Coronavirus Live Ticker: +++ 02:13 Slovakia requires PCR +++ test upon entry

Friday, November 13, 2020

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+++ 02:13 Slovakia requires a PCR +++ test upon entry

If you want to enter Slovakia from Germany, you need a negative PCR test from Monday, which should not be more than 72 hours. This anticipates a statement released by state health authority UVZ on Friday evening. The new rule also applies to travelers from neighboring Slovakia, Austria, Hungary and Poland, as well as almost all other EU countries. You are only allowed to enter the country without a PCR test from ten low corona risk countries. These include Finland and Greece as the only EU countries; China and Japan, for example, are considered safe countries outside the European Union. Contrary to what was recently announced, rapid antigen tests used in mass tests nationwide in Slovakia will not be accepted for border crossings. Therefore, the tests originally planned for November 2 will not take place directly at the border crossings. Until recently, conflicting and shifting announcements from the government and authorities had caused confusion.

+++ 01:39 Lauterbach wants a prolonged closure of the breakwater +++
Before the exchange conference between prime ministers and Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach spoke out against easing the crown conditions imposed for November. “I assume that we will have to extend the closure of the breakwater because the effect is weaker than calculated,” said the SPD politician in the newspapers of the Funke media group. “Other than schools, a probable cause is very few restrictions on private contacts.” New infections are too high, Lauterbach said. “There is no reason to relax.” New studies have confirmed the enormous importance of restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels and fitness rooms for the spread of the coronavirus. “This is exactly where superprocessor events occur,” Lauterbach said. “If we reopen these places like we did before closing, we’ll be back where we were in no time – with exponential growth.”

+++ 01:06 after hacker attack: Brazil reports almost 30,000 infections +++
Brazil registered 29,070 new infections in one day. According to the Ministry of Health, this increases the total number of infections in the Latin American country to more than 5.8 million. The number of deaths related to the coronavirus increases by 456 to 164,737. The Brazilian Ministry of Health had previously blamed a hacker attack for a flaw in the Covid data website. The site can be accessed again after several days.

+++ 00:30 Closing in Italy: Tuscany is also becoming a red zone +++
The Italian government has agreed to further intensify the fight against the corona virus in some regions. The Campania and Tuscany region in southern Italy will become red zones, as Italy’s Health Minister Roberto Speranza announced on Facebook overnight. This means that the most stringent corona measures apply to a total of seven regions. Furthermore, the northern regions of Emilia-Romagna and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as the Marches in the east of the country, are classified as medium risk areas (orange). “There is no other way to reduce the death toll and reduce contagion,” Speranza wrote in her post. In most of Italy, strict crown requirements apply. The country is divided into three zones. There is a kind of closure in red. In the orange zone, freedom of movement beyond municipalities and regions is restricted without giving specific reasons. Italy posted a new record on Friday with nearly 41,000 new corona infections in one day.

+++ 23:57 The Prime Minister of Canada asks for discipline to citizens +++
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls on people to take action now to save Christmas. “What we do in the coming days and weeks will determine what we can do for Christmas,” he told reporters. The country’s provinces must now take appropriate action.

+++ 23:20 US West Coast states ask citizens to refrain from traveling +++
California, Oregon, and Washington urge their citizens not to travel outside of their states. According to California Health Minister Mark Ghaly, the three West Coast states are waiving regulations so as not to provoke defiant reactions. The governors of six states in the northeastern United States want to discuss coordinated measures over the weekend, explains New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

+++ 22:56 Trump: “The vaccine will arrive very, very quickly” +++
According to current President Donald Trump, the corona vaccine developed by Pfizer and Biontech will be approved “very, very quickly” in the United States. The vaccine’s efficacy, recently reported by manufacturers, “far exceeds expectations,” Trump said in the White House rose garden. The US government has already contractually secured the delivery of 100 million doses of vaccines and has the option of obtaining millions of doses more quickly, Trump said. The German biotech company and the US pharmaceutical company reportedly wish to apply to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency approval for the vaccine later this month. Biontech and Pfizer recently announced that their vaccine offers more than 90 percent protection against coronavirus infection based on initial findings.

+++ 22:21 Six US governors are planning an emergency summit +++
In view of the increase in the crown number, the governors of the northeastern US states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Delaware want to discuss new measures at an “emergency summit” over the weekend. of week. “We want to make sure our measures are in line, or at least we know what measures the other states have,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said, according to US media. “We believe that we must take additional measures.” Cuomo just announced new measures for his state on Wednesday. Restaurants, bars, and gyms must close at 10pm on Friday. Meetings in private homes are limited to a maximum of ten people. An early closure of schools and interiors of bars, restaurants and cafeterias cannot be ruled out.

+++ 21:48 the court confirms the conditions for the demonstration of the opponents of the Regensburg mask +++
The Regensburg Administrative Court has rejected an urgent request against the requirements for a planned demonstration by opponents of the anti-crown mask in the city. The request was inadmissible, he announced late at night. A complaint can be filed with the Bavarian Administrative Court against the decision. In many cities, supporters of the “lateral thinking” movement against the Crown measures want to take to the streets at the weekend. A demonstration with up to 1000 people has been announced in Regensburg. The organizers had registered 2,000 participants, but authorities limited the number to 1,000. In addition, participants must wear a mask and maintain a minimum distance of one and a half meters.

+++ 21:08 Current data status in Germany: 23,094 new infections and 203 deaths +++
In terms of new infections, Germany reports the largest daily increase on record since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. As the information from state authorities evaluated by ntv.de shows, 23,094 new cases were added in 24 hours. The number of reported coronavirus infections in Germany has risen to 762,709. The number of deaths related to the infection increased from 203 to 12,286. It is the third day in a row with more than 200 deaths recently reported. Around 272,061 people are currently infected.

The infection rate (R value) is given by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) as 0.92 (previous day: 0.79). This means that 100 people infect an average of 92 other people with Sars-CoV-2. The 7-day R-value is currently 0.99 (previous day: 0.93). The value represents the appearance of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection process subsides. According to the Divi Register, 3,299 Covid 19 patients are currently being treated in intensive care in Germany, 113 more than the day before. 1859 of them are ventilated. Around 6,400 intensive care beds are still available in German clinics.

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