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As of: 01/29/2021 7:57 am
In the live ticker, NDR.de will inform you today, Friday 29 January 2021, about the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Hamburg. To read: Thursday blog.
The most important briefly:
- GEW criticizes school policy in Lower Saxony
- Now too first suspected cases of mutations in MV
- Today decision about AstraZeneca vaccine
- Various processes start in MV due to broken contact rules
- 388 new crown boxes in Schleswig-Holstein reported
- RKI: 14,022 new infections and 839 more deaths recorded nationwide
Overview: Tables, Maps and Charts of Corona in the North
Background: This results in a different number of cases
07:57 am
How much is the crown crisis loading on the labor market?
The Federal Employment Agency today announced its statistics for January. For the first time, the effects of the tightening of the crown’s protection measures, which tightened in December, are included in the labor market figures. Economists expect a significantly higher number of unemployed than in December. At that time, the Federal Agency established the number of unemployed nationwide at 2.707 million, which corresponds to a rate of 5.9 percent. In January, an increase in the number of unemployed is normal for the season. In the first month of last year, almost 200,000 more people were looking for work than in December 2019.
07:50 am
The EMA decides today on the AstraZeneca vaccine
The European Medicines Agency today announced its decision on the crown vaccine from the manufacturer AstraZeneca. If I were to recommend the drug, approval by the EU Commission would be purely a matter of form. In the European Union, only Biontech / Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are allowed so far. AstraZeneca’s vaccine would be the third product approved in the EU. It has the advantage that it is significantly cheaper and easier to store than the other preparations. However, there is a dispute with the EU over the agreed delivery quantities. Therefore, the company now wants to disclose parts of its supply contract.
07:34 am
GEW issues bad Lower Saxony educational certificates
At the end of the first half of the school year in Lower Saxony, the GEW education union issued a bad Corona certificate to the state government in Hannover. The Corona crisis made “educational misery more visible than ever,” criticized GEW country manager Laura Pooth. “Politically responsible people in Lower Saxony sometimes tried very hard during the crisis.” But that is not enough. The federal government, state and local authorities should jointly create a bailout package worth billions for education, according to the GEW lawsuit. In a semi-annual report on coping with the Crown crisis in the education sector, “Transfer at risk,” he warned. Finally, money from the state fund “Corona” should be available to educational institutions. School employees are overburdened due to staff shortages and the protection of their health is still not guaranteed in many places.
06:13 am
Twelve suspected cases of mutated coronavirus in VM
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania there are indications of the British crown B.1.1.7 mutation for the first time. According to the Ministry of Health, there are twelve positive laboratory results nationwide. “It is clear that our state probably will not get rid of the mutations,” said Health Minister Harry Glawe (CDU). Seven of the references to the mutation come from the northwestern Mecklenburg district, three refer to Ludwigslust-Parchim and two from the Rostock district. To confirm the mutations, laboratory samples outside Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are re-examined in more detail using so-called full sequencing. When the results will be available is open.
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05:59 am
More than 14,000 new infections nationwide
German health authorities reported 14,022 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in one day. Another 839 people died from or with the coronavirus. Last Friday, the RKI recorded 17,862 new infections and 859 new deaths in 24 hours. The seven-day incidence is 94.4, having fallen below 100 for the first time since late October yesterday.
05:46 am
MV: Violation of contact rules – process
At the Neubrandenburg district court this morning, several people have to answer for violations of the crown’s contact bans. These are three incidents since spring 2020. Since the defendants filed an objection to the fines imposed by the law enforcement office, the first frequent civil lawsuits are now taking place in the district court. In the first case, it is said that young people gathered in greater numbers at a gas station, which was not allowed at the time due to the pandemic. In the second case, three suspects from different households are said to have barbecued together. In the third case, police found four people from various households in an apartment in April, where they were apparently celebrating a birthday. Those affected should generally pay a fine of about 150 euros for it. Regulatory authorities hope that the outcome of these procedures will also provide information on how violations and fines are handled under current restrictions.
05:43 am
Not all clinics provide FFP2 masks to staff
FFP2 masks can significantly reduce the risk of corona infection. However, they are not taken for granted in the clinical field. The Kiel city hospital spends around € 80,000 more a month to provide its employees with such a mask every day. In the University Hospital of all places, however, there are only so many simple surgical masks.
VIDEO: Clinic staff do not receive FFP2 masks everywhere (3 min)
05:40 am
388 new infections reported in Schleswig-Holstein
In Schleswig-Holstein, 388 new corona cases were recorded in 24 hours. The day before, there were 509. A week earlier, 523 new infections had been confirmed. The seven-day incidence was reduced to 89.7. The number of people who died with Corona in the course of the pandemic increased from 19 to 834.
05:40 am
NDR.de ticker starts on Friday
Also on Friday, January 29, 2021, the NDR.de team will keep you informed about the effects of the corona pandemic in northern Germany. In the live ticker you will find all the important news, as well as the content of the NDR radio and television broadcasts.
New infections reported in northern Thursday246 in Hamburg, 509 in Schleswig-Holstein, 1,388 in Lower Saxony, 242 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and 106 in the state of Bremen; 17,553 new cases nationwide.
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