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Status: 03/10/2022 04:16 a.m
The RKI reported 262,752 new infections in the morning. The seven-day incidence rises to 1388.5. World Medical Association chairman Montgomery criticizes the federal government’s new corona rules. All developments in the live blog.
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RKI reports 262,752 new infections – incidence rises to 1388.5
The Robert Koch Institute reported 262,752 new infections within 24 hours. That’s 52,079 more cases than Thursday a week ago, when 210,673 positive tests were reported. Overall, the number of confirmed infections in Germany is more than 16.5 million. The nationwide seven-day incidence rises to 1388.5 from 1319.0 the previous day. 259 other people died in connection with the virus. This increases the number of reported deaths to 125,023.
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Blatt: United Airlines brings unvaccinated employees back from forced leave
According to a newspaper report, the US airline United Airlines is enabling employees who do not have themselves vaccinated against Corona for religious or medical reasons to return to their workplace. The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, writes that those who are exempt from vaccinations can return from unpaid leave or non-customer-related positions at the end of the month. Chicago-based United was the first major airline to make vaccination mandatory. According to the company, around 200 of the 67,000 employees who were unwilling to be vaccinated were then made redundant. According to the report, the former employees will not be hired again – new hires will only be made with a valid vaccination certificate. The airline declined to comment.
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Montgomery criticizes new corona rules
World Medical Association chairman Frank Ulrich Montgomery criticizes the corona rules that will apply from March 20 as insufficient. “The ‘basic protection’ is really only a ‘basic protection’ – and of course better than nothing,” says Montgomery to the newspapers of the Funke media group. “Further-reaching, sensible measures” have been “successfully talked down” by politicians. The principle of hope governs the rules that Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) and Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) presented on Wednesday.