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Monday, December 28, 2020
Coronavirus-Liveticker
+++ 04:36 Europol: pandemic favors child abuse online +++
According to the EU police authority Europol, cases of child sexual abuse on the Internet increased significantly in the Corona year. Europol Director Catherine De Bolle told the Funke media group newspapers that since the beginning of the pandemic, perpetrators had been searching more intensively for such material on the Internet. The spread is now much greater than before the pandemic. “And perpetrators try to directly contact children who are at home longer than usual during the lockdown and are often unsupervised.” There is “a sharp increase in this type of abuse online.”
+++ 03:34 British variant of the virus confirmed in South Korea +++
Cases of the coronavirus mutation discovered in Britain have now also been detected in South Korea. According to the disease protection agency, these are three Korean nationals who flew back to South Korea from Britain last week. The new variant is possibly much more contagious than the previously known form. Most EU states decided last week to heavily restrict travel to and from Britain temporarily.
+++ 02:22 Schwesig: concerned that we do not always have enough vaccines +++
In the debate on the scarce corona vaccine, the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Manuela Schwesig, points out the responsibility of the federal government in the acquisition. “I am concerned that we do not always have enough vaccinations in time,” the SPD politician said Sunday night in a “Bild” broadcast. But they assume that the federal government will make sure there are enough vaccines available. “From the beginning, we divided the tasks in the following way: the federal government organizes the vaccine and we organize the logistics with our vaccination centers and especially with our mobile teams”.
+++ 01:14 Spahn against the special rights of vaccinated people +++
The Federal Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, has spoken out against the special rights of vaccinated people. “Many wait in solidarity so that some can get vaccinated first. And those who have not yet been vaccinated hope that those vaccinated will be supportive patients,” Spahn told the newspapers of the Funke media group. “No one should claim special rights until everyone has had a chance to get vaccinated.” This mutual respect holds the nation together. “We are fighting the pandemic together, and we will only overcome it together.”
+++ 23:41 France reports more than 8,800 new infections +++ at the start of vaccination
At the beginning of the vaccination campaign in France, the Ministry of Health reported a sharp increase in the number of cases. In the last 24 hours, 8,822 new infections were recorded after 3,039 on Saturday. Overall, the country has nearly 2.6 million cases. The most recently reported number of Covid-19-related deaths increased from 173 to 62,746.
+++ 22:43 Lindner: Check the production of the Biontech vaccine license +++
FDP chief Christian Lindner urges rapid vaccine production. In a talk show for the newspaper “Bild”, Lindner raised the idea of having products like those of the Mainz-based company Biontech produced under license by other manufacturers. “The government should consult with the pharmaceutical industry as a whole: where there is still capacity that can be used for the production of a vaccine,” Lindner said according to the preliminary report.
+++ 21:59 Corona case at Chinese customs delayed delivery of vaccines in Turkey +++
A corona case at the Beijing customs authorities is delaying the first delivery of vaccines from the Sinovac company to Turkey. In reality, the country expected the first three million vaccination units on Monday, but according to Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, he will now have to be patient for a day or two. The reasons for this are, in addition to the corona disease among customs officials, the newly hardened pandemic measures in the capital, the minister said. These restricted the freedom of movement of customs officials. Turkey has ordered a total of 50 million doses of vaccines from Sinovac. The country will initially buy 4.5 million units of BioNTech and Pfizer, but has an option for 30 million more.
+++ 21:33 Current data in Germany: more than 30,000 deaths related to infection +++
The number of reported coronavirus infections in Germany has increased 1,651,920 increased. As can be seen from the information from state authorities evaluated by ntv.de, 12,889 new cases were added. The number of deaths related to the infection increased from 379 to 30,085. Around 373,755 people are currently infected.
The infection rate (R value) is given by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) as 0.82 (previous day: 0.86). This means that an average of 100 infected people infect another 82 people with Sars-CoV-2. The 7-day R-value is currently 0.83 (previous day: 0.89). According to the Divi Register, 5,562 Covid-19 patients are currently being treated in intensive care in Germany, 2,960 of whom are ventilated. Around 5,146 intensive care beds are still available in German clinics.
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