Status: 08.01.2022 07:15 a.m.
In the live ticker, NDR.de will inform you today – on Saturday, January 8, 2022 – about the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Hamburg. You can see yesterday’s information in the Friday’s blog read up.
The essentials in brief:
- The federal and state governments agree 2G-Plus in gastronomy and shortening of the quarantine
- Large demo planned in Hamburg – Traffic obstructions possible
- Confirmed New Infections in the North: 4,605 in Lower Saxony, 3.463 in Schleswig-Holstein
- RKI: 55,889 new corona cases registered nationwide – incidence at 335.9
Tables and graphics: This is how the vaccination campaign is going in the north
Map: New infections in the northern German districts
07:15 am
Thousands of people expected to demonstrate against Corona policy in Hamburg
Around 11,000 people are expected to attend a demonstration by opponents of the Corona policy in Hamburg this early afternoon. They want to move through the city center under the motto “The measure is full. Hands off our children”, as the police announced. The officers prepared for a large-scale operation. They also warned of traffic obstructions in the inner city area. Counter-demonstrations were therefore initially not registered. On several Saturdays in December, thousands of people who were against vaccinations took to the streets in the Hanseatic city.
6:45 a.m.
Schleswig-Holstein: New maximum incidence value at 526.5
The seven-day incidence in Schleswig-Holstein has risen rapidly again – to currently 526.5 (previous day: 458.0 / previous week: 224.0). It is again a high value. Within one day, a further 3,463 new corona infections were reported nationwide (previous day: 3,470 / previous week: 862), according to the data from the state registration office. The hospitalization incidence, which is important for corona measures and indicates how many corona patients per 100,000 people came to clinics within a week, fell from 3.30 to 3.13.
6:45 a.m.
Service: Determine the incidence value for your place of residence
The seven-day incidence of new corona infections is also on the move in northern Germany. If you want to know what the situation is like in your city or in your district, simply enter your postcode here.
6:45 a.m.
RKI registers 55,889 new corona infections – incidence at 335.9
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has reported a sharp increase in the number of new infections transmitted within 24 hours compared to the previous week. The value is given this morning with 55,889, in the week before there were 26,392 recorded new infections. The RKI gives the current seven-day incidence as 335.9 (previous day: 303.4 / previous week: 220.3 / previous month: 427.0). According to the new information, 268 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. The number of people who have died nationwide since the beginning of the pandemic with or with the involvement of a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 113,900.
6:45 a.m.
The resolutions of the Bund-Länder-Round of yesterday in the overview:
- 2G-Plus regulation nationwide in gastronomy: The so-called 2G-Plus regulation will be introduced nationwide in the catering industry. In future, only fully vaccinated or convalescent people who can present a daily negative test result will be allowed to go to bars. Boosted people are exempt from the obligation to test from the day of their booster vaccination. Corresponding rules already apply in northern Germany or will come into force next week.
- Shortening and simplifying the quarantine times: The quarantine and isolation times for contact persons and Covid-19 sufferers will be shortened and simplified. In the future – regardless of the virus variant type – contact persons who have already received a booster vaccination, have been newly vaccinated twice, have been vaccinated and have recovered or have recently recovered will be exempt from quarantine. For everyone else, isolation or quarantine usually ends after ten days if they do not allow themselves to be “freed” beforehand – this is possible after seven days at the earliest. For school students it is five days. For hospitals and nursing homes, a quarantine can be shortened after seven days at the earliest with a negative PCR test result.
- Recommendation for the use of FFP2 masks in retail and public transport: When shopping in shops and when using public transport on buses and trains, the use of FFP2 masks is still not compulsory, but is strongly recommended.
- Economic aid is extended: With immediate effect, companies can apply for Bridging Aid IV, which was decided by the end of March, to compensate for losses and burdens as a result of the corona pandemic. Unlike in the past, the federal government is funding not only material but also personnel costs to implement the access restrictions.
6:45 a.m.
Criticism of quarantine regulations for schoolchildren
The German teachers ‘association and the teachers’ union GEW criticize the planned new regulation of the corona quarantine for schoolchildren. “If this softening of the quarantine rules leads to more infected people running around unrecognized in schools, the shot will backfire,” said Heinz-Peter Meidinger, chairman of the German Teachers’ Association, the newspapers of the Funke media group. The “free testing” through relatively unsafe antigen tests appears to be problematic, especially because these tests are not as meaningful in the first days of an infection.
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Good morning – Corona live ticker starts on Saturday
Good morning! Our Corona live ticker will keep you up to date today – on Saturday, January 8, 2022 – about the effects of the pandemic in northern Germany. Here you will find all the important news as well as content from the NDR radio and television programs. You can see the news and events of yesterday in the Read Friday’s blog.
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