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Status: 02/12/2022 04:17 a.m
The RKI reported 209,789 new infections in the morning. The seven-day incidence rises to 1474.3. CSU boss Söder shows willingness to implement partial vaccination. All developments in the live blog.
4:17 a.m
China grants Pfizer drug conditional approval
The Chinese Medicines Agency has granted conditional approval to Pfizer’s Covid-19 drug “Paxlovid”. This means that the drug is approved under certain conditions for the treatment of adults with mild to moderate disease. According to the authority, further studies on the drug are currently being carried out.
03:54 am
RKI reports 209,789 new infections – incidence rises to 1474.3
The Robert Koch Institute reports 209,789 new infections within 24 hours. That’s 8,026 fewer cases than on Saturday a week ago, when 217,815 new infections were reported. The nationwide seven-day incidence rises to a new high of 1474.3 compared to 1472.2 the previous day. 198 people died in connection with the virus. This brings the number of reported deaths to 119,877. A total of more than 12.2 million corona infections have been registered in Germany so far.
03:54 am
Söder shows willingness to implement partial vaccination
In the dispute over compulsory vaccination for nursing homes and clinics, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder has signaled his will to implement it. When asked if he was willing to do this, he told the “Rheinische Post”: “Sure, we want that and we also comply with federal law.” But the regulation must be “reasonable and practicable to implement”. Otherwise there will quickly be a care problem and trust in the state will erode. In the past few weeks, the traffic light government has “lost a lot of trust,” criticized the CSU leader. “A reliable and predictable strategy for dealing with the omicron variant” is missing.
Just a few days before the next federal-state consultations, Söder is also calling for comprehensive easing of the corona restrictions in retail, gastronomy, sports and culture. “Our goal in the caution team has always been to prevent the healthcare system from being overloaded and thus save lives. That is and will remain the top benchmark. Science tells us: Omicron is 90 percent less aggressive. We not only have to do the virological, but also see the psychological and socio-economic dimension of the pandemic: team caution yes, but not team stubborn,” says Söder of the Düsseldorfer “Rheinische Post”.