
Brazil begins vaccination campaign
Brazil has approved two vaccines against the novel Coronavirus, and thus the way for a nationwide vaccination campaign paved. As the first Brazilian woman to be a nurse in São Paulo received on Sunday a first Dose of the vaccine. Brazil is the most difficult of the Corona-pandemic-affected country in the world.
Brazil’s regulatory authority Anvisa, on Sunday the green light to the vaccine of the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, and permitted the use of the Chinese vaccine CoronaVac. Both agents received an emergency admission.
