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Thursday 17 September 2020
The president of the German Medical Association, Klaus Reinhardt, calls for more courage when making decisions, for example, with a view to the start of the Bundesliga season. “We cannot just keep both feet on the brake. We also have to gain experience, learn to deal with the pandemic and live with it for a certain period of time,” Reinhardt said of the “Passauer Neue Presse.” “We just need a pragmatic and, above all, rational way to deal with this situation,” said the doctor. In view of developments so far, the return of stadium fans can “from my point of view be daring with the necessary caution.” “You will not be able to prevent all infections. But we are learning to better protect ourselves against the virus,” he said. The medical president considers that a confinement “currently excluded”. This would be “a completely excessive measure,” Reinhardt said.
+++ 07:37 Teacher: “We are still facing a practical test” +++
The president of the Association of Teachers of Germany, Heinz-Peter Meidinger, is preparing for a difficult autumn and winter in schools. The fact that it has performed so well under Corona conditions is due less to the “comprehensive hygiene plans” of the Conference of Education Ministers and individual state ministries, but to the fact that the infection rate in Germany is still manageable, said the president of the Association of German Teachers, Heinz-Peter. Meidinger. “The real test is still ahead,” he said, looking ahead to fall and winter.
+++ 06:48 Drosten: increases similar to those of France and Spain possible +++
Virologist Christian Drosten cautions that you should not feel safe in view of the moderate number of infections compared to other European countries. The head of Charité Virology said, “if we overlap the curves, we will be a little behind Spain and France and England.” He stressed that “we shouldn’t pretend that things are unfolding very differently for us. We also don’t do a lot of things very differently now.”
+++ 06:11 RKI reports just under 2000 new infections +++
After yesterday’s peak, the number of new infections reported by the Robert Koch Institute has once again fallen below the 2000 value. As the RKI indicates with the state of the data at midnight, health authorities reported 1916 new cases yesterday. Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, at least 267,773 people in Germany have been shown to have been infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus. According to the RKI, the number of deaths related to a corona infection is 9,378. Seven more deaths have been reported since the previous day. According to RKI estimates, around 238,700 people had survived the infection by Friday morning.
+++ 05:28 Due to the corona pandemic: Trump holds a UN speech from the White House +++
US President Donald Trump will deliver his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday from the White House. “He’s not going there,” says Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres suggested in May that heads of state and government should videotape their speeches and send them out due to the pandemic.
+++ 04:25 Second blockade in Israel: new restrictions take effect +++
The Israeli government wants to prevent the coronavirus from spreading further with a second nationwide lockdown. From 2 pm local time (1 pm CEST) onwards, the people of the Mediterranean country have to accept the severe restrictions again. Measures like exit restrictions and store closings must be in place for at least three weeks. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Thursday that in view of the high number of infections in recent days, further toughening of measures may be necessary.
+++ 03:47 Clubs have to release South American national players despite Corona +++
Neymar, Lionel Messi and all the other South American internationals must be available for their national teams for the World Cup qualifiers in October. The South American soccer association Conmebol has received the corresponding guarantees from FIFA, the US news agency AP reported, citing information from the association. Therefore, clubs should also release their national players if their home countries or venues are considered a crown risk area in their club countries and there is a risk of quarantine when they return to Europe.
+++ 02:24 Lauterbach: a concept is needed for schools when permanent ventilation is no longer possible +++
Karl Lauterbach, an SPD health expert, calls for new concrete plans for organizing the school. He criticized the newspapers of the Funke media group for the fact that until now there have been very few concepts on how school operations should be maintained if the number of new infections continues to rise and old “ventilation concepts” no longer work. He noted that with outside temperatures falling in the coming months, classroom windows could no longer be open all the time. Therefore, ventilation systems or teaching concepts are necessary to ensure spatial distance between students, Lauterbach said.
+++ 01:47 Johns Hopkins: Over 30 million corona infections worldwide +++
According to American scientists, more than 30 million coronavirus infections have been recorded worldwide since the start of the corona pandemic. That comes from data from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Therefore, the number of deaths exceeds 943,000.
+++ 00:55 Former von Pence adviser on Trump’s crown policy: “Total disregard for human life” +++
A former adviser to the vice president of the United States, Mike Pence, has made serious accusations against the president of the United States, Donald Trump, in connection with the corona pandemic. Olivia Troy told the Washington Post that Trump’s response to the crisis had shown “total disregard for human life.” Her main concern was the economy and her re-election. According to the Washington Post, Troy advised Pence on the coronavirus, among other things, until he left in August. In this role, she participated in meetings of the coronavirus task force, chaired by Pence.
+++ 23:59 R-value in Germany rises above 1.00 +++
The number of reproductions, or R-value for short, is increasing again in Germany. According to RKI’s management report, it was the last at 1.07 (previous day: 1.00). This means that 100 infected people infect 107 more people on average. The R value represents the infection rate approximately one and a half weeks earlier. Additionally, the RKI gives a seven-day R call in its current status report. The value refers to a longer period of time and is therefore less subject to daily fluctuations. According to RKI estimates, this value was 1.15 (previous day: 1.06). It shows the infection process for eight to 16 days.
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