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The corona virus is turning Switzerland and the world upside down. Here in the ticker, you stay up-to-date on current events.
This article is renewed every 30 seconds.Nefertiti returns. After months of cultural blockade, state museums want to reopen their doors. Those interested can look forward to a visit to the famous bust of the ancient Egyptian ruler starting on March 16.
Then, according to information from dpa, the first houses on Museum Island will open again. Under current plans, all homes are due to open as of April 1.
Berlin’s state museums have 15 collections with 4.7 million objects in 19 locations. In 2019, the last year before Corona, museums visited almost 4.2 million people, just under 3.1 million of them on Museum Island alone.
In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) 1,223 new coronavirus infections were reported in the 24 hours of Wednesday. At the same time he recorded that BAG nine new deaths and 48 hospital admissions. More about this here.
The Council of States wants to make it easier for professional or semi-professional sports clubs to obtain À-fonds-perdu contributions. On Thursday he approved a corresponding motion from a minority committee. The Covid Law will be adapted accordingly.
The decision was taken with 20 to 20 votes and a casting vote by the president of the Council of States Alex Kuprecht (SVP / SZ). If the National Council also approves the new passage, sports clubs must be on an equal footing with companies that fall under the rule of hardship.
Zurich cultural workers should receive a flat-rate Corona loss compensation for the months of November 2020 to January 2021: they can request a maximum of 3,840 francs per month from the canton. However, other income is deducted from this.
The corona vaccine from the manufacturer Astrazeneca could soon also be vaccinated in Germany in people 65 years of age and older. According to the Federal Ministry of Health, the Permanent Vaccination Commission (Stiko) recommends the vaccine for this age group.
“This is good news for any older person waiting to be vaccinated. You can get vaccinated faster, ”Minister Jens Spahn said on Thursday. The “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” reported that the corresponding statement had been ready since Wednesday and that the votes were still in progress. Initially there was no publication from the commission on Thursday.
The crown crisis has raised the question of how companies severely affected by pandemic measures can better protect themselves. Private insurers are ready to establish a state-backed insurance solution. But there are still many unanswered questions.
The catering, retail and event industries are suffering severely from federally imposed closures and assembly bans; the coronavirus has proven it. In principle, a pandemic cannot be insured, Juan Beer, board member and head of Zurich-Switzerland, said Thursday at the annual virtual press conference of the Swiss Insurance Association (SIA).
Coronavirus infections increased slightly by 3.6 percent in the week of February 22-28. In the eighth calendar week of 2021, the Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) recorded 7,235 cases after 6,984 the previous week.
The demand for psychological support increased in the second wave of Covid-19. That shows a survey of professional psychological associations. Psychological stress increased significantly in the second wave of Covid 19, as jointly announced by the three professional associations, the Federation of Swiss Psychologists (FSP), the Association of Swiss Psychotherapists (ASP) and the Swiss Professional Association for Applied Psychology (SBAP) . .
Parliament wants to improve Swiss supply in future crises. Following the Council of States, the National Council also approved a motion to this effect on Thursday.
The motion asks the Federal Council to make Switzerland less dependent on the import of essential goods. The crisis in the Crown has shown that it is necessary to act in certain areas, said Commission spokesman Martín Candinas (CVP / GR). It is not about renationalising production, but about minimizing dependence on foreign countries and promoting sustainable production.
More than half of the countries in Europe have seen an increase in coronavirus infections in the last week. As the European Office of the World Health Organization announced on Thursday, the number of new infections has risen by nine percent. This halted the promising decline of the past six weeks.
The B.1.1.7 virus variant, which first appeared in the UK, has now appeared in 43 out of 53 European countries. The South African B.1.351 mutation was reported in 26 countries, the Brazilian variant in 15 countries.
In the third week of the spring session, the National Council focuses on the coronavirus. The National Council office decided Thursday that five submitted approaches to the virus should be treated as urgent.
The interpellations will be dealt with on Wednesday, March 17, as announced by the parliamentary services on Thursday. There are four interpellations from parliamentary groups and one from the SVP National Councilor of St. Gallen, Roland Rino Büchel. The Federal Council will have to ask itself many questions.
During deliberations on the revised Covid-19 law, the Council of States decided Thursday to remove the upper limit for contributions to culture and cultural professionals. This increases the room for maneuver in case additional credits are needed.
The small chamber followed the proposals of its preliminary advisory committees unopposed.
The Council of States wants to take more account of the regional evolution of the epidemiological situation. The Federal Council should allow the “exemplary” cantons to relax the Crown’s measures.
The small chamber accepted a corresponding individual application from Martin Schmid (FDP / GR) with 30 to 13 votes. The bourgeois majority sees the cantonal management of the measures as an opportunity to regain the confidence of the population. Many do not see the point in taking drastic action if the virus is under control in their region.
Finance Minister Ueli Maurer, for his part, warned against the measure: “We are immediately raising expectations that the cantons will once again have a lot of freedom.” This solution failed last fall. “The cantons demanded national control, we must stick to it.”
Women under 40 were the hardest hit by unemployment in Covid’s first 19 years. While men were equally likely to lose their jobs in all age groups, this was rarely the case for women in their 40s and 54s, and never for older women.
Young women between the ages of 15 and 24 had the highest growth between 2019 and 2020; Its unemployment rate rose from 7.2 in 2019 to 8 percent in 2020, as updated figures from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) show on Thursday.
Previous short messages from Switzerland and the world about Corona can be found here.
