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South Korean airline flies to Wuhan again
6.52 am: South Korean low-cost carrier T’way Air Wuhan is the first international carrier to return to its route network. Weekly flights between Incheon and Wuhan have already been approved by Chinese and South Korean authorities, says an official with the South Korean Ministry of Transportation. The capital of the central Chinese province of Hubei is considered the starting point of the corona pandemic, and as a result, international flight connections were suspended.
Emirates launches emergency vaccine for humanitarian workers
5.05 am: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved a corona vaccine for restricted emergency use. For now, the vaccine will be “available to those who have more to do with Covid-19 patients,” said Health Minister Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al-Owais. They are at higher risk of contracting the virus through their work. “The emergency use of the vaccine is fully in line with the regulations and laws that allow a faster review of the approval process,” added the minister.
The UAE has been conducting phase III clinical trials for a vaccine from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm since mid-July. The third phase is the last before the vaccine is approved to manufacture. Al-Owais said the final stage of trials in the United Arab Emirates showed that the vaccine “is safe, effective and has resulted in the formation of antibodies against the virus.”
1407 new infections in Germany
5.03 am: Germany registered 1,407 new positive tests for coronavirus in 24 hours. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), this increases the number of coronavirus cases to 261,762. There were also twelve other deaths. According to the RKI, the total number of deaths is 9,362.
Gates sees “slim chance” for corona vaccine approval in late October
5.00 a. M .: Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested more than $ 20 billion in vaccines over the past ten years, believes a corona vaccine may receive emergency approval next month. . There is “a slim chance” that pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna will have enough data together by the end of October to request it for their vaccines, Gates said in an interview with SPIEGEL.
Jordan closes restaurants, mosques and schools
4.15 am: In the fight against the corona virus, restaurants, mosques, street markets and most schools in Jordan will be closed for two weeks. These “preventive measures” should be implemented from Thursday and help avoid a total lockdown, as a government spokesman said. In recent days, Jordan had reported more than 200 new infections and several deaths.
Travelers returning from Corona still owe the state 44.3 million euros
2.33 am: Huge Germans were expelled from abroad due to the spring pandemic; the state wants to recoup part of the tourist costs. But there are still thousands of open invoices.
To see Richter’s photos again in New York
1.11 am: A series of photographs by artist Gerhard Richter, 88, who was born in Dresden and lives in Cologne, will now go on display in New York for longer than planned. The four images from the “Birkenau” series created in 2014 and one additional work will now remain on display through January 2021, announced the Metropolitan Museum in Central Park in Manhattan.
