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The canton of Vaud takes new measures
Canton Vaud is Switzerland’s new problem child with regard to coronavirus infections. The number of cases in the canton of Vaud has increased rapidly since mid-August, with Vaud accounting for more than 40 percent of all new cases in Switzerland. Again, it is mainly young people between the ages of 20 and 39 who are infected.
Consequently, the canton is taking new measures, as the health department communicates today:
- All nightclubs and discos will be closed.
- Private events of more than 100 people are prohibited.
- A mask requirement now applies not only in stores, but also in all enclosed public spaces.
The new measures will go into effect on Thursday.
The canton of Vaud is responding to the increase in cases
The canton has recently registered a sharp increase in the number of cases. Last Friday alone, around 180 cases of coronavirus infection were reported, in the rest of Switzerland there were almost double.
The government now wants to react and will report on the measures at 11:30 am You can follow the live broadcast of the multimedia orientation here on the ticker.
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The National Council wants the support of limited freelancers
With the Covid-19 law, the parliament wants to put financial aid for various industries on a legal basis. The municipalities have not yet agreed on various details, for example, on income compensation for the self-employed.
The National Council discussed the bill a second time on Tuesday. He stayed true to his original decision to extend the right to compensation for loss of income for the self-employed and for people in a position similar to that of an employer.
If the Council of States has its way, someone should not be compensated for lost income if they simply have to “significantly limit” their activity due to the Corona crisis. The little chamber demands a halt in activity.
However, the National Council tacitly advocated support for limited freelancers. People with incomes up to 150,000 francs should be eligible. They should receive a maximum compensation of CHF 196 per day. The regulation should seamlessly replace the emergency regulation that expires on Wednesday until the end of June 2021.
Furthermore, employees on duty or with a fixed-term employment contract, as well as students, should be entitled to compensation for short-term work. The Council of States also rejects it.
Thurgau uses a “police officer protection concept”
The canton of Thurgau is creating its own Covid-19 enforcement agency. A former police officer and community secretary monitors the protection concepts there and verifies their implementation. At events in Thurgau, protection concepts are often inappropriate, explains Health Director Urs Martin: “Some events use a protection concept that was developed for a completely different occasion. Others just didn’t have any. “
To do this, the Covid-19 enforcement agency works together with other administrative units, which, for example, carry out on-site controls. This system is not complete either, says Urs Martin, “but we will endeavor to do random risk-based checks.”
Discussion about the mask requirement in daycare centers
In some cantons, a mask is required in kindergartens. This is also the case in the canton of Friborg, where Rossana Savastano is the director of operations for the Schmitten nursery. At first, the babies reacted strongly to the masks, says the nursery manager: “They would cry or stare.”
Savastano fears on Radio SRF’s HeuteMorgen program that the mask requirement may have negative consequences, for example on language development, on the development of emotions or on the development of trust in the other person. Friborg canton doctor Thomas Plattner defends the mask requirement saying it should prevent daycare centers from having to close.
In an interview, psychologist Heidi Simoni advocates wearing a mask, but talks about an emergency solution. A strict mask requirement is bad for children’s development: “If caregivers always wear mouth and nose protection, children’s interaction with the counterpart is limited.”
For the first time in two months, there is no death from Covid 19 in Australia
Australia recorded its first day without a Covid-19 death in two months on Tuesday. Although there was a slight increase with 50 new cases of infection, there is growing confidence in the country that a second wave of infections could be contained.
Most of the new cases occurred in Victoria, Australia’s second most populous state. Victoria accounts for around three-quarters of Covid 19 infections in Australia.
But here too many restrictions would be relaxed starting Wednesday, Prime Minister Daniel Andrews announced. Outdoor gatherings are again allowed for up to ten people, residents of one home can now visit another home, and outdoor cafes and restaurants can host up to 50 guests.
The beach in Melbourne, capital of the state of Victoria, on September 14, 2020.
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Another confinement in Jordan too
In the fight against the corona virus, restaurants, mosques, street markets and most schools in Jordan will be closed for two weeks. These “preventive measures” should be implemented from Thursday and help avoid a total lockdown, as a government spokesman in Amman said on Monday. In recent days, Jordan had reported more than 200 new infections and several deaths.
A total of more than 5,300 crown cases are registered in the kingdom. Jordan had already imposed strict curfews in March, but these were gradually relaxed. The number of new cases has almost doubled since mid-August.
The neighboring country of Israel had previously announced a similar step. The lockdown will take effect on Friday and should last for three weeks.
Twelve residents of a French nursing home died
Twelve residents of a house in Bourg-en-Bresse, 70 kilometers northeast of Lyon, have died in recent weeks after being infected with the new corona virus. Possible cases were reported at the end of August at the “La Pergola” private home for the elderly.
The suspected cases led to the 95 residents and about 50 employees being examined, the Ain prefecture, the regional health authority (ARS) and the home for the elderly and retirees said Monday night. 46 people had tested positive for Covid-19 and twelve residents had now succumbed to the disease, he said.
Bill Gates expects the vaccine in early 2021
Microsoft founder Bill Gates expects several vaccines against the new coronavirus to be available early next year. Hopefully, hopefully three or even four vaccines will be approved in the first quarter, Gates told the Internet show “Bild live” in an interview published Tuesday.
The challenge then would be to mass produce the funds, emphasized the American billionaire, whose foundation promotes the development and distribution of vaccines. For corona vaccines to be available to seven billion people worldwide, it would take almost 14 billion doses: “That has never been done before.” It is an emergency measure that requires completely new strategies.
Bill Gates 2019 am WEF in Davos.
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The most important of the night
Good Morning! We welcome you to our live ticker on current developments around the crown crisis. The most important news of the night:
- Switzerland is about to become one of yours Coronavirus-Riskland to be converted, where there is a quarantine obligation upon entering. According to the BAG, the criterion for this is a value of 60 new infections with 100,000 inhabitants during 14 days. The value of yesterday Monday was 59,623, based on the figures of the Federal Statistical Office (BFS) and the BAG, calculated by the Keystone-SDA news agency.
- Herbal medicine Echinaforce of the daisy family “red coneflower” (Echinacea purpurea) is said to be effective against coronaviruses. This was determined by the Spiez laboratory under laboratory conditions. However, according to the laboratory and other experts, this does not mean that it also works in the human body.
- Despite White House criticism of Chinese crown policy The United States relaxed its strict travel warning for China. Conditions have improved, the State Department in Washington said. However, US citizens should carefully consider traveling to China.
You can find an overview of the last days here.
