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Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Coronavirus-Liveticker
+++ 02:22 California is considering more drastic corona measures +++
Due to the threat of overcrowding in intensive care units in the next two weeks, California could further toughen measures to contain the corona pandemic. With the rise in hospital admissions and the need for intensive care beds, Governor Gavin Newsom warns: “If these trends continue, we will have to take more drastic, possibly drastic measures.” In parts of the state, such as at the beginning of the pandemic, there could be a stay-at-home order again, albeit in a modified form, Newsom said.
California is the most populous state in the United States. In the past 14 days, an average of around 13,000 new infections were recorded there per day. In total, more than 1.2 million infections with the pathogen Sars-CoV-2 have been detected there since inception. On Monday, stricter requirements went into effect for the Los Angeles district’s roughly 10 million residents, which are meant to contain the spread of the virus. Among other things, all public and private gatherings with people from another household are prohibited.
+++ 01:36 Economic methods: countries should pay half the aid +++
The head of economic practices, Lars Feld, asks that the federal states participate more in the special aid crown. “The federal and state governments should share these burdens in half,” Feld told the “Funke Mediengruppe” newspapers. At the same time, he asked for a reduction in aid. “You should not reimburse 75 percent of sales for the same month last year, but rather be based on fixed costs.” Feld strictly rejects tax increases for funding. These are forbidden in the crisis. “If the consolidation of public budgets after the crisis is to be ensured mainly through growth, then tax increases are prohibited in the medium term.”
+++ 00:57 City Council warns of a billion dollar financial hole +++
According to the director general of the German Association of Cities, Helmut Dedy, municipalities are threatened with a deficit of a good ten billion euros next year due to the crown crisis. The partial lockdown could even widen the gap, quoted Dedy “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland”. “That worries us a lot in the cities.” He urged the federal and state report to provide funding in 2021 and 2022 to stabilize municipalities. They should continue to offset the tax losses of municipal companies in the next two years. Otherwise, cities would be forced to make drastic cuts in investment. “That would be a poison for the economy.”
+++ 00:12 Fed Chief: US Faces Challenging Months +++
According to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, the US still has a few “challenging” months ahead of the worsening corona pandemic. The increase in the number of cases in the United States and abroad is concerning, Powell says. In the medium term, the latest news “from the vaccination front” is very positive. Today, however, there are still considerable challenges and uncertainties, for example with regard to timing, production and distribution, as well as efficiency. It remains difficult to assess the timing and extent of the economic impact of these events.
The fate of the economy depends on the success of immunizing the population. Until then, the pandemic will continue to affect the economy. Women, minorities and the service sector would be particularly affected.
+++ 23:38 Moderna requests emergency approval for corona vaccine in the US +++
American biotech group Moderna has applied for an emergency approval of its corona vaccine in the US after the positive results of the study. This is announced by the group. According to previous information, Moderna also wanted to apply for a conditional marketing authorization from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) shortly. According to an analysis of the pivotal study, the vaccine was 94.1 percent effective against Covid-19. According to the company, it was possible to prevent severe progression of the disease and no serious side effects were found. Moderna’s vaccine could become the second in the US to receive emergency approval there.
+++ 23:01 Latvian leaders agree new restrictions +++
In view of the increasing number of infections, the Latvian government is agreeing to new restrictions. The government intends to extend the state of emergency imposed in early November until January 11, says Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins after a meeting with President Egils Levits and the Speaker of Parliament, Inara Murniece. This is intended to contain the uncontrolled spread of the corona virus in the Baltic country of the EU. “The basic principle we strive for is: two people, two meters. You don’t visit, he doesn’t stay anymore, ”says Karins. To this end, the current requirement for indoor masks will be expanded, the Christmas holidays for school children will be extended and “active border controls” will be introduced.
+++ 22:13 The WHO ensures the investigation into the origin of the coronavirus +++
The World Health Organization (WHO) ensures extensive research on the origin of the coronavirus. “We have to know the origin of the virus because it can help us prevent future epidemics,” says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Faced with criticism that the WHO would leave the investigation in the hands of China, he calls for an end to the “politicization” of the issue. The WHO position on this issue is “very, very clear,” Tedros said. “We want to know the origin and we will do everything possible to find out.” Outgoing US President Donald Trump had accused the organization of hiding information related to the crown crisis. In early July, Trump initiated the United States’ departure from the WHO.
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