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Spain held a commemoration of the dead crown in mid-July.
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The federal Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, supports the proposal of a state law for the deaths of the pandemic in Germany. “Basically he could only find the right thing” that “we as a nation, as a society” commemorate the victims of the crown, Spahn said on the Internet show “Bild live.” In his view, state law should also be dedicated to those for whom the Corona crisis was “hard on everyday life.” It is important to show “that we are aware of the hardships and suffering that have occurred and some of them still exist today,” emphasized the Minister of Health. The head of the chancellery, Helge Braun, had already advocated for a state law for the deaths of the German crown based on the Spanish model in July. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced last weekend that he would speak to the Bundestag, the Bundesrat, the Federal Government and the Federal Constitutional Court about an official event of mourning for the dead of the crown.
+++ 08:43 physicians’ representatives warn of laboratory bottlenecks +++
Physician representatives warn of growing bottlenecks in German laboratory capacities. The beginning of the flu season will multiply the number of swabs needed, said the president of the professional association of doctors of the public health service, Ute Teichert, the newspapers of the Funke media group. Laboratory capabilities are already in short supply. To differentiate between flu and corona infections, a throat swab is necessary in each suspected case. “If the number of infections increases, we have to expect big bottlenecks and longer wait times in the fall.”
+++ 08:10 sick leave does not increase markedly +++
According to an analysis by the Techniker Krankenkasse, the corona pandemic did not notably increase the number of illness reports in the first half of 2020. Among its insured employees, the rate of illness as the proportion of days lost was 4.4 percent, after 4.3 percent in the same period last year and 4.5 percent in the first half of 2018. The diagnosis of Covid-19 only played a minor role. In March, she was responsible for 0.3 percent of total sick leave, in April, the proportion rose slightly to 0.7 percent and fell again to 0.2 percent in June. Executive Director Jens Baas explained that experience shows that fewer people reported being ill in the summer. “Also, the distance and hygiene rules are obviously having an effect. Not only do they reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection, other colds and infectious diseases are also less likely to spread.” Above all, psychological diagnoses have increased, which accounted for 18.7 percent of total sick leave in the first half of the year.
+++ 07:27 India surpasses Brazil in terms of number of infections +++
India is now the country with the second highest number of recorded infections in the world after the United States. So far, a total of 4.2 million cases of infection have been recorded there. The country put it ahead of Brazil, where there are 4.12 million registered cases of infection. In the United States, the number of registered coronavirus infections is 6.25 million. More recently, India recorded 90,802 new cases in 24 hours, more than ever. The country remains third behind the United States and Brazil in terms of death toll from the pandemic. So far, 71,642 deaths have been recorded in India. In Brazil, the figure was around 126,200, in the United States around 188,500.
+++ 07:16 the payment of the child voucher starts with 200 euros +++
The child bond to support families in the Corona crisis will be paid starting this Monday. In the first step, the Family Benefits Office pays 200 euros per child. The total benefit is € 300 per child, which is paid in addition to the child benefit. The second installment of 100 euros will be paid in October. When the child bonus appears in the account it depends on the last digit of the child benefit number. In total, there are around 18 million eligible children and young people in Germany. The special payment is not offset by Hartz IV and other social benefits. However, it is offset by the allowance for dependent children of people with high incomes.
+++ 06:50 RKI reports 814 new infections +++
According to the Robert Koch Institute, Germany reports 814 new infections. This increases the number of coronavirus cases to 250,799 in one day. There were no more deaths in the same period, so the total number of people who died from or with Covid-19 remains at 9,325.
+++ 06:08 study: no need to raise taxes for debts in corona +++
According to a study, the huge special expenses due to the virus pandemic are manageable for Germany and they do not have to let the state dig deep into the pockets of citizens. “For the current crown costs of the federal government, no tax increases are required as counter-financing in the medium term,” says a study by the Institute for Financial Research at the University of Cologne. “The fact that the costs of the crown are financed initially through budget deficits is economically wise and politically without a short-term alternative.” The new borrowing is sustainable despite the huge sums, so there is no excessive future burden. Federal Finance Minister and SPD Chancellor Candidate Olaf Scholz recently questioned higher taxes due to the crown crisis. Here you can read more about it.
+++ 05:33 Australia secures candidate vaccine against Astrazeneca +++
Australia has secured the first doses of vaccine from potential Astrazeneca Covid-19 candidate for January 2021. The experimental vaccine known as “AZD1222” is in late-stage clinical trials in the UK, Brazil and South Africa. In Australia’s second most populous state, Victoria, the lockdown in the city of Melbourne has been extended until September 28 as the daily number of infections is declining more slowly than expected. Victoria accounts for about 75 percent of the country’s 26,320 cases and 90 percent of the 762 deaths.
+++ 02:57 Brazil reports more than 14,500 new infections and 450 more deaths +++
Brazil notifies 14,521 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours. Another 447 people died as a result, the Health Ministry announced. The Latin American country is the second most affected by the pandemic after the United States, with 4.14 million people infected and 126,650 deaths worldwide. The number of new infections and deaths tends to be lower on Sundays, as there are delays in evaluating test results in some parts of the country.
+++ 00:53 The number of deaths in Israel exceeds the 1000 mark +++
The number of deaths in Israel related to corona infection has passed the 1,000 mark. As announced by the Ministry of Health, 1010 people died. The Sars-CoV-2 pathogen has been detected in 129,349 people in Israel since the pandemic began. The country has around nine million inhabitants. In view of the growing number of cases, the Israeli government wants to curb the further spread of the virus with lockdown measures in particularly affected areas. A government statement said there will be curfews in 40 “red” places with a high number of infections from Monday night until the early hours of the morning.
+++ 22:28 The Chinese manufacturer already vaccinates the entire workforce +++
According to its boss, the Chinese biotech company Sinovac has already vaccinated more than 90 percent of its own employees and their families with the corona vaccine it developed. The drug has not yet passed all phases of clinical testing, but with a waiver from authorities, the vaccine is already being administered to healthcare workers in China, among others.
+++ 21:48 Over 45,000 new infections in US +++
In the United States, 45,405 new infections were recorded in 24 hours. A total of 6.226 million people were demonstrably infected with the corona virus, according to the CDC. The death toll increased by 892 to 188,051. Figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention do not necessarily reflect data reported by individual states.
+++ 21:17 France shows seven new risk areas +++
France has identified seven new corona risk areas. According to the government, 28 of the approximately 100 French administrative districts are now considered “red zones” where the virus is “actively circulating”. The classification allows the authorities to tighten the crown measures. In addition to the four departments of Nord, Bas-Rhin, Seine-Maritime and Côte-d’Or with cities such as Lille, Rouen, Le Havre, Strasbourg and Dijon, the two administrative districts of the Mediterranean island of Corsica and the overseas department of the island are also affected. Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. First, in August, the Paris metropolitan area and parts of the Mediterranean coast were declared risk zones. Germany has issued a travel advisory for the Paris, Côte Azur and Provence region.
+++ 20:54 642 new infections and no deaths in Germany +++
The health authorities of the federal states today reported 642 new confirmed infections with the coronavirus. That’s the highest value for a Sunday since the beginning of August.
Due to Sunday, five federal states, including Bavaria with the latest highest numbers, have not reported any current data. The eleven federal states with current numbers have not registered a new death related to a corona infection since yesterday.
The total number of infected people in Germany rose to 250,230 people according to counts from ntv.de. According to an estimate from the Robert Koch Institute, 223,330 people have recovered from a corona infection. 17,574 people are considered acutely infected.
+++ 19:55 work in the home office greatly damages the economy +++According to a British study, the country is losing about one percent of its economic output because many employees work from home. Consulting firm PWC has calculated that although small cities and towns beyond the main economic centers could benefit from the trend towards home offices, the overall effect is clearly negative. The study, reported by the British “Times”, names among other things losses from cleaning services, gastronomy and security services due to the permanent lack of employees in the offices.
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