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Record increase in India again: 97,570 new cases
7:05 am .: With 97,570 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours, India reports a record increase for the second day in a row. The total number of confirmed infections amounted to 4.65 million, according to data from the Health Ministry. In no other country is the number of cases increasing more than in India. In terms of the total number of infections detected, India is directly behind the US, which leads the world with more than 6.4 million cases.
Mexico reports more than 70,000 deaths from corona
06.25 am: Mexico passed the 70,000 crown death mark on Friday. In the past 24 hours alone, 534 people have died as a result of the coronavirus disease, bringing the total death toll to 70,183, according to the Health Ministry. This beat even the most pessimistic forecasts: the authority had initially estimated the number of deaths caused by the pandemic at 8,000, before assuming up to 60,000 deaths in a “disaster” scenario.
According to AFP news agency counts, Mexico is the country with the fourth highest death toll in the world, after the United States, Brazil and India. So far, more than 658,000 people have been infected in the Latin American country.
Larger crown rallies expected in Munich and Hannover
4.10 am: Opponents of state measures against the spread of the corona pandemic want to demonstrate in Munich and Hannover on Saturday. In Munich, the authorities only allowed the organizers of the so-called lateral thinking rally to hold a stationary rally with a maximum of 1,000 participants on the Theresienwiese under strict conditions. At the same time, a left-wing alliance wants to protest against the demonstration.
There is a similar protest situation in Hannover. There, the organizers of a demonstration against the state measures expect about a thousand participants. At the same time, left-wing groups want to demonstrate against the spread of conspiracy myths, 300 participants are registered here. A large police force is deployed in both cities after riots and a storm broke out in the Reichstag in Berlin.
The data protection officer criticizes gastronomy for handling the contact data of corona
03.07 am: Federal Data Protection Commissioner Ulrich Kelber has harshly criticized the restaurant industry for its handling of Corona’s contact details. “In some restaurants and cafes, the simplest rules for a data protection compliant collection of contact data are ignored,” the SPD politician told the Funke media group newspapers. Guest data “is kept for too long and there are no technical security measures,” Kelber said.
He also criticized the lists that were open at the entrances and the fact that many times all the employees of the company could see them. “If you don’t want people to include Mickey Mouse on these lists and use 123456 as a phone number, you need to trace the data collection back to its primary function: protection against infection.” For example, envelopes can be placed on tables and then immediately sealed. “And after 14 days, the data is removed by putting the sealed envelopes in the shredder,” Kelber explained.
The data protection officer indirectly advised citizens to avoid restaurants that mishandle Corona contact details.
Immunologist Fauci: back to normal after Corona only in late 2021
1:25 am: Renowned immunologist Anthony Fauci does not expect the United States to return to normal living conditions until late 2021, even if there is a coronavirus vaccine in a few months. It should take that long until enough people are vaccinated for a “protective screen of immunity,” Fauci said Friday in support of the rationale. At the same time, he expects corona vaccines to be only 70 to 75 percent efficient.
“I would be surprised if we had a vaccine like measles, which works 97 to 98 percent of the time, and in which you just have to vaccinate the population for measles to disappear,” Fauci told CNN. “I don’t think that will happen. I would accept a vaccination that is 70 or 75 percent effective.” However, this still requires additional protective measures.
For some time, people would have to be prepared to wear masks, keep their distance and avoid meetings, Fauci emphasized.
Brazil exceeds the threshold of 130,000 deaths by corona
1:17 am: Brazil has passed the threshold of 130,000 corona deaths more than six months after the first coronavirus case. On Friday, the Ministry of Health confirmed 874 deaths and 43,178 new infections in the last 24 hours, raising the number of deaths to a total of 130,396 and the number of infected to more than 4.2 million. Recently, however, the number of daily victims had decreased.
From June to mid-August, the country accounted for around 1,000 new deaths every day. In the last seven days, the average was just under 700. After the United States, Brazil is the country most affected by the pandemic in the world.
Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly downplayed the danger posed by the new corona virus. He described the Covid-19 disease caused by the pathogen in the past as “minor flu.” He also criticized Bolsonaro imposed by Brazilian states Crown-Restrictions.
