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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.
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On Thursday, Norman said he was suffering from corona symptoms and had been quarantined at his home in Jupiter, Florida. Norman was number 1 in the world and won 89 professional tournaments, including the British Open in 1986 and 1993.
Golf legend Greg Norman reports from hospital: Australian (65) is sick with corona virus. (Image: Keystone)
China reported 20 new corona cases for Friday, up from 14 the day before. The state health authority announced that twelve of the new infections were found among people who had entered the country.
Of the eight nationally transmitted infections, six occurred in the northeastern province of Liaoning and two in Beijing. Additionally, 19 people without symptoms tested positive for Covid-19. China does not include these asymptomatic cases in its statistics. According to the information, there were a total of 86,933 corona cases and 4,634 deaths in China.
According to a newspaper report, the corona vaccine from the American company Moderna caused a severe allergic reaction in a Boston doctor.
The Boston Medical Center oncologist, who is allergic to shellfish, reported in the “New York Times” that he felt dizzy and had a racing heart immediately after his vaccination Thursday. Here you can read more about it.
In the future, Cuba will require a negative test for the corona virus upon entry. This was reported by the party newspaper “Granma” on Friday (local time). Consequently, the regulation applies from January 10, the crown test must be done up to 72 hours before departure. The island state reported 217 new corona cases on Wednesday. This is the maximum number of people registered in one day since the pandemic began in Cuba on March 11. 101 of them have a source of contagion abroad, according to “Granma”. Cuba, a state with 11 million inhabitants, has so far officially registered around 11,000 Sars-CoV-2 virus infections and 140 deaths related to the Covid-19 disease.
The corona vaccine CoronaVac, developed by the Chinese biotechnology company Sinovac, has shown an effectiveness of between 50 and 90 percent in tests with around 13,000 volunteers in Brazil. Here you can read more about it.
According to the Think Tank Center for Economics and Business Research, China will replace the United States as the world’s largest economy in 2028. That’s five years earlier than previously assumed. China will recover from the corona pandemic faster than the US.
The Chinese are doing well in the corona pandemic – the country is expected to become the world’s strongest economic powerhouse from 2028. (Image: Keystone)
China and the United States recently fought a power struggle with combative words, the think tank writes in its annual report released on Saturday. The economic consequences of the crown crisis would have displaced the rivalry in favor of China.
China, where the virus originated, skillfully handled the pandemic, thanks in part to an early and tight shutdown. This had a positive effect on the long-term growth of the economy and improved China’s relative economic performance. Read all about it here.
The coronavirus mutation discovered in Britain was also detected for the first time in France. The virus was found in a Frenchman who had previously traveled from the UK, as announced by the Health Ministry in Paris on Saturday night.
The man from Tours, in central France, entered London on Saturday last week and tested positive for the virus on Monday. Investigations had confirmed on Friday that it was the mutated Corona variant.
The French citizen living in Britain showed no symptoms of crown disease, the ministry said. The man is quarantined at home.
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