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China’s industrial production is again a positive surprise
5:08 am: In China, in the midst of the global crown crisis, there is at least a recovery in the industry. Industrial production increased 3.9 percent in April compared to the previous year, the statistics office said. It is the first climb of this year. The advantage was also greater than economists surveyed by the Bloomberg news agency expected. Production in the industry had already surprised positively in March. In contrast, the situation in retail and investment remained weak.
Retail sales fell 7.5 percent year-over-year. In March, retail sales fell 15.8 percent. However, experts expected a smaller decrease. The situation is similar for investments in property, plant and equipment. These fell 10.3 percent in late April; at the end of March, the decrease had been 16.1 percent. Here experts expected an average less than ten percent.
China’s economy suffers from the coronavirus pandemic. The first outbreak of the new coronavirus had occurred in the second largest economy in the world. According to the government, the situation in the country is now under control again. However, as the virus has now spread widely in the EU and especially in the United States, China is increasingly feeling the effects of the crisis on exports.
According to the RKI, testing capabilities have not been exhausted.
4:47 am: To date, more than 3.1 million coronavirus tests have been performed in Germany. About 197,100 of these were positive, as can be seen in a report published by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). Statistics published there also show that capabilities have not been depleted for a long time. According to last week’s figures, about 382,000 tests were performed from a total of 173 laboratories. The stated test capacities were several times greater.
Most tests and the highest rate of positive results were recorded according to RKI statistics in the fourteenth calendar week, that is, in late March and early April. The virus was detected in about 408,000 tests in nine percent of the samples. In the following weeks, the rate of positive results continued to decline, to 2.7 percent recently. According to the RKI, 35 laboratories reported reagent delivery problems, mainly extraction kits and swabs.
After the testing criteria at the start of the epidemic were relatively strict, for example, with requirements such as a stay in the risk area or contact with a confirmed case, they were eventually gradually relaxed. For example, people with mild symptoms of a respiratory illness should now be tested.
The federal government does not want to extend continuous wages for parents at the moment
3:34: The federal government does not currently plan to extend continued payment of wages to parents who are unable to go to work due to childcare in the crown crisis. At the request of the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung”, a spokeswoman for the Federal Ministry of Labor noted that kindergartens and schools were reopening. Therefore, “there will be no extension of regulation as of today.”
Parents can receive up to 67 percent of their state wages if they have to care for children under the age of 12 during the crown crisis due to closed daycare and schools in the home and therefore have lost income . The benefit is limited to 2016 euros for a full month and so far has been paid for a maximum of six weeks. Times when the daycare or school would be closed for vacation anyway are not counted.
The board member of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), Anja Piel, calls for improvements. In view of the emergency operation in day care centers and the limited number of schools, many families are “further aggravated by livelihoods and inattention.”
Hawaii Ironman postponed until February: two world champions in 2021
2:12: The Ironman in Hawaii is postponed until February 6, 2021 due to the crown crisis. There will be two World Triathlon Championships over Ironman distance next year. The competition was scheduled for October 10. Organizers cited applicable guidelines in the state of Hawaii and travel restrictions worldwide due to the coronavirus pandemic as the reason for the postponement.
Since 2014, only German athletes have won the Ironman World Cup. Three-time world champion Jan Frodeno only criticized the possibility of having two world championships just a few days ago: “At some point, it’s kind of silly to have a world champion in February and a world champion in October,” he told the news agency. German. Despite all the understanding of wanting to hold a competition in times of the Corona crisis, Frodeno said: “I think a World Cup should simply be suspended if it cannot take place in October.”
The Ironman first took place in 1978. Until 1982 the competition was at the beginning of the year. Moving from O’ahu Island to the main island, the Ironman World Champions were chosen in both February and October. In 2021 it will be time again.
Patient advocates demand that protection measures be focused.
1:45 am: In the long-term protection of the population against coronavirus, patient advocates demand that special attention be given to the group of elderly and sick. “It is not about taking all the measures, but taking the right ones,” said Eugen Brysch, president of the German Foundation for Patient Protection, of the “Rheinische Post”.
To protect the needy and critically ill from the virus, it is not necessary to shut down all public life or the economy must stop, he said. “Basic sustainable protection against infection, sufficient nursing staff and smart measures, especially in hospitals, care facilities and medical practices, do not require billions of euros.”
The patient protector emphasized that, of course, it would cost money to implement distance rules and additional hygiene measures. In his opinion, however, it is essential that politicians and the public agree on who should be protected. “This alone creates the basis for agreeing how,” he said. Equipped in this way, society can await the development of a vaccine.
Hesse Prime Minister has doubts about the Bundesliga concept
1:20: Hesse Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) has expressed doubts about the requirements of the German Football League (DFL) for the restart of the Bundesliga. He hoped the Bundesliga could end the season. However, it could happen that “half of the teams have to be quarantined if the tests are positive and the whole sophisticated concept for the crown crisis does not work,” he told the Rheinische Post in Düsseldorf.
He can understand very well that numerous tests for soccer players are perceived as unfair by many people. At the same time, however, Bouffier noted that there were only 3,000 of the 400,000 tests called and a million tests available per week. “Health testing needs always come first,” he said.
Nike Expects Financial Burdens Despite Booming Online Business
00:56: US sporting goods maker Nike expects financial results laden with branches closed in the crown crisis in the current business quarter. This was announced by the group after the closing of the US stock market. Nike is increasing its e-commerce business to cope with the rise in online orders, but by country, management says only 5 to 40 percent of Nike stores are currently open. The company reopened stores in more than 15 countries after the closure in the wake of the crown crisis, including Germany, France, Brazil and the United States.
According to the survey, 56 percent want to maintain crown restrictions.
0.23 am: More than half of the people with the right to vote want to stick to the measures currently in force in the crown crisis. This was the result of a survey by infratest-dimap for Germany’s new ARD trend.
Accordingly, 56 percent of citizens are critical of the additional standardization steps. On the other hand, 40 percent of the respondents are in favor of facilitating the measures in the coming weeks. Especially the supporters of the FDP with 63 percent and AfD with 61 percent are in favor of a new opening.
Immediately before easing was decided last week, 54 percent of citizens had opted for easing, 41 percent wanted to stick to the measures, he said.
Augsburg coach Herrlich violates quarantine and misses restart
00.10 clock: A toothpaste and skin cream cost Augsburg coach Heiko wonderfully expensive. Because he violated DFL quarantine regulations, he missed his first game at the new club. Read more here.
Coronavirus may be responsible for severe inflammatory disease in children
00:05: According to doctors in northern Italy and France, a serious inflammatory disease in children could be related to the coronavirus. As doctors reported in “The Lancet” magazine, the characteristic features of the disease resembled the so-called Kawasaki syndrome. It leads to an overreaction of the immune system, which is likely caused by bacteria or viruses. Adults already know that coronavirus can also cause an overreaction.
A direct connection between Kawasaki and the corona virus has not yet been established. However, there are now reports from various countries of children with inflamed blood vessels, rashes, and fever, symptoms that at least resemble Kawaski’s disease. According to current knowledge, a crown infection in children is quite mild. In the article, doctors also write that only a small proportion of younger patients are affected by the disease.
According to the article, doctors at the Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital in Bergamo had cases of children who showed such symptoms between February 18 and April 20 with cases of Kawasaki in the region from the five years prior to the start of the period. Comparative pandemic. In total, there were 19 Kawasaki cases between January 2015 and mid-February this year. In the two months since then, 10 children with symptoms similar to Kawasaki’s have been treated, which, according to the study authors, corresponds to a 30-fold increase. However, the doctors noted that it was difficult to draw valid conclusions based on such small numbers.
