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The essentials in brief:
- The well-known Swiss comedian Marco Rima presents himself as the figurehead of the Corona skeptics. On Saturday he should be on the stage of the demonstration in Zurich.
- Israel imposes a second blockade since Friday afternoon.
- Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 30 million coronavirus infections have been recorded worldwide.
6.51am.: No new infections in New Zealand
For the first time in more than five weeks, New Zealand has not registered a new coronavirus infection. It was also the fourth day in a row that there had been no case of transmission within the community, authorities announced Friday. All the cases of the previous days were due to returnees who were in quarantine.
The development raised hope that the recent outbreak in the city of Auckland has been contained. The origin of this has not yet been clarified, the authorities believe that the virus was brought back to the country from abroad. In Auckland the curfew had been temporarily re-enforced. New Zealand continues to try to eradicate the virus completely. Overall, the country has recorded just over 1,800 infections and 25 deaths.
5.50 am.: Marco Rima at the Corona demo stage
That’s not funny: comedian Marco Rima is known as a skeptic of the crown. He is now the star guest at the Corona critics’ rally in Zurich on Saturday, as the “Blick” writes. The 59-year-old should be on stage. Organizers also announce controversial satirist Andreas Thiel.
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On a skeptical Corona YouTube channel, show co-organizer Tatiana Chamina is happy: With Rima and Thiel, “the best of the best” could be won for a performance. And Daniel Stricker, who runs the YouTube channel, says: The presence of the two celebrities shows that “people don’t have to be afraid to come.”
4.55 am.: Former adviser von Pence slams Trump
A former adviser to the vice president of the United States, Mike Pence, has made serious accusations against the president of the United States, Donald Trump, in connection with the corona pandemic. Olivia Troye told the Washington Post that Trump’s response to the crisis had shown “total disregard for human life.” Her main concern was the economy and her re-election. According to the Washington Post, Troye advised Pence on the coronavirus, among other things, until he left in August. In this role, he participated in meetings of the coronavirus task force, chaired by Pence.
In a video posted by the group “Republican Voters Against Trump” on Thursday, Troye said regarding the virus: “In mid-February we knew the question was not whether Covid would be a major pandemic here in America, but when. But the president didn’t want to hear that because his biggest concern was that we were in an election year. “If Trump had taken the virus seriously, he would have slowed its spread. Trump is running as a Republican candidate on November 3.
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4 am: Second confinement in Israel
The Israeli government wants to prevent the coronavirus from spreading further with a second nationwide lockdown. As of Friday afternoon (2:00 pm local time / 1:00 pm CEST), the inhabitants of the Mediterranean country have to accept the severe restrictions again. Measures like exit restrictions and store closings must be in place for at least three weeks.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Thursday that in view of the high number of infections in recent days, further toughening of measures might be necessary. “I will not hesitate to impose additional restrictions if the need arises,” he said.
1:19 a.m.: More than 30 million infections worldwide
According to American scientists, more than 30 million coronavirus infections have been recorded worldwide since the start of the corona pandemic. That comes from data from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Therefore, the number of deaths exceeds 943,000. Most of the world’s infections and deaths occur in the United States, a country of about 330 million people.
According to Johns Hopkins, so far there are more than 6.6 million infections with the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen and more than 197,000 deaths in the US Second, as measured by the number of infections, India with 5.1 million infections and more than 83,000 deaths. Brazil follows in third place with more than 4.4 million infections and a good 134,000 deaths.
However, relative to the number of inhabitants, the number of deaths is higher in six countries than in the United States. First, according to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, Peru. Bolivia, Spain, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil and the United States remain at a considerable distance: some 60 people died there for every 100,000 inhabitants.
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