Live coronavirus ticker: +++ 01:00 Brazil reports a total of more than 142,000 deaths +++



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The corona virus continues to spread in Brazil. The Ministry of Health reports 13,155 new infections. This brings the total number of infections to more than 4.7 million. The number of deaths increased by 317 to 142,058 in 24 hours. Brazil has the highest number of infections and deaths in the coronavirus pandemic after the United States and India.

+++ 00:11 Another crown case at the French Open +++
There is another positive crown case at the French Open for tennis professionals. As the organizers in Paris announced, a doubles player was classified as a “contact person” because her coach had tested positive for the corona virus. The unnamed player and her doubles partner were excluded from the tournament. There had already been some positive cases in the rating that caused a lot of discontent. Some players such as Spaniard Fernando Verdasco had questioned his positive test and criticized the organizers for not being able to do a second test.

+++ 23:36 Coronavirus outbreak at CFC Genoa: 14 positive tests +++
The football club of the Italian first division CFC Genoa is affected by an outbreak of coronavirus. Two days after it was announced that goalkeeper Mattia Perin had tested positive, the number of infected people rose to 14. As announced by the twelfth table of Serie A, both players and employees are affected. After positive tests for the Sars-Cov-2 virus, all prescribed measures were taken and authorities reported, he says. It was only on Saturday that the club made public the coronavirus infection of goalkeeper Perin and announced that the player is under medical supervision in quarantine at home. On the same day, the club conducted a crown test on all players and employees.

+++ 23:02 Czech Republic and Slovakia want to declare state of emergency again +++
The Czech Republic and Slovakia want to declare a state of emergency again due to the increasing number of corona infections. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Nova TV channel that his government will hold a special session on Wednesday to declare a state of emergency. Initially, it does not provide any information on the specific effects and possible tightening of the crown rules. In the Czech Republic, with its 10.7 million inhabitants, the number of infections has increased considerably recently. Since the start of the pandemic, authorities have reported 65,313 confirmed corona cases and 615 infected people have died.

Also in Slovakia, the government wants to decide on Wednesday whether to impose a state of emergency a second time due to the pandemic. “The situation is extremely dangerous. I think we have to take fundamental and very strong measures,” Prime Minister Igor Matovic said. On Friday, the country reported a record increase with 552 new infections in 24 hours.

+++ 22:23 The federal government puts into play the ban on serving alcohol +++
The federal government wants to limit alcohol service in particularly affected regions under certain conditions. To minimize infections in the restaurant industry, “limited-time alcohol service bans would have to be issued” if the number of infections increases, according to the draft resolution proposed by the federal government.

+++ 22:00 The federal government plans a fine of 50 euros for incorrect contact details in restaurants +++
In view of the persistently high number of corona virus infections, the federal government does not want to allow further opening steps. To allow proper follow-up of contacts, regulatory authorities should be able to prove violations of incorrect personal information in restaurants with a minimum fine of 50 euros, according to a federal draft for tomorrow’s deliberations between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Conference of the Prime Minister.

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