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As of: 08/09/2021 4:21 a.m.
The seven-day incidence increases to 23.1. In France, certain activities are only allowed with proof of vaccination, recovery or negative test. The current developments in the live blog.
04:19 am
Nationwide corona incidence rises to 23.1
The nationwide seven-day incidence of new corona infections rose again slightly and is now 23.1. As the Robert Koch Institute announced on Monday morning, citing information from the health authorities, 1183 new infections and two other deaths related to the corona virus were recorded within 24 hours. A week ago the incidence was 17.8. The seven-day incidence indicates the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week. The value has been rising continuously in Germany for weeks. On Tuesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) wants to discuss the corona situation with the heads of government of the federal states. According to the latest information from the RKI, the total number of corona infections recorded in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic rose to 3,791,949. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths rose to 91,784. The RKI stated the number of people recovered from a corona infection at around 3,667,400.
04:18 am
Left boss against advantages for vaccinated people
Before the federal-state consultations on Tuesday about the corona course, the left-wing chairwoman Susanne Hennig-Wellsow speaks out against privileges for vaccinated people. “I do not want to hear anything about special rights for vaccinated people,” says Hennig-Wellsow of the newspaper “Augsburger Allgemeine”. Society must stand together in solidarity and show consideration for one another.
03:32 am
Patient advocates criticize fronts in the vaccination debate
Patient advocates view the debate about possible disadvantages for unvaccinated people in the next corona wave with concern. “The debate about vaccinations is polarizing. There is now a rift through society,” said the board of the Patient Protection Foundation, Eugen Brysch, of the “German Press Agency”. The “front line” has meanwhile arrived at the workplace, even friends and families are affected by the conflicts. “That is why we must put an end to publicly talking about compulsory vaccination or discrimination against unvaccinated people,” demanded Brysch. “The federal and state governments have to rely on facts and information against poisonous polemics,” he added. The federal and state governments will discuss how to proceed in the corona pandemic on Tuesday. The focus of the political debate is the question of how more people can be induced to vaccinate – and whether there should be restrictions for those who are not vaccinated.
01:56 am
Tunisia vaccinates more than half a million people a day
The vaccination campaign is picking up speed in Tunisia. The Ministry of Health reports 551.00 vaccinations within 24 hours. The country is struggling with overcrowded intensive care units and emergency rooms as a result of the virus. To date, Tunisia has recorded more than 20,000 deaths and over 610,000 coronavirus infections. The slow pace of vaccinations and the handling of the pandemic had sparked protests against Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi’s government, as a result of which he was ousted by President Kais Saied two weeks ago. According to the ministry, 50 percent of the 11.6 million residents should have been vaccinated by mid-October.
00:09 am
Blume calls for new corona rules – the unvaccinated in view
CSU General Secretary Markus Blume is optimistic that the Prime Ministers will be able to agree on a new corona set of rules with new incidences at their conference with the Chancellor on Tuesday. “It is important – regardless of any election campaign – that we agree on the further set of rules,” said Blume in the political talk of the newspaper “Bild”. He is confident that this will succeed. In the case of “drastically increasing new infections” it could happen that there would have to be restrictions for those who were tested. With this, Blume contradicts the CDU chairman and candidate for chancellor of the Union, Armin Laschet, on the question of equal treatment of vaccinated and tested people. “The state must not exclude those who have been vaccinated, recovered or tested from participating in social life,” says Laschet.
00:04 am
Restaurants and cafés in France only have a health pass
In France, from this Monday, restaurant visits and train travel are only allowed with proof of corona vaccination, recovery or a negative test. The stricter health rules should apply to people over 18 years of age by mid-November. Against the controversial measures with which France’s head of state Emmanuel Macron wants to fight the rising corona infections, over 200,000 people across the country demonstrated again at the weekend. Proof of a full vaccination, recovery or negative test is now mandatory in restaurants, cafes, trains, long-distance coaches, airplanes, at trade fairs and in health facilities. The negative test must not have been more than 72 hours ago. For health workers, a mandatory vaccination comes into force on Monday. The digital health pass has been required in cinemas, museums and at major events since mid-July.
8/8/2021 • 11:49 pm
Six corona cases on cruise ship in the Mediterranean
Several corona cases have been discovered on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. As the shipping company Costa Crociere announced, six members of two families tested positive on the ship “Costa Smeralda”, which docked in Marseille on Sunday. The infected and six other contact persons were isolated from the other passengers until they disembarked in the French port city. The infected passengers were said to belong to a group of 180 vacationers who had taken part in a week-long Mediterranean cruise with stops in Spain and Italy. All participants had to submit a negative corona test when they boarded a week ago in Marseille. A second test was made midway through the voyage. But then a passenger with a fever reported to the crew, as announced by Costa Crociere. All accompanying persons were therefore immediately tested. Because those affected did not want to disembark in Italy, they were isolated on the ship until their return to Marseille and taken home in an ambulance after disembarking. The French regional health authority confirmed the “safe disembarkation” of the passengers concerned.