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Friday, January 1, 2021
Coronavirus-Liveticker
+++ 01:23 Italy wants to open schools on January 7 +++
Starting on January 7, Italy plans to reopen schools for older students. The Interior Ministry in Rome confirmed this in a statement. Despite the corona pandemic, safe teaching must be ensured, he said. Those responsible in situ and in the government of Rome wanted 50 per cent of the teaching in the classroom to be delivered initially. For this, for example, school transport must meet strict health requirements. For the rest of the girls and boys, online learning remains for the moment. Rome had previously discussed 75 percent of face-to-face classes at the beginning after the New Year.
+++ 00:10 outbreaks in South Korean prisons +++
After hundreds of corona infections in a Seoul prison, South Korea has tightened contact restrictions for all prisons in the country. The Ministry of Justice apologized for the rapid spread of the coronavirus among inmates and employees of the Seoul Dongbu Correctional Facility. The buildup was due, among other things, to a lack of protective measures, Vice Minister Lee Yong Gu said. Until Thursday, more than 790 cases of contagion between inmates and prison staff were registered in the institution. For this reason, in recent days, more than 600 prisoners had to be transferred to other institutions or, if the infection was positive, to other institutions.
+++ 23:14 Latvia starts the new year with record growth +++
The year ended with a record number of new corona cases in Latvia. The Riga health authority reported a maximum of 1,861 new infections in 24 hours for the second day in a row, after 1,367 the day before. Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of more than 40,000 cases have been recorded in the EU Baltic country, 635 people have died of or with a corona infection. Latvia, with its 1.9 million inhabitants, has seen a rapid increase in new infections since autumn. According to the EU authority ECDC, development is currently significantly worse than in Germany. The Riga government is trying to reverse the trend with increasingly stringent restrictions: in addition to the shutdown, a night curfew was imposed earlier in the year.
+++ 22:01 only 200 people: France accelerates the vaccination campaign +++
France accelerates its vaccination campaign against the new coronavirus. Health workers over 50 can be vaccinated from Monday, Health Minister Olivier Véran announced. This means that this age group will be vaccinated earlier than planned. Politicians and doctors had previously criticized the slow start of the vaccination campaign. President Emmanuel Macron stressed in his New Year’s speech on Thursday that he would not allow “undue delays” in mass vaccinations. However, on the other hand, “security should not be compromised.” Since Sunday, fewer than 200 people have been vaccinated against Corona in France, while Germany and Italy have vaccinated several thousand people.
+++ 21:43 Turkey tightened curfew +++
The stricter exit rules go into effect in Turkey on New Years days. Turkish citizens can only shop outside the door in exceptional cases or during the day, the Interior Ministry said. The regulations apply from 9 pm on Thursday night until 5 am local time on Monday morning. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had previously announced stricter controls on New Year’s Eve to prevent celebrations. More than 34,000 security forces would be deployed in Istanbul, announced the governor of the metropolis, Ali Yerlikaya. Other rules apply to tourists and foreigners: they are generally exempt from the restrictions.
+++ 21:10 Current data status in Germany: 28,914 new cases +++
The number of reported coronavirus infections in Germany has risen to 1,735,239. As can be seen from the information from the state authorities evaluated by ntv.de, 28,914 new cases were added. The number of deaths related to the infection increased from 825 to 33,541. Around 363,024 people are currently infected.
The infection rate (R value) is given by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) as 0.74 (previous day: 0.54). This means that an average of 100 infected people infect another 74 people with Sars-CoV-2. The 7-day R-value is currently 0.8 (previous day: 0.68). According to the Divi Register, 5,639 Covid 19 patients are currently being treated in intensive care in Germany, 3,112 of whom are ventilated. 4746 intensive care beds are still available in German clinics.
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