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Her sister died of the Spanish flu in 1918, and now South African Fredie Blom has celebrated her 116th birthday amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I have lived so long thanks to the grace of God,” said the jubilee, who is one of the oldest people in the world, on Friday.

With a cigarette in his mouth, Blom recalled the Spanish flu more than a hundred years ago, which later cost his sister and millions of people around the world their lives. The South African was born in Adelaide, South Africa, in 1904. He is older than the British Bob Weighton, who according to the Guinness Book of Records is considered the oldest man in the world. Blom’s age has yet to be officially confirmed by record guards.

China, according to President Xi Xinping, is ready to help North Korea combat the coronavirus pandemic. Xi said this to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a letter, Chinese state television reports. Xi is very concerned about the situation in North Korea and the health of the people there.

The government has established a special pot for apprentices who were unable to complete their final apprenticeship exam due to the crown crisis.

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Britain plans to introduce a two-week quarantine requirement for foreign travelers, according to media reports. The measure will only exempt people coming to the UK from neighboring Ireland, the Times reported Saturday. According to the BBC announcer, the quarantine requirement should take effect in late May.

According to the “Times” report, Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to officially announce the quarantine obligation when a road map is presented to ease Corona’s restrictions on Sunday. The quarantine obligation must be enforced through random checks. In addition, fines of up to £ 1,000 (€ 1,100) and deportation are at risk.

All member states have “cooked their own crown soup,” said the former president of the EU Commission. Border controls are also a threat to the internal market.

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The crown crisis creates new words or focuses on old ones. The Duden editorial team decides if the new words have an entry in the Duden. “An important candidate for admission to the Duden is Covid-19 coronavirus-induced lung disease,” explains editor-in-chief Kathrin Kunkel-Razum.

Anglicism blocking, closure and social distance are under observation. The terms corona fiesta and infodemia have fewer possibilities.

German Federal Chancellor Heiko Maas depends on cooperation with the United States to face the economic consequences of the crown crisis. “Now we have to work together to get the world economy and world trade back on track, despite Corona,” said the SPD politician. General of Augsburg. “No one can handle this feat alone,” stressed Maas.

“The United States and the EU together have an extraordinary influence that we want and must use on the world stage,” said the foreign minister. “Even if we have had to actively remember this lately: We are based on a common base of values ​​and have far more common interests than the opposite,” Maas stressed. The recent decision by the United States to suspend payments to the World Health Organization (WHO) amid the crown crisis caused some unease.

Due to the crown pandemic, the Argentine government has extended exit restrictions for two weeks. However, in much of the South American country, governors can now relax restrictions on certain industries, President Alberto Fernández said Friday. However, in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, long-range restrictions will remain until May 24.

About a third of Argentines live in the capital and the adjacent metropolitan area. 60 percent of corona infections were also registered there. “The situation in Argentina is largely under control,” said the head of state. “We managed to flatten the curve.” So far, 5,371 people have been infected with the novel coronavirus, 285 have died from Covid-19 lung disease.

Currently, Brazil cannot stop the spread of the coronavirus. The registered positive cases increased from 135,106 to 145,328, the number of deaths increased from 751 to 9,897, according to the Ministry of Health. It is the highest one-day death rate so far. Worldwide, the four million mark of those who ever tested positive could be broken today.

In the fight against the coronavirus, auction house Sotheby’s auctioned virtual meetings with stars for $ 450,000 (around 417,000 euros). The biggest amount of money came from a private recording session for a song with Grammy winner Sting, which hit more than $ 137,000, as Sotheby’s said in New York yesterday.

A coffee with Hillary Clinton or a conversation with actor Sacha Baron Cohen was also for the highest bidder. The money should go to the International Rescue Committee, a refugee organization, in its efforts to further spread the new corona virus.

Internet company Google wants its employees to take a day off on May 22. This is meant to counter the employee overload that results from working from home. Google chief Sundar Pichai announced this in a message to employees. The transmitter CNBC was the first to report on it.

Google offices around the world will reopen in June, but most employees would likely work from home by the end of the year, Google said. Facebook also announced that, if possible, employees could work from home by the end of the year.

Yvonne Widler and I will accompany you to the weekend and provide you with the latest information on the corona virus.

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The California governor plans to use the crown pandemic to hold the US election in November by mail. Democrat Gavin Newsom said Friday that he had signed a corresponding decree. Subsequently, all eligible voters in the most populous state in the US USA With just under 40 million inhabitants, they can send the necessary documents by mail.

In Britain, where two minutes of silence commemorated the end of the World War, the Queen quickly stood out with her second landmark speech (at Corona in early April). And it was emotional.

Madagascar has supplied Tanzania with an alleged herbal crown remedy. The country received “medications against the Madagascar coronavirus,” government spokesman Hassan Abas wrote on Twitter on Friday. In late April, the Malagasy government introduced a mugwort herbal drink, said to protect and cure the new coronavirus.

There are considerable doubts about the effectiveness of the drink called “Covid-Organics”, the drug has not been investigated in any scientific study. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday that it was taking insufficiently verified agents against the coronavirus. However, several African countries have already shown interest in Madagascar’s alleged miracle drug.

When celebrating goals in the German Bundesliga, only “short contact with the elbow or foot” can restart the season, according to “Bild”. Cheering, clapping and hugging should be avoided, the newspaper reported Friday, citing an internal document (“Special Operations of the Covid-19 Organizational Circular”) of the German soccer league.

If the season interrupted by the crown pandemic continues on May 16 with ghost games, substitutions should also be made without the usual applause, bundles and spitting avoided. Teams must arrive late. In games there are no enemies, no pets, no handshake when choosing a seat, and no team photos.

On Friday, 213 Ukrainian crop aides landed at Linz airport. They brought you on a special flight. As president Ewald Mayr calculated, that would cost the individual farmer 240 euros per worker plus the crown test. “The public sector doesn’t cost a penny.”