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Tuesday, September 08, 2020
German health authorities reported 1,499 new corona infections in one day. According to the Robert Koch Institute, at least 252,298 people in Germany have been shown to have been infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus since the beginning of the Corona crisis. By Tuesday morning, about 226,500 people had survived the infection. The number of deaths related to a corona infection is 9,329. Four more deaths have been reported since the previous day.
+++ 05:02 AOK wants to boost prices of corona tests +++
The head of the federal AOK association, Martin Litsch, wants to reduce the cost of corona tests. Therefore, it calls on Health Minister Jens Spahn to give health insurers a legal opportunity to negotiate prices. “It is inappropriate that we have to pay just under 40 euros for each test. Labs are now making huge profits from it,” Litsch told the publishing network in Germany. Laboratory operators had confirmed that “they could live well with half,” said the head of the association. Currently, however, there is no legal possibility for health insurers to impose a lower price.
+++ 04:33 Tax estimators calculate the effects of a pandemic +++
How big are the holes that the Crown crisis is opening in public finances? Tax estimators want to answer this question in the next few days. The task force has an extraordinary meeting due to the pandemic. The federal government decided to take this step after the May tax estimate because the effects of the crisis on the economy could only be predicted at that time. The results will be presented on Thursday. The tax estimate is an important basis for the federal budget for 2021. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz wants to present his draft to cabinet on September 23 and therefore needs current estimates of tax revenue for next year. .
+++ 03:43 Former “Temptations” singer died after crown disease +++
It shaped the sound of the American band “The Temptations” for many years; now, R’n’B singer Bruce Williamson has died. At the age of 49, he died in a Las Vegas hospital from the effects of the Covid-19 disease, according to his team of spokespersons for the US magazine “USA Today.” California-born Williamson, who began his singing career in a church, joined the legendary soul band in 2006. He was on stage with the group until 2015. In the 1960s and 1970s, Temptations and their Motown label had their biggest hits with hits like “My Girl”, “I Can’t Get Next to You” and “Papa Was A Rollin ‘Stone”. In 1989, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
+++ 02:30 Brazil: More than 10,000 new infections in one day +++
Brazil reported 10,273 new cases of corona in 24 hours. Another 310 people died of or with the virus, the Health Ministry said. The Latin American nation is the third country most affected by the pandemic, after the United States and India, with 4.15 million diagnosed infections and 126,960 deaths worldwide.
+++ 01:25 Infections in the Gaza Strip are increasing enormously +++
The number of corona cases in the Gaza Strip has increased tenfold in the past two weeks and has risen to more than 1,000 infections. In the Palestinian territory blocked by the Israeli government, 182 infections have been recorded in the past 24 hours, Palestinian officials announced Monday. According to official information, eight people have died as a result of the viral disease. So far, the isolated, completely overcrowded and impoverished Gaza Strip has suffered few infections. The narrow territory is isolated by a huge security barrier on the land side and has only two border crossings: one towards Israel and one towards Egypt. With a few exceptions, both crossings were blocked in March. The people who returned to Gaza were quarantined for three weeks.
+++ 23:01 Italy extends measures for another month +++
Measures to contain the coronavirus in Italy, such as mask requirements and distance rules, will remain in effect for another month. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed the corresponding decree that night, according to government information. The regulations apply in the Mediterranean country until October 7. Consequently, the obligation to wear oral and nasal protection remains in public buildings and means of transport. People must keep a distance of at least one meter. Larger gatherings are still forbidden, stadiums and clubs are closed. The restrictions for travelers from Croatia, Greece, Spain and Malta also continue to apply. You have to show a negative corona test.
+++ 22:08 Trump warns Democrats against corona vaccination propaganda +++
US President Donald Trump has accused Democrats of speaking out against an impending corona vaccination for political reasons. The vice presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, displays “careless anti-vaccination rhetoric,” Trump criticized at a press conference in front of the White House. Democrats wanted to portray vaccination as a negative because of the November 3 election, he said. Harris had warned in an interview broadcast Sunday with CNN of government interference in the search for a corona vaccine. Under Trump, independent scientific experts would be “silenced,” the senator said. Trump’s promise regarding the vaccine cannot be trusted because he is desperate for success two months before the election, he warned.
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