Corona pandemic: ++ Millions of US citizens are threatened with eviction ++

4:08 am

Leibniz Institute recommends wearing masks in schools

In order to avoid alternating lessons and homeschooling, the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology in Bremen recommended that a strict mask requirement be made at the beginning of the new school year. “If we want to go back to full face-to-face teaching, and that’s what it is all about, then it can only be done by consistently wearing masks and ventilating,” said the institute’s public health expert, Hajo Zeeb, of “Welt am Sonntag”. In addition, rooms that cannot be ventilated should not be used for teaching.

03:31 am

Protests against recent corona measures in Israel

Hundreds of people in Israel have taken to the streets against the government’s recent Corona measures. Several protesters in Tel Aviv waved a banner that read “There is no pandemic, it is a hoax”. They denounced the corona vaccinations on posters by linking the vaccine with the Third Reich, among other things. In Israel, anyone aged 60 and over can now be vaccinated against the coronavirus for the third time if their second vaccination was at least five months ago. Vaccinations are also permitted for children between the ages of five and eleven, who are at a particularly high risk of becoming seriously ill or dying in the event of an infection. The requirement to wear a mask indoors was also reintroduced in view of the increasing number of infections. A vaccination certificate is also required to enter closed rooms in fitness studios, restaurants or hotels.

3:04 am

Lauterbach expects restrictions for unvaccinated people

SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach firmly assumes that vaccination refusals will have to expect restrictions in the future. “In autumn, when the number of cases is very high, there will have to be a number of restrictions for unvaccinated people,” Lauterbach told “Bild am Sonntag”. “You will no longer be able to go into the interiors of certain restaurants, bars or clubs, ie places with a high risk of infection,” Lauterbach continues.

01:56 am

NHS warns of faulty corona control devices

The British health service NHS has warned of a technical breakdown in devices for the domestic control of the blood oxygen content in corona patients: These so-called pulse oximeters can therefore display the blood values ​​in people with darker skin color less precisely, the NHS explained. The devices that are distributed to corona patients by the state health service would have indicated values ​​that were too high in some cases. People with corona symptoms who are older than 65 or who are considered at risk due to illnesses receive a pulse oximeter from the NHS for self-monitoring. If the value falls below a certain level, those affected must be admitted to hospital. The devices, which are clipped to the finger, measure the oxygen content in the blood by shining a light through the skin of the person.

1:43 am

Berlin: OVG confirms further demo ban

The Higher Administrative Court (OVG) Berlin-Brandenburg has confirmed the ban on the planned meeting “The Year of Freedom and Peace – Life after the Pandemic” in Berlin in an urgent procedure. The court rejected the applicant’s complaint against the decision of the Berlin Administrative Court. The administrative court based its decision essentially on the fact that there was an imminent threat to public safety. With a view to the risk of Covid-19 infection, the life and health of people are directly endangered if the meeting participants disregard the minimum distance and the hygiene rules to be observed, such as wearing a medical face mask.

1:40 am

Seehofer announces controls of the obligation to test

At the start of the corona test obligations for travelers returning from abroad, Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced controls. “Anyone who enters Germany must expect to be checked. The federal and state police work hand in hand here,” he told the “Bild am Sonntag”. There will be spot checks at the internal borders in order to prevent kilometers of traffic jams in holiday traffic. “When entering from countries outside the EU, at the airports and seaports, everyone is checked, without exception.” Those who do not have a negative test may have to be in quarantine, and there is a risk of “heavy fines”.

Seehofer spoke out against taking further measures to increase the pressure on those who refused to vaccinate: “So far, we have a well-functioning principle for those who have been vaccinated, those who have recovered and those who have tested negative. We should stick to that. I also don’t believe in exerting direct or indirect pressure, which the vaccination is concerned, “he says. But he spoke out in favor of promoting the vaccination more than before.

1:39 am

GMK will probably decide to vaccinate children

At the Conference of Health Ministers (GMK), the federal government and the health ministers of the federal states apparently want to decide on vaccinations for children and adolescents from the age of twelve. This is reported by “Bild am Sonntag” and is based on a draft resolution for the conference in the coming week. According to this, children and adolescents should be vaccinated in vaccination centers and by general practitioners and company doctors. In addition, the federal states want to offer vaccinations to all young adults in universities, vocational schools and schools.

1:33 am

Müller: Germany should deliver more corona vaccine

Development Minister Gerd Müller has called for more corona vaccine to be given to developing countries. “The disposal of excess vaccination doses is the fastest way to advance the global vaccination campaign,” said the CSU politician to the newspapers of the Funke media group. Müller recalled the federal government’s promise to give poorer countries at least 30 million doses of vaccine by the end of the year. “We should gradually increase this amount because there is now enough vaccine available in Germany,” he said.

Health Minister Jens Spahn had already announced in mid-July that Germany would give other vaccines to other countries in addition to the 30 million vaccine doses that had already been announced. Müller said some countries had secured up to eight doses of vaccine per capita. “You can hand over some of it without any problems, so that all developing countries have access to vaccines.”

1:25 am

Entry test started

Since midnight, a test has been mandatory when entering Germany. This is to prevent the coronavirus from spreading further towards the end of the summer holidays. All people from the age of twelve must be able to prove upon entry that the risk of transmission is reduced: with proof of a vaccination, proof of recovery or a negative test result.

Such a requirement has already existed for all flight passengers. Now it applies to all means of transport, including those arriving by car or train. If you stay in areas with new, worrying virus variants, proof of a test is mandatory. Proof of recovery or vaccination is not sufficient in this case.

In addition, there are now only two instead of three categories for worldwide areas with higher infection risks: high-risk areas and areas in which new, worrying virus variants are circulating.

1:15 a.m.

USA: Millions of people threatened with evictions

Millions of tenants in the US are at risk of evictions. At midnight, a regulation that protects tenants from being thrown out of their apartments in the corona pandemic in the event of payment arrears expired. A proposal to extend the ban until October 18 failed recently in Congress. The White House has made it clear that it will not extend the protection unilaterally because it has no legal authority to do so. According to a study by the Aspen Institute, more than 15 million people in 6.5 million US households are currently in arrears with their rent payments. According to the study, they owe the landlords and landlords together more than $ 20 billion.

Democratic Party Senator Elizabeth Warren said families in every state are currently sitting around their kitchen tables trying to find a way out of a devastating eviction. Democratic MP Cori Bush said it was unclear how parents could work and care for their children if they were evicted. “We cannot put people on the streets in a deadly global pandemic,” said Bush. Landlord associations reject an extension. Some landlords have recently struggled to pay their mortgage, tax and insurance payments without rental income.

1:15 a.m.

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