The number of deaths in the United States doubled in one week

According to Prime Minister Armin Laschet, North Rhine-Westphalia wants to partially reopen schools next week. This applies to the final classes that prepare for the exams and exams for this school year. In North Rhine-Westphalia, the Abitur exams are scheduled for May 12, plus the completion of the previous intermediate maturity. “And it is precisely the classes that can return to class next week.” Starting May 4, general education and vocational school students who will be taking their exams next year should also join, as well as the last class of elementary school.

The number of known diseases in Turkey increased by 4,281, the number of deaths by 115. According to Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, 69,392 infections and 1,518 deaths are recorded.

How is the situation in Germany developing in the Corona crisis? Do current measures remain or are individual passages loosened? And what is the plan for the coming weeks and months? Chancellor Angela Merkel reported at a highly anticipated press conference with Deputy Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder and Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher on the latest findings and decisions. You can find the details here.

The director of the German Economic Institute (IW), Michael Hüther, believes that the mitigation of the crown blockade decided by the federal and state governments is more than enough. “It is the absolute minimum of what is necessary,” Huether said Wednesday night at t-online.de. “Because in retail, we often come across business models with a short capital base and low margins. These are existential questions. But this also applies to restaurants and hotels where there is no end in sight.”

Only partially satisfied with the decisions of the federal government: the head of IW Hüther. (Source: IPON / imago images)

Looking back over the past few weeks, he complained that the federal and state governments had acted too slowly. “It is regrettable that the last few weeks since the blockade was imposed have not been used to systematically prepare for departure,” said Hüther. The testing capabilities should have expanded even faster, and the new protective clothing had to be purchased more quickly. “If we are not faster, the closure will inevitably become a major depression, with serious social, psychological, and health consequences.”

It is still possible for the economy to recover in the context of a scenario V. But that, according to the director of IW, depends largely on international cooperation between states. “Unfortunately, it is idle,” said Hüther. Because all countries took different measures to exit the blockade at different times, the recovery “would be difficult and would require more economic policy measures.”

Saarland’s Prime Minister Tobias Hans supports the German government’s decisions regarding the latest developments in the crown crisis. “The current restrictions on public, private and economic life should not become permanent,” said the 42-year-old man.

Approves the decisions of the federal government: Saar Prime Minister Tobias Hans. (Source: Becker & Bredel / imago images)

“That is why federal and state governments have agreed on first relief today. However, protecting and protecting people’s health remains the highest priority in all decisions.”

The main events will be banned until August 31 due to the crown pandemic: soccer games are also affected. Federal state prime ministers and Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) agreed on this prohibition principle at a change conference, according to information from the German Press Agency.

Federal states must establish specific regulations, such as the size of events.

In the Corona crisis, stores with a sales area of ​​up to 800 square meters will be able to reopen starting Monday. Regardless of sales area, this also applies to car dealers, bicycle dealers, and bookstores, as the German Press Agency learned of Prime Minister talks with the Federal Government on Wednesday. Supermarkets were open anyway during the crisis.

Therefore, stores should be allowed to reopen subject to hygiene, access control, and avoiding queues.

The massive restrictions in the Corona crisis with the closing of stores had put a heavy burden on the economy. Private consumption has plummeted, as the Economy Ministry wrote in a recent report.

School operations in Germany will resume on May 4, starting with the final classes, the classes that will take the exams next year and the main elementary classes. The next exams are possible in advance. t-online.de had previously reported a corresponding agreement between the federal and state governments.

In a draft resolution for the exchange of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) with the Prime Ministers, the Minister of Culture Ministers of the Länder (KMK) was to present a concept before April 29, “how to teach under special hygiene measures and protection, especially considering the distance requirement due to the reduced size of the learning groups, can generally be resumed. “

In the fight against the coronavirus, the federal and state governments want to “strongly” recommend wearing everyday masks on local public transportation and retail. However, there should not be a general mask requirement at the national level, as the German Press Agency learned from the Prime Ministers’ discussions with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) in Berlin.

According to figures from the American Johns Hopkins University, there are currently more than two million people worldwide who have been infected with the coronavirus. On Wednesday afternoon, the number increased to 2,000,984 people who were infected with the Covid-19 pathogen globally. Germany has 132,321 infected people. Read more about this here.

In the crown pandemic in the New York metropolis, many more people could have died than previously thought. The city on the east coast of the USA USA He added 3,778 “probable” Covid 19 deaths to his death toll Tuesday (local time), bringing the number of deaths in New York City to more than 10,000.

Additional numbers include, but are not limited to, sick people who died in the emergency room, at home or in a care facility but who did not officially test positive for the virus. According to media reports, local authorities attribute the assumption that the dead suffered from Covid-19 to its symptoms. Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore initially counted far less than 10,000 for New York City with more than 7,900 crown deaths. In total, approximately 128,000 people have died from the coronavirus in the United States.

A report from the Bundestag scientific service doubts the legality of the Bavarian Infection Protection Law to contain the crown pandemic. Specifically, the criticism of the five-page report available to the German Press Agency relates to the regulated possibilities in state law to confiscate medical supplies and compel medical and nursing personnel for certain work.

To use these powers, the government must first declare a health emergency. On March 25, the Bavarian state parliament passed the Infection Protection Law. Since seizures are also regulated in the Federal Infection Protection Law (IfSG), experts see a direct consequence for Bavarian law. They assume that one of the paragraphs of the law has a blocking effect with respect to the regulations for the supply of medical and sanitary material to the population, he says. The obligation option for doctors and nurses is interpreted even more critically. Federal law does not contain such regulation, although it was originally intended.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned about the social unrest due to the coronavirus pandemic. In some countries, there could be “new protests” if measures to ease the Covid 19 crisis were deemed inadequate, the IMF wrote in a reported report. There may also be unrest if the impression arises that aid will “unfairly” benefit big business rather than the population.

The IMF warned that the risk was particularly high in countries where there was already “widespread corruption,” lack of transparency in government measures, and poor public services. The report points to social unrest in recent years stemming from discontent with economic policy measures, for example in Ecuador, Chile, Haiti, Iran and France with the “yellow vest” movement.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, received criticism worldwide with his payment freeze for the World Health Organization (WHO). German Development Minister Gerd Müller is one of the critics. “The WHO needs to strengthen now, not weaken. Reducing funds amid the pandemic is the wrong way,” he told Reuters. “Germany will increase its funding for the WHO,” he announced. Because Corona will not be the last pandemic. “Experts have already identified 40 other viruses that have the potential to trigger pandemics.”

The federal government wants to make it possible to reopen stores with a sales area of ​​up to 800 square meters. The Reuters news agency is said to already have a draft of the draft Crown Cabinet resolution in which this is emerging. Therefore, the tough contact restrictions that have been in place for several weeks will run until May 3. Read more about this here.

Government spokesman Steffen Seibert: reported on the Corona crisis cabinet meeting. (Source: IPON / imago images)

American retailers contracted at a record pace in March due to the Corona crisis. They fell 8.7 percent from the previous month, the Washington Department of Commerce said. This is the biggest decline since statistics began in 1992. Economists surveyed by Reuters news agency had assumed an eight percent drop. In February, revenue had only fallen 0.2 percent. Due to the crown pandemic, millions of Americans lost their jobs in a short period of time last month, while numerous companies had to remain closed.

The operators of the new airport of the capital city, BER, postponed the first test with extras planned for the end of April until the summer due to the crown crisis. Industry portal Aviationnetonline had previously reported. Lütke Daldrup stressed that the airport’s opening date, which is scheduled for the end of October, is not in jeopardy. Extras must participate in a fire protection and evacuation exercise in the main terminal and at the airport station that day. Other additional tests, in which the BER processes will be practiced, are scheduled for June and July.

The Federal Government urges caution in the event of a gradual relaxation of tough restrictions due to the Corona crisis. “So the path we have to take in the coming weeks is a narrow line between careful and gradual relief and preserving our progress in fighting the epidemic,” said government spokesman Steffen Seibert after a meeting of the Chancellor Angela Merkel with the Crown Cabinet. A motion for a resolution had been drawn up with which Merkel plans to hold talks with the prime ministers of federal states in the afternoon about the possible relaxation.

Seibert said the federal government “is aware that we have all accomplished something together in the fight against the virus, the people of Germany, the citizens and the state, but that we must now avoid any arrogance or neglect so as not to jeopardize this achievement. . “. This is to avoid falling into an uncontrolled exponential spread of the virus.

According to the will of the Federal Interior Ministry, the controls at the German borders introduced in the Corona crisis should be applied for another 20 days, security circles say. Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wanted to speak to the Prime Minister about the details. Controls were introduced a month ago. Since then, the borders with Austria, France, Luxembourg, Denmark and Switzerland have been monitored. However, there is no control at crossings to Belgium and the Netherlands.

In principle, third country entry into the EU is only allowed in selected cases. Since April 10, with some exceptions, all returnees have had to be quarantined for two weeks after spending several days abroad.

To raise money worldwide for the development and production of a Covid-19 vaccine, the EU Commission is hosting an online donor conference on May 4. This will help to close immediate funding gaps, said Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels. Together with the President of the EU Council, Charles Michel, he proposed the conference in a videoconference of the G20 countries in late March.

The coronavirus can only be defeated through international cooperation, von der Leyen said. This includes speeding up the work of diagnosis, treatment and vaccines. As soon as there was a vaccine, it had to be available worldwide. This is the best way to beat the virus, said the CDU politician. He hoped that organizations and countries around the world would respond to this call.

The federal government wants to propose to the federal states that existing contact restrictions for citizens should be maintained until at least May 3. This stems from the minutes of the Chancellery’s exchange conference with the heads of state chancellor of the federal states on Tuesday, which is available at t-online.de. Read more on the topic here.

The Federal Government Commissioner for the Disabled, Jürgen Dusel, speaks in the debate on the relaxation of Corona’s measures to equip certain risk groups with professional protection masks. “People who are particularly at risk of infection should receive appropriate FFP2 masks as soon as possible so that they, too, have the opportunity to move freely in public space when necessary, for example to shop or go to work,” he said.

Jürgen Dusel, Federal Government Commissioner for People with Disabilities Affairs (Source: Soeren Stache / dpa)

It is “a risk-free but self-determined life for all people,” Dusel said, “also in the pandemic.” In general, simple mouth and nose protection is recommended “in individual areas of public space.”

The number of companies in Germany that have registered short-term jobs has increased to 725,000. This was announced by the Federal Employment Agency on Wednesday in Nuremberg. As of April 13, the number had grown twelve percent compared to the previous week. A week earlier, 650,000 companies had registered short-term jobs. The Federal Agency’s special assessment does not record how many people are affected. This number can only be determined after the factories have settled. At the Federal Agency, according to the information, 8,000 employees now work short-term jobs, ten times more than in normal times.

The federal government expects the economy to contract as a result of the Corona crisis in early summer. “The German economy has been in recession since March. This is expected to continue until the middle of the year,” says the monthly report recently released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The “shutdown”, to be applied from mid-March, is likely to cause gross domestic product to decrease “markedly” throughout the first quarter. Negative development is likely to intensify in April. “Even if the first protection measures could be loosened a little later, the economy will continue to be very moderate and will only recover gradually,” the ministry said.

The president of the German Teachers Association, Heinz-Peter Meidinger, has spoken again against a comprehensive start to school just after the Easter holidays. “No, definitely not,” Meidinger said Wednesday at the ARD “Morgenmagazin” when asked if he thought he would be responsible if the students returned to their classrooms next Monday. Schools should be given time to prepare, for example, hygiene measures and distance rules, and to furnish the classrooms accordingly, he emphasized. “It will take us a week to do everything.”

If the closure were facilitated, one would have to consider how schools could “gradually reopen,” Meidinger said, referring to discussions between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the prime minister in the afternoon. “This can certainly only happen for individual grades, because we have to form smaller groups.”

Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (Source: Martin Müller / imago images)

Brandenburg Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke also spoke against opening the school next week. “Perhaps we can start with smaller groups of students in a few weeks,” he said. “There are different ideas.” About a third of students could go to schools. Experts also see it that way. A reopening should start sensibly and with distance and strict hygiene rules. Otherwise it would not be possible.

Federal Chancellor Heiko Maas criticized the suspension of payments by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to the World Health Organization (WHO). “One of the best investments in the fight against the pandemic is to strengthen the United Nations, especially the World Health Organization with insufficient funds, for example in the development and distribution of tests and vaccines,” the SPD politician told the dpa news agency. There must be close international cooperation in the fight against the crown pandemic. “Mutual blame does not help in the crown crisis,” Maas emphasized. The virus knows no borders. Read more about this here

Federal Minister for Family Affairs Franziska Giffey has called for the nurseries to be gradually opened. The Leopoldina National Academy’s suggestion that the facilities should remain largely closed until the summer holidays “is not a good way,” Giffey said in the ARD “Morgenmagazin”. “We have to gradually get back to normal here.” You can read the calendar with recommendations for Leopoldin relief here.

Giffey referred, among other things, to the attention problems of single parents. It should also be noted that older kindergarten children must be prepared to move to elementary school. And there are children who lived “in quite a difficult situation” at home.

According to a media report, Thuringian Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) argues that some editions of Corona will continue for a long time. “For example, major events where people sit or stay together will no longer be possible in the long term,” the head of government said in an interview with the “General of Thuringia.”

Until a vaccine was available in large quantities, people would have to face a new reality. According to Ramelow, “there was no going back” to the social situation before the outbreak of the pandemic. However, new ways would have to be found quickly, as services might become possible in the future.

According to a university in the United States, more people have died from a new coronavirus infection in 24 hours than ever. By Tuesday afternoon (local time), experts from Johns Hopkins University in the United States had recorded 2,228 deaths. The previous maximum was reached last Friday with 2,108 deaths. According to the university, nearly 26,000 people in the United States have died from an infection since the epidemic began.

Doctors on the US Navy hospital ship. USA In California: The numbers of deaths and infections continue to rise rapidly in the United States. (Source: Second Class Mass Communication Specialist Erwin Jacob Miciano / U.S. Navy / File Image / AP / dpa)

The United States is the country most affected by the pandemic in the world. Nationwide, according to Johns Hopkins University numbers, more than 605,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, is about to finalize a government plan to reopen the American economy. “We think some states will be in very good shape to open even before the end of April,” Trump said Tuesday. Others, on the other hand, would need more time to control the virus first. Trump said he would not pressure states to reopen. He “authorizes” state governors to implement the plan at the appropriate time. Read more here.

United States President Donald Trump: feel the wind against the governors in the crown crisis. (Source: Yuri Gripas / Reuters)

More than 225,000 Germans stranded abroad due to the Corona crisis are home four weeks after the Federal Government’s return campaign began. As the dpa news agency learned from the Federal Foreign Office, now only an “average four-digit number” of travelers should be sent, most of them from South Africa, Argentina and Peru.

The largest return campaign in the history of the Federal Republic is likely to be completed in a few days. After that, the embassies will continue to deal with individual cases.

En Dinamarca, decenas de miles de niños pueden regresar a la guardería, el jardín de infantes o la escuela a partir del miércoles. Después de avanzar en la lucha contra la pandemia, el país escandinavo está abriendo sus escuelas y guarderías para niños hasta el quinto grado. Esto está destinado a aliviar a los padres que anteriormente tenían que cuidar a sus hijos más pequeños, además de trabajar en casa en la crisis del virus.

El cierre nacional de las guarderías presenta a muchos padres el problema de combinar el trabajo diario o la oficina en el hogar con la guardería. Viele plagt daher die bange Frage: Wie lange geht das noch so? Die Bundeselternvertretung der Kindertagesstätten hat nun den Vorschlag von Wissenschaftlern, jüngere Kinder bis zu den Sommerferien nicht in die Kitas zu schicken, scharf kritisiert.

“Das geht an der Lebenswirklichkeit von Millionen Menschen vorbei”, sagte Ulrike Grosse-Röthig, Bundessprecherin der Elternvertretung, den Zeitungen der Funke Mediengruppe. Niemand erwarte “von heute auf morgen” eine vollständige Öffnung der Kitas. Doch 3,7 Millionen Kinder, die daheim bleiben, würden auch 3,7 Millionen Elternteile bedeuten, die ihrer Arbeit nicht nachgehen könnten.

Der US-Bundesstaat Arizona will für 250.000 Mitarbeiter im Gesundheitswesen und Ersthelfer Antikörpertests zur Verfügung stellen. Die Bluttests würden zeigen, wer dem neuartigen Coronavirus ausgesetzt war und erfolgreich Immunität aufgebaut habe, erklärte Dr. Michael Dake, Vize-Präsident der Universität in Arizona. Die Universität werde die Tests produzieren und durchführen.

Inmitten der Corona-Pandemie wird in Südkorea am Mittwoch ein neues Parlament gewählt. Mehr als 40 Millionen Menschen sind aufgerufen, unter strengsten Abstandsregeln und Hygienemaßnahmen ihre Stimme abzugeben. Unter anderem sollen alle Wähler Schutzmasken tragen, an den Wahllokalen soll es Temperatur-Messstationen geben.

Knapp 44 Millionen Wähler waren zu der Parlamentswahl aufgerufen. Die Behörden rieten den Menschen, neben Atemschutzmasken auch Plastikhandschuhe zu tragen sowie mindestens einen Meter Abstand zu den anderen Wählern zu halten. Laut einer Umfrage des Meinungsforschungsinstituts Gallup von vergangener Woche hatten 72 Prozent der Wahlberechtigten trotz der Pandemie keine Angst, zur Wahl zu gehen.

Parlamentswahl in Südkorea: Eine Frau trägt aufgrund des neuartigen Coronavirus eine Maske und gibt in einem Wahllokal ihre Stimme ab. (Quelle: Ahn Young-Joon/AP/dpa)

Die Herstellung von ausreichend Schutzmasken gegen das Virus ist nach Darstellung des Gesamtverbands der deutschen Textil- und Modeindustrie eine “Herkulesaufgabe”. Für die Produktion von Schutzausrüstung und Mund-Nase-Masken würden Lieferketten neu aufgebaut, Kapazitäten bei Vliesstoffherstellern vergrößert und ganze Produktionslinien umgestellt, sagte Hauptgeschäftsführer Uwe Mazura der “Rheinischen Post”. “Es handelt sich dabei um Lieferketten, die seit Jahrzehnten in Europa nicht mehr nachgefragt waren, fehlende Maschinen sind vielerorts in der Beschaffung.”

Die Industrie arbeite unter Hochdruck daran, die Lieferketten wiederaufzubauen und zu helfen, medizinische und persönliche Schutzausrüstungen, aber auch Alltagsmasken zu produzieren. “Angesichts der ungeheuren Dynamik können wir derzeit keine Größenordnungen für die Maskenproduktion in Deutschland beziffern”, sagte Mazura.

Die US-Regierung wird heimische Fluggesellschaften mit einem milliardenschweren Rettungspaket unterstützen. Zehn Fluglinien – darunter Delta, United, JetBlue und American Airlines – wollten die Unterstützung der Regierung annehmen, erklärte das US-Finanzministerium am Dienstagabend (Ortszeit). With the help, a mix of grants and loans, employees’ wages must be paid primarily to avoid layoffs. According to media reports, the total is around $ 25 billion.

Aus der SPD kommen Forderungen nach einer vorübergehenden Beteiligung des Staates am Ferienflieger Condor. “Condor ist eine wichtige Airline, der Staat sollte helfen”, sagte der SPD-Bundestagsabgeordnete und Vize-Landesvorsitzende der Hessen-SPD, Timon Gremmels, der Deutschen Presse-Agentur. “Genau für solche Fälle ist der Wirtschaftsstabilisierungsfonds gedacht. Falls Condor einen Antrag stellt und Kriterien erfüllt sind, könnte sich der Staat vorübergehend an der Airline beteiligen.”

Anders als einige Bundesländer lehnt Bayerns Ministerpräsident Markus Söder eine zeitnahe Öffnung der Schulen nach den Osterferien wegen der Corona-Pandemie ab. “Ich bin sehr zurückhaltend bei Schulen”, sagte der CSU-Chef am Dienstagabend im “heute-journal” des ZDF. Skeptisch sehe er auch, dass Grundschulen als erstes geöffnet werden sollen. “Da habe ich eine grundlegend andere Auffassung.” Söder distanziert sich damit von der Ankündigung aus Nordrhein-Westfalen, schon nach dem Ende der Osterferien am 19. April die Schulen schrittweise öffnen zu wollen, und von einer Empfehlung der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina, Grundschulen mit als Erstes wieder zu öffnen. Hier lesen Sie mehr.

Dissens: Bayerns Ministerpräsident Markus Söder teilt die Forderungen einiger CDU-Kollegen nicht. (Quelle: Overstreet/imago images)

Vor Bund-Länder-Beratungen über mögliche Lockerungen von Einschränkungen in der Corona-Krise hat Außenminister Heiko Maas gemahnt, alle Risiken sorgfältig abzuwägen. “Der Blick über unsere Grenzen, wo es in einigen Ländern leider tagtäglich neue bittere Todeszahlen gibt, zeigt: Jeder Tag, den Kontaktsperren zu früh aufgehoben werden, kann für die Gesundheit vieler Menschen dramatische Folgen haben”, sagte der SPD-Politiker der “Rheinischen Post”.

Sollte es zu einem erneuten starken Anstieg der Infektionen kommen, könnte Deutschland gezwungen sein, noch drastischere Maßnahmen als bisher zu ergreifen. “Wir müssen alles tun, um ein solches Szenario zu vermeiden. Wir brauchen eine Exitstrategie, die alle Risiken sorgfältig abwägt.”

In Deutschland ist die Schafstoffbelastung durch die Corona-Krise zurückgegangen. Wie die “Wirtschaftswoche” am Dienstag nach Auswertung von Daten des europäischen Erdbeobachtungssatelliten Sentinal-5P berichtete, sind in der Atmosphäre über Mitteleuropa seit Anfang April weniger extreme Stickstoffdioxid-Werte gemessen worden. Über deutschen Ballungsräumen seien auf den Satellitenbildern kaum noch große Schadstoffwolken zu sehen, schreibt die Zeitschrift.

Der Direktor für Erdbeobachtungsprogramme bei der europäischen Weltraumbehörde ESA, Josef Aschbacher, sagte der “Wirtschaftswoche”, dass der Rückgang der Stickstoffdioxidbelastung in Deutschland etwa beim Ruhrgebiet sowie an der Grenze zu Belgien und den Niederlanden zu sehen sei. Noch deutlicher sei der Rückgang in südeuropäischen Metropolen erkennbar. so habe man in Barcelona eine Reduktion von 65 Prozent gemessen.

Der Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Rio de Janeiro, Wilson Witzel, ist positiv auf das Coronavirus getestet worden. Das gab Witzel am Dienstag (Ortszeit) bekannt. “Ich habe mich seit Freitag nicht gut gefühlt, Fieber gehabt, Halsschmerzen, den Geruchssinn verloren und den Test gemacht”, sagte der 52-Jährige in einem Video auf Twitter. “Heute habe ich das Ergebnis bekommen.”

Jetzt fühle er sich besser und wolle weiter arbeiten. Während der brasilianische Präsident Jair Bolsonaro das Virus verharmlost und Empfehlungen zur sozialen Distanzierung missachtet, ist Witzel zusammen mit João Doria aus São Paulo einer der Gouverneure in Brasilien, der restriktive Maßnahmen im Kampf gegen die Corona-Pandemie verfügt hat und dafür von Bolsonaro harsch kritisiert wurde.

Die Stadt New York zählt nach Angaben der zuständigen Behörde bei den Todesopfern jetzt auch Verdachtsfälle mit. Es handele sich um 3.700 Personen, die nie auf Covid-19 getestet wurden, aber wahrscheinlich an der vom Coronavirus ausgelösten Krankheit gestorben sind, wie das Gesundheitsamt der Metropole mitteilt. Mit ihnen belaufe sich die Zahl der Todesopfer in New York City seit dem 11. März nun auf mehr als 10.000.

In den USA ist ein offener Kampf zwischen Präsident Donald Trump und den Gouverneuren über eine mögliche Lockerung der strikten Anti-Corona-Maßnahmen entbrannt. Der Präsident hat in der Frage “absolute Machtbefugnisse” für sich in Anspruch genommen – und erntete sofort Widerspruch von Gouverneuren. “Wir haben keinen König, wir haben einen gewählten Präsidenten”, sagte der New Yorker Gouverneur Andrew Cuomo. Lesen Sie hier mehr zu diesem Disput.

Linksfraktionschef Dietmar Bartsch hat gefordert, die Rentenbesteuerung in der Corona-Krise für manche Rentner auszusetzen. “Wir sollten in diesem Jahr für Menschen, die in einem hohen Alter sind und ausschließlich die gesetzliche Rente beziehen, die Rentenbesteuerung aussetzen”, sagte Bartsch der “Neuen Osnabrücker Zeitung”. Die Steuererklärung sei eine große Sorge für viele Rentner im hohen Alter. “Und in Zeiten von Corona ist die Situation für diejenigen, die auf Hilfe Dritter angewiesen sind, noch viel schwieriger.”

In der Türkei ist die Zahl der bekannten Coronavirus-Infektionen in den vergangenen 24 Stunden um 4.062 auf 65.111 gestiegen, wie das Gesundheitsministerium am Abend mitteilt. Im selben Zeitraum seien 107 Menschen im Zusammenhang mit Covid-19 gestorben, womit die Zahl der Todesopfer auf 1.403 gestiegen sei. Insgesamt sind demnach inzwischen fast 4.800 Patienten wieder genesen.

Elke Büdenbender, die Frau des Bundespräsidenten Frank-Walter Steinmeier, hat mit der First Lady der USA, Melania Trump, über die Lage in der Corona-Pandemie gesprochen. Melania Trump habe am Dienstag bei Büdenbender angerufen, um sich nach der Situation in Deutschland zu erkundigen, teilte das Bundespräsidialamt der Deutschen Presse-Agentur mit. “Elke Büdenbender bedankte sich bei Melania Trump für diese besondere Geste transatlantischer Freundschaft und übermittelte ihre besten Wünsche: “Ich hoffe sehr, dass sich die Situation in Ihrem Land bald bessert und zum Guten wendet.””

Die beiden Präsidentengattinnen hätten sich über die aktuelle Lage und weitere geplante Maßnahmen ausgetauscht und “ihre besondere Solidarität und ihr Mitgefühl mit den Menschen in den USA und Deutschland” erklärt.

Das Weiße Haus teilte mit, die Frau von US-Präsident Donald Trump habe bekräftigt, dass die Vereinigten Staaten Deutschland und dem übrigen Europa im Kampf gegen die Pandemie zur Seite stünden.

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