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Donald Trump accuses the WHO
The United States temporarily suspends payments to the World Health Organization (WHO). Failing in the crown pandemic, President Donald Trump justified the move to the media. The organization did not review information on the China virus quickly and critically. He also spoke out against China’s entry bans, Trump said. WHO must be responsible for this.
The president ordered an investigation into the role of the World Health Organization. No money will flow from the United States until it is completed. The United States is the largest contributor to the WHO member states. Trump himself had publicly downplayed the risk of the corona virus for a long time. Until early March, he said the virus was not a cause for concern for the United States.
For the President of the United States, Donald Trump, the WHO was unable to combat the crown pandemic, as announced to media representatives.
Keystone
Apple makes movement patterns public
Apple publishes mobility trends for its mapping service to provide clues to the success of exit restrictions in fighting the spread of the coronavirus. The basis is the number of address requests on Apple maps, as the company announced. The change has been reported since January 13 of this year.
According to Apple, the data covers larger cities, as well as 63 countries and regions. Consequently, trends for local public transportation only exist in cities where routes are integrated into Apple’s map service. Mobile service providers and Google have already posted movement patterns in recent weeks.
Loneliness: more harmful than high blood pressure
The current situation makes people feel more alone. In March, calls for loneliness increased by about a third compared to last year. In an interview, psychiatrist Thomas Ihde explains what loneliness can mean for the body and the psyche.
By truck to Italy and back
The crown crisis is hampering trade across national borders. Only the products are still on the way, so the store shelves are full, but in difficult conditions. Much has changed for drivers with the lock. SRF practically accompanied Daniel Schöni on his trip to Naples and back.
The village store is now very popular
In the current Corona crisis, people are rediscovering the value of a nearby store. They currently have up to half of more sales. Customers would specifically buy the ingredients they need for a recipe because they cook more at home. The “Swiss news” was released in the canton of Thurgau.
Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the crown crisis.
Because people should stay home, many activities have moved onto the Internet. This also applies to crimes. Cybercriminals in particular react quickly, says Daniel Nussbaumer, head of the Zurich cantonal police cybercrime department. This is also the case now during the Corona crisis. “Many phishing emails are said to come from the WHO or the BAG,” says Nussbaumer. The goal is always to obtain personal data such as passwords or credit card details.
Reduced operation on public transport.
Public transport in Switzerland has been reduced to a minimum. SBB has only cut its offer by about a quarter and there are up to 90 percent fewer passengers on the trains. Transportation providers expect a monthly income of up to CHF 500 million less than expected.
What are the railway companies doing in this situation? The “Appenzeller Bahnen” asked “Switzerland today”.
Send at-risk patients to work?
Several employees have reported on the “cash drop”. They would still have to appear at work as risk patients, although their companies cannot offer them the necessary protective measures. Those affected are people with diabetes or lung diseases. Some of those affected also suffer wage losses if they are released from work after long negotiations with superiors.
But if the employer can’t meet applicable safety standards, it shouldn’t force at-risk patients to work for a short time or on vacation, says labor law expert Roger Rudolph. “That would only be appropriate if it was possible to guarantee safe work in the company or on the construction site.”
Every second wreath fatality in a nursing home
According to British researchers, the current pandemic underestimates the number of Covid 19 deaths in nursing homes and nursing homes. According to the country, almost every second person infected with the crown dies in nursing homes, researchers at the London School of Economics said.
For their study, they evaluated official data from Italy, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, and France. The scientists emphasized that their study was of limited relevance because individual states counted crown deaths in different ways. The definition of “nursing home” also differs. However, the extent of infections and deaths in nursing homes should not be ignored.
In Ireland, 54 percent of deaths were residents of nursing homes. In Spain, even 57 percent. Belgium is worth 42 percent, France 45, and Italy 53 percent.
Critics have been criticizing for weeks that statistics in the UK so far have barely shown deaths in nursing homes.
LPG: “If you send small companies into bankruptcy, you won nothing”
Parliamentary committees have dealt with Federal Council decisions to date. It begins with the Economic Commission of the National Council. With two urgent problems: freelancers who, despite billions of aid from the federal government, continue to fall through the network and with incomes. The SP is demanding a rental decree for business premises that the federal government has closed by emergency law. “The real estate industry can handle this without a problem,” says Jacqueline Badran (SP / ZH), for example.
Mini flight schedule at Zurich airport
Passenger numbers at Zurich airport land in the background of the harsh reality of the crown: minus 63.2 percent, just 890,000 were last month. But some people still fly. SRF asked: Where and why?
France has more than 15,000 Covid-19 deaths
In France, authorities report 762 deaths in 24 hours; There have never been so many deaths in a day since the epidemic began. A total of 15,729 people in the country have already died as a result of Covid-19. France is the fourth country to exceed 15,000 deaths: Italy, Spain and the United States have already recorded this sad record.
In a television speech on Monday night, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the strict exit restrictions will remain in effect until at least May 11. Therefore, events with a large audience could only be held in mid-July at a minimum. Therefore, the Cannes Film Festival (May 12) and the Tour de France (June 27) cannot take place as originally planned.
“The crisis poses a very serious threat to the stability of the world financial system”
The International Monetary Fund warns of significant risks to the global financial system caused by the corona virus crisis. The pandemic is a historic challenge, according to the IMF Financial Stability Report. “This crisis poses a very serious threat to the stability of the global financial system.” The virus outbreak had hit financial markets an unprecedented hit. Determined action by central banks and budgetary policy have ensured stabilization. However, there is a risk that financial conditions will tighten further.
“The final impact of the crisis on the global economy and the timing of recovery are extremely uncertain,” warn IMF experts. Among other things, they are very concerned.
Debt levels in companies and private households.
Universal masks for Switzerland
In the crown virus era, protective masks are very popular. New skins for Switzerland – from Switzerland. Production started this weekend.
How should the EU financially support Italy? Berlin and Rome reviews
The crown pandemic is affecting different countries of the European Union. Therefore, EU finance ministers agreed on aid worth 500 billion euros last week. On the other hand, there is still disagreement on the so-called crown bonds, that is, joint responsibility for interest and the payment of debts.
Assessment of SRF correspondent Philipp Zahn from Italy: Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte refuses to bear the consequences of the pandemic with more than 20,000 deaths in his own country on the shoulders of the budget, as with any other crisis. Italy does not want aid that “comes coldly and arrogantly prescribed” from “smarties” from Germany or the Netherlands. Corona bonds or recovery funds, however, the construction can be called: these are loans for which Italy does not want to be alone financially.
Assessment of SRF correspondent Bettina Ramseier from Germany: During the euro crisis Angela Merkel was a hated symbol of a “ruthless” austerity policy in many EU countries. She was not deterred by that. The situation is now much more dramatic and Italy is planning a confrontation with the chancellor. Angela Merkel has it in hand: at the end of her career, she will once again decisively shape the image of the EU.
In Italy, there was a particularly low increase in people infected with a crown
The number of people infected with a crown in Italy is increasing much more slowly than before. But the death toll soared again Tuesday with 602 victims in 24 hours. As a result, 21,067 people infected with the coronavirus have died in the country since February. This was announced by the civil defense in Rome. The total number of cases increased just under 1.9 percent to 162,488. That was the lowest percentage increase since the first week of March.
Over 60 percent fewer passengers at Zurich airport
In March there were 63 percent fewer passengers at the Zurich airport than in the same month the year before. As a result of the Corona crisis, only 890,000 travelers flew through Zurich, the airport said. The average number of passengers per flight was 97.6 passengers, 21 percent below the level of the previous year. Seat occupancy fell 19 percentage points to 56 percent in the reference month.
According to an estimate by the IATA association, airlines around the world will suffer a loss of sales of 290 billion euros this year. A previous forecast was based on 230 billion euros. The previous decrease in the passenger business is 55 percent compared to the previous year.
Fact check: is corona virus man-made?
The theory has been troubling for weeks: the coronavirus is a laboratory product. Scientists consider this claim to be implausible. In mid-March, researchers led by Swedish professor of microbiology Kristian Andersen published their analysis of the corona family. The study shows two important differences between Sars-CoV-2 and its relatives: Simply put, the protein has a different structure and a different composition of its amino acids. The researchers emphasize that, based on the characteristics examined, the new virus is particularly easy to infect human cells. However, all of this is not designed as optimally as would be expected from an artificially produced biological weapon. “This is strong evidence that Sars-CoV-2 is not the product of deliberate manipulation,” says the analysis.
For scientists, only natural transmission to humans is an option: either the virus could have jumped directly from bats or used an intermediate animal host. However, it is still unclear whether Sars-CoV-2 mutated earlier in such a way that it more easily coupled to human cells, or only later than it possibly already circulated undetected among humans.
Berlin virologist Christian Drosten and more than two dozen other researchers also strictly reject the laboratory’s theory of origin in an article in early March.
1000 immigrants in Greece move to hotels
Given the danger of the corona virus, the refugee camps on the Greek islands are slightly relieved. EU Interior Commissioner Ylva Johansson writes on Twitter that around 1,000 particularly vulnerable migrants would move from camps in Lesbos and the other islands to vacant hotels.
According to the Greek Migration Ministry, around 10,000 migrants have already been brought from the islands to mainland Greece in the first three months of the year. The EU-Turkey Refugee Agreement only provides for a return to Turkey from the islands.
Due to poor hygiene conditions, several aid organizations and politicians had demanded that the camps be completely cleared in the face of the Corona crisis. According to the Migration Ministry, almost 40,000 migrants currently live in Lesbos, Samos, Kos, Leros and Chios. The capacity is around 7000 seats.
Flawa Consumer GmbH wants to produce 210,000 skins per week
Flawa Consumer GmbH has produced universal masks in large quantities since the weekend. Mask production in Switzerland could grow to several hundred thousand pieces per week. Flawa Universal Masks are intended for individuals and companies, not hospital personnel. “Kassensturz” glanced at the site.
