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Tuesday, September 15, 2020
US President Donald Trump expects an effective coronavirus vaccine in the next three to four weeks. “We are about to have a vaccine,” he told ABC News. “If you want to know the truth, with the FDA and all their approvals, it could have taken the government years before to get a vaccine. And we could have it in weeks, three weeks, four weeks, now.”
+++ 04:34 1901 new infections reported in Germany +++
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), German health authorities reported new corona infections in the early morning of 1901 in one day. Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, at least 266,663 people in Germany have been shown to have been infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus. According to the RKI, the number of deaths related to a corona infection is 9,368. Six more deaths have been reported since the previous day. By morning, around 236,000 people had survived the infection according to RKI estimates.
+++ 03:42 Australian state of Victoria promises relaxation +++
The Australian state of Victoria expects restrictions to contain the virus outbreak to be relaxed by the end of the month. The average number of cases in the last two weeks in Melbourne, the state’s largest city, fell below 50, according to health officials, and thus were in a range where a reduction would be possible. If the average infection rate remains below 50 by September 28, factories, warehouses, and construction sites can resume work, and daycares can reopen as well. However, residents can only move within a five kilometer radius of their place of residence and play sports outdoors for two hours a day. The curfew is maintained from 9 pm to 5 am
+++ 02:50 China suspends imports of poultry from another US factory +++
China Bans Importation of Poultry Products from Another U.S. Meat Processing Plant The U.S. Poultry and Egg Export Council announced that OK Foods in Arkansas can no longer import products to workers due to coronavirus cases . The OK Foods plant is the second poultry factory in the US to be affected after the Beijing government stopped imports from a Tyson Foods plant in June. “We do not believe that a ban on either of these two is justified, especially since the virus cannot be transmitted in poultry meat,” said Jim Sumner, Chairman of the Council.
+++ 01:54 The Commission expects several vaccines in Germany +++
The Standing Commission on Vaccination (Stiko) of the Robert Koch Institute assumes that there will be several different vaccines against coronavirus in Germany. “In view of the large number of potential candidates for the Sars-CoV-2 vaccine, it is likely that in the end a number of vaccines will be approved in Germany,” commission vice president Sabine Wicker told the Funke media group newspapers. It could be that individual vaccines are particularly suitable for certain population groups, for example the elderly. The federal government expects a coronavirus vaccine in Germany to be available to parts of the population in the first months of next year, but not to the broad masses until the middle of the year.
+++ 01:08 The debacle of mouth and nose protection in Greece +++
By the beginning of the school in Corona’s time, the Greek government in Athens ordered hundreds of thousands of masks for students; unfortunately, they are all too big. The “Zorro” masks are a “catastrophic mistake”, admitted the deputy and sister of conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Dora Bakoyannis, after hundreds of schoolchildren took photos of her entire face on social networks this Monday. shared and joked about her “parachutes”. The manufacturer denied responsibility for the disaster. “The size was oversized from the beginning,” said Yiannis Stathopoulos, the Open TV television channel. “There was a misunderstanding,” said Deputy Health Minister Vassilis Kontozamanis. Dimensions given are based on “pre-sewn” fabric. The problem will be solved.
+++ 00:22 British authorities register more than 3000 new cases +++
The UK reports 3,105 new cases. On Monday the figure was 2,621. According to government data, the death toll rose from 27 to 41,664.
+++ 23:57 Sweden lifts ban on nursing home visits +++
In Sweden, residents of nursing homes will soon be able to be visited again by their relatives. The corresponding ban on home visits, which has been in place for nearly six months, will be lifted on October 1, Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren told a news conference in Stockholm. For many older people and their families, the ban was probably the most far-reaching limitation of the crisis, but it was necessary in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus, Hallengren said. However, the head of the national health authority Folkhälsomyndigheten, Johan Carlson, cautions that there should be no rush of visitors to homes now.
+++ 23:22 Hong Kong relaxes rules for bars and restrooms after mass test +++
After a massive test of 1.8 million people, almost a quarter of the population, Hong Kong is easing protection regulations. Health Minister Sophia Chan announced that bars, swimming pools and amusement parks will be able to reopen starting Friday under certain conditions. However, the beaches remain closed and gatherings with more than four people are prohibited. Chan asked the population to be alert. 42 cases of infection were discovered in the massive test.
+++ 22:23 Almost 31,000 people have died of Corona in France so far +++
The number of infections detected in France increased by 7,852 in 24 hours. On Monday, authorities had reported 6,158 new cases. As the “Guardian” reports, citing the French Ministry of Health, the number of people who must be treated in hospitals for Covid-19 has risen to 2,713. So far, nearly 31,000 people have died from the lung disease.
+++ 22:05 The Danish government takes the reins +++
Denmark is tightening the rules for restaurants in Copenhagen as the number of cases increases. Health Minister Magnus Heunicke announced that the capital’s restaurants, bars and cafes should close by 10 p.m. The reproduction number (R), a measure of the infection rate, is now 1.5 for the entire country . In the last 24 hours, 334 new infections have been registered. The mayor of the Danish capital Copenhagen is also proposing a nightly ban on the sale of alcohol. In some parts of Copenhagen, regardless of the coronavirus crisis, there is a lot of noise and “totally unacceptable violence” at night, explains Social Democratic Mayor Frank Jensen.
+++ 21:40 Unicef: The crisis leads to a “global educational emergency” +++
School closures during the Corona crisis have sparked a global educational emergency, according to children’s aid organization Unicef. Currently, around 872 million children in 51 countries are still unable to return to school, UNICEF director Henrietta Fore says at a World Health Organization (WHO) press conference in Geneva. Only about half of them have the possibility of distance learning. “The large number of children whose education has been completely disrupted for months is nothing more than a global educational emergency,” says Fore.
The most important developments of the previous day on the current situation regarding the global coronavirus pandemic may she read here.
