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Thursday 17 September 2020
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.
+++ 23:12 A total of almost 135,000 deaths in Brazil +++
The corona virus continues to spread in Brazil. The Ministry of Health reports 36,303 new infections. This brings the total number of infections to 4.455 million. The number of deaths increased by 829 to 134,935 in 24 hours. Brazil has the highest number of infections and deaths worldwide from the coronavirus pandemic after the United States.
+++ 22:34 France does not want to get a vaccine from the WHO Covax Alliance +++
France does not want to buy a vaccine from the global corona Covax vaccine initiative under the leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO). This was announced by a representative of the French Ministry of Health. However, the Paris government wants to financially support the initiative. So far, more than 170 countries want to participate in Covax. Covax aims to ensure fair access to Covid-19 vaccines. WHO has called for participation in the initiative to ensure that the poorest countries also have access to a vaccine.
+++ 21:57 Allianz has to fear defeat after crown demands +++
Germany’s largest insurance group Allianz has to fear headline losses in court in its disputes with crown-affected hosts. In an oral hearing, the Munich district court indicated that Allianz’s business closure insurance may have to pay for the officially ordered closure of restaurants in the spring, even if the Covid-19 pathogen is not explicitly mentioned in the relevant policies. . In the specific case against Allianz, the hosts of the Paulaner restaurant in Nockherberg, known to an audience of millions throughout Germany, through the television broadcast of the heavy annual beer extraction. They demand 1.1 million euros as compensation for six weeks of lost sales, calculated according to the daily rate specified in the insurance contract.
+++ 21:25 New York opens its own test lab +++
After strong criticism over delays in test results, New York has opened its own municipal laboratory. The facility in Manhattan is specially designed for residents of the metropolis and should help reduce the wait time for a test result to a maximum of 48 hours, said Mayor Bill de Blasio. The laboratory’s capacity should gradually increase from around 3,000 to 20,000 corona tests per day in November. Meanwhile, many people in New York had complained about wait times for test results of up to three weeks. The city was the center of the pandemic in the United States in the spring. Meanwhile, the infection rate has stabilized at a low level.
+++ 20:39 Highest daily increase in new infections since late April +++
In Germany, the number of new corona infections continues to increase rapidly. According to a count by ntv.de, 2,094 people have been infected with the virus in the last 24 hours. This is the highest daily increase since April 25. On April 24, there were 2,069 new infections. In total, the number of Corona cases now stands at 266,730. There are currently 19,762 people infected. 9,373 people have died in connection with corona disease. They are three more deaths than the previous day.
Measured by the number of newly detected cases, the focus of the infection process is in the six federal states of Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Lower Saxony and Berlin.
+++ 20:21 Doctors are skeptical about Munich’s “Wiesn light” +++
Doctors are skeptical of the alternatives to Oktoberfest planned in Munich with a growing number of crowns. At least the rules of distance and hygiene must be respected, doctors warned in front of the “WirtshausWiesn” from Saturday in more than 50 restaurants in Munich. “In view of the increasing number of new infections with Covid-19, I see a ‘Wiesn light’ rather skeptical than concerned,” said Clemens Wendtner, chief physician of the infectious disease clinic at the Schwabing Clinic Munich. If hygiene rules are followed, the risk can be assessed, said Bernd Zwißler, Clinic of Anesthesiology at the LMU Clinic of the University of Munich. The ideal to avoid the transmission of diseases is not to comply. Banning these events entirely is not socially acceptable and is probably not provided at this time.
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