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Russia is threatened with the collapse of the health system
Russian medical organizations have long warned that the country is not sufficiently prepared for the pandemic. This has now been confirmed, now that the most difficult weeks in Russia are just beginning. The capital, Moscow, is the most affected. Authorities assume tens of thousands of beds will be missing for sick people. The health system is in danger of collapse.
In Moscow, the signs are raiding these days. More recently, the number of coronavirus infections in Russia increased between 16 and 18 percent every day. According to the authorities’ calculations, tens of thousands of intensive care beds are missing in Moscow by the end of the month. Poor management in recent years is responsible for the precarious situation, independent medical organizations say.
Holiday guests from abroad will take their time
Switzerland Tourism wants to attract international tourists to Switzerland as quickly as possible. For this, 50 million francs are raised. But tourism professor Christian Lässer has doubts. The high level of prices will put a key in the works for many tourist centers.
The border between Canada and the United States remains closed
In the fight against the coronavirus, the border between the United States and Canada is said to be largely closed for another 30 days. “This is an important decision and one that protects people on both sides of the border,” said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa. The goal remains to avoid unnecessary travel between the two countries and, at the same time, to ensure the movement of important goods like medical equipment and food, Trudeau made clear. The two countries had reached a corresponding agreement a month ago.
United States President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Canadian border would be one that would reopen early. Canada is fine. We are fine We will see. But at some point we will do that, “Trump said.
Border traffic between Canada and the United States remains restricted.
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Army hospital in Mulhouse is partially dismantled
According to media reports, an army hospital built for coronavirus patients in southern Alsace may be partially dismantled. Half of the 30 beds in the intensive care unit are free and are being dismantled, France Bleu radio station reported. The remaining 15 beds and the mobile hospital would remain in the Emile Muller Hospital parking lot at Mulhouse in the Haut-Rhin department to support the clinic in treating 19 Covid patients. The emergency clinic was created to support intensive care units in the eastern region of France.
The army hospital had welcomed the first seriously ill people in late March.
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The canton of Freiburg is helping hoteliers
Hoteliers in the canton of Freiburg can breathe easier. It is the first canton to bear the rental and mortgage costs for the hotel industry during the Corona crisis. The Freiburg government will bear five million francs in leasing and mortgage costs for the 100 hotels and 50 para-hotel businesses. With this measure, she wants to save the hotels from bankruptcy. The canton can afford this support measure, especially since it has a relatively small hotel industry.
Police prevent automatic demonstration of refugees
Zurich city police prevented a car and bicycle rally in Zurich. It was based on the banning of events in the course of measures against the coronavirus. The demo call was followed by more than 100 people in around 30 cars and bicycles. The officials sought a conversation with the participants of the demonstration, appealed to their social responsibility by megaphone and asked them to leave the site individually.
About 30 people in 16 vehicles did not follow. The police subjected her to a personal search and took her away. A little later there were more meetings in the army / Langstrasse and people were alienated. Participants in the demonstration wanted to work for refugees under the motto “Security for all refugees”.
Democratic governors criticize Trump
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, is receiving harsh criticism for his interference in the protests against the protection measures. One of the biggest protests took place in Michigan on Wednesday. There, protesters, some of them heavily armed, stopped on Capitol Hill, waved Trump flags in their cars, and accused Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer of “tyranny.” A dozen protesters gathered in Virginia on Thursday, and a similar image emerged in Minnesota on Friday.
Democratic Governor of Washington State Jay Inslee condemned the President’s “illegal and dangerous” statements. “It puts millions of people at risk of developing Covid-19. His ranting concerns and his calls for people to “liberate” states could also lead to violence, “an Inslee message said.” The president was derailed. “
The canton of Bern must release the prisoners from deportation
The canton of Bern has released 14 people from deportation custody because they cannot be transferred to their country of origin at the moment due to the crisis in Corona. Among them are three convicted drug traffickers. Bern Security Director Philippe Müller (FDP) confirmed an article in the “Berner Zeitung” upon request. The people had been released by order of the competent court. According to Müller, they cannot be kept from going underground. Monitoring is not legally permitted.
The 14 people were released from the so-called administrative immigration law because it is unclear when flight connections will resume. “Another arrest would have been disproportionate,” said Müller.
Among those released are six asylum seekers whose claim was rejected and awaiting deportation, BZ writes, quoting the cantonal security directorate: There are also five so-called Dublin cases: asylum seekers who must be repatriated to that country European. where they were first recorded.
“I refused to release everyone into administrative detention under foreign law, as the red-green politicians and democratic lawyers have recently called me,” added Müller.
Each case is examined individually and differentially, said director of security Philippe Müller.
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Trump is fueling protests against protective measures
United States President Donald Trump has sparked protests against protective measures to curb the coronavirus in several states in the United States. “I think some things are too difficult,” Trump said at the White House, looking at Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia, democratically governed states that took rigorous action in the Corona crisis.
Previously, the Republican had capitalized on Twitter “Liberate Michigan!”, “Liberate Minnesota!” and “Free Virginia!” written In the past few days, dozens of people have taken to the streets in various US states. USA To stop containment measures. There were calls for similar actions in Maryland and, despite careful relaxation, in Texas.
Trump explicitly protected protesters on Friday. “These are people who express their opinions,” he said. “They seem very reasonable people to me.” On Thursday he said: «I think you are listening to me. There seem to be protesters who like me.
Antibody tests against coronavirus in the canton of St. Gallen
In the canton of St. Gallen, serological tests have been carried out on around 1,000 people for approximately four weeks. Among other things, they are intended to provide information on how many people have been infected with the coronavirus, but do not show any symptoms of the disease. Pietro Vernazza, chief infectious disease physician at St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital, confirmed the study in the canton of St. Gallen with health workers, a statement in an interview with Linth-Zeitung.
Vernazza explained that the study had been properly planned six weeks ago. The Covid-19 epidemic had several problems that needed to be addressed. The goal was to find out how many coronavirus infections occurred even without symptoms, how the population spread, and what factors favored an infection, and what symptoms the participants reported.
The Federal Office of Public Health is coordinating this research work, and a representative Swiss study is being planned. “We have the advantage that we prepared the entire study more than a month ago and that the ethics committee approved it,” Vernazza said.
“We will only publish the results when we are sure they are reliable,” says Vernazza.
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Litmus test for health policy
In crisis, every hospital bed counts suddenly. However, old hospitals will be demolished after the crown pandemic. A wrong decision?
No greeting on the queen’s birthday
At the Queen’s request, there will be no salute shots for her 94th birthday. Queen Elizabeth II did not consider this appropriate in the face of the crown pandemic, a spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace in London confirmed. The monarch’s birthday approaches Tuesday; Traditionally, this day of honor is always celebrated with greetings. It is the first time in 68 years that the ritual has been dispensed with.
Queen, 93, regards the salute shots as inappropriate given the Corona crisis.
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Latin American countries face several challenges
South American countries fight the coronavirus in very different ways. The Peruvian government only offers humanitarian aid and transportation under strict sanitary conditions. In Colombia, the curfew affects millions of formal workers for whom the closure means that there are no wages and, therefore, no food. And in Nicaragua, humanitarian organizations criticize that the government has not adopted a strategy, protection measures or restrictions.
Foreign ministers want to secure supply chains and flight connections
Foreign ministers from more than ten countries, including Germany, France and Britain, agreed in a conference call to work to keep international trade and transport routes open in the Corona crisis. Attention should now be paid to restoring essential supply chains and flight connections, said Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office Niels Annen.
According to the Federal Foreign Office, 15 countries participated in the change of ministers and their representatives on Friday, including Italy, Brazil, Canada, Turkey, Indonesia, Morocco and Mexico, in addition to the countries mentioned.
Only through international cooperation can we help to ensure that urgently needed products arrive and that the economy works again.
Corona inventives the driver of the Zurich market
Pick-up stations, deliveries, individual stands on private land – many Zurich market drivers have found ways to continue selling their fresh vegetables, fruits or bouquets. There are around ten weekly markets in the city of Zurich alone, none of which takes place until at least mid-May.
Read here how market drivers know how to help each other.
Amazon identifies feverish employees with thermal imaging cameras
Amazon says employees in the United States are using thermal imaging cameras to identify feverish employees. Appropriate devices have been installed in at least six online retailer stores around Los Angeles and Seattle, employees report. If the cameras showed elevated temperatures, the fever was again measured on the forehead of the employees involved.
Amazon confirmed the use of such cameras in some warehouses. This guarantees the health and safety of employees. Coronavirus cases have been reported in more than 50 Amazon warehouses in the US. The US, which has led workers’ representatives to close the facilities.
Orthodox Christians celebrate the “Holy Fire” in Jerusalem despite the Crown
Orthodox church officials celebrated the “Sacred Fire” in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher during the Crown crisis. Due to the strict conditions imposed by the Israeli authorities, the ceremony could only be performed with a few participants. In view of the spread of the crown virus, Israel has closed all houses of prayer in the country until further notice and has banned meetings. The same applies to the West Bank.
In the belief of Orthodox Christians, a light in the tomb chapel of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher automatically turns on at Easter. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher is located in the place where, according to Christian tradition, Jesus was buried and resurrected.
In Switzerland, the number of new confirmed infections increased by 326
In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the number of new confirmed infections with the coronavirus increased by 326 in one day. According to the BAG, there are a total of 27,404 confirmed cases and 1,111 deaths.
As a result, the number of new confirmed cases decreased slightly compared to the previous day, and the numbers of the tests remained the same, as announced by the Federal Office of Public Health (BAG). The previous day, 346 new infections had been reported. At least 3,257 people were hospitalized for laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 disease.
Lack of gowns in British clinics
Coronavirus protective equipment is becoming scarce in British clinics. The recommended liquid-repellent, long-sleeved gowns for doctors and nurses are expected to no longer be available in many intensive care units this weekend.
According to official information, stocks have been depleted. Therefore, the authorities have allowed the use of other gowns, a step that has received strong criticism from the unions, among others. They fear an increased risk of infection for clinic staff.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said employees should not have to put themselves at risk to save others. Surveys conducted by the BMA and the Royal College of Nursing had previously shown that doctors and nurses did not feel adequately protected at work.
Can you get infected while doing sports outdoors?
Because of Corona, we ask ourselves questions that were unthinkable weeks ago. How much distance to other people is safe? And does the same apply to sport as usual? These are the main answers.
