Today’s news in star-Ticker.
Today’s news in star-Ticker:
5.35 a.m.: Association of cities and municipalities considers the rapid reconstruction of vaccination centers to be unrealistic
The Association of Towns and Municipalities considers a short-term re-establishment of the corona vaccination centers to be unrealistic. “We will not be able to rebuild vaccination centers as they were in the short term. They will be back in action at the end of January / beginning of February at the earliest,” said General Manager Gerd Landsberg of the Düsseldorf “Rheinische Post”. The sometimes more than 400 vaccination centers in Germany had played a central role in the spring and summer, most of them are currently not in operation. Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) had spoken out in favor of reopening the centers at the beginning of the month.
5.05 a.m.: 53 suspects identified after the abuse scandal in Würzburg
More than two and a half years after an abuse scandal involving a speech therapist in Würzburg, the police have identified 53 suspects. The public prosecutor’s office in Bamberg told the German press agency that their personal details are known and the complex has now been completed. “The allegations are in all cases of possession or distribution of child pornographic content,” explained Chief Public Prosecutor Thomas Goger from the Central Cybercrime Bavaria Office. Details on the individual cases could not be communicated.
In March 2019, the police arrested the Würzburg speech therapist on suspicion of abuse. The man had by then been respected in the city and even been honored for his services. In May 2020, the district court of Würzburg sentenced the then 38-year-old to eleven years and four months in prison in one of the largest abuse trials in Bavaria. The German had sexually assaulted physically and / or mentally disabled boys for years – for example at his work in daycare centers and in his practice. The victims were between two and six years old.
4.55 a.m.: RKI registers 32 048 new corona infections – incidence at 312.4
The nationwide seven-day incidence has risen again. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Tuesday morning at 312.4. For comparison: the previous day the value was 303.0, a week ago it was 213.7 (previous month: 70.8). The health authorities in Germany reported 32,048 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This is evident from the numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 4:31 a.m. Last Thursday, the number of new infections reached 50,196, a record since the beginning of the pandemic. Exactly a week ago, the value was 21,832 infections.
4.45 a.m.: Security forces prevent planned protests in Cuba
A high presence of the security forces prevented new demonstrations against the government in Cuba. Numerous activists, journalists and other people who spread the call to protest or spoke out against the government reported on social media that they were being prevented from leaving their homes. There were also reports of arrests of Cubans who took to the streets of Havana and other cities in white clothes and white roses – symbols of protest.
In contrast to spontaneous demonstrations in various cities in the Caribbean state on July 11, the security forces were warned this time. Hundreds of people had been arrested at the time – one of the new protests was to seek their release. The mass protests in July – the largest against the government in decades – had demonstrated for freedom as well as against repression and mismanagement. One trigger was the lack of food and medicine. In parts of the United States and Europe, there were demonstrations by Cubans in exile and sympathizers on Monday.
4.05 a.m.: Up to eleven years imprisonment for record theft in Great Britain
Three men have been sentenced to several years in prison for their involvement in a record-breaking £ 26 million theft. The 24-year-old main defendant is sentenced to 11 years in prison, according to the verdict given by a court in London. The other two defendants, aged 44 and 45, were sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison, respectively. The three Italians who will be serving their sentences in their home country were responsible for several break-ins in December 2019, according to the court.
2.31 a.m.: Major fire in Bochum warehouse – A 40 temporarily closed
A major fire in a warehouse in Bochum led to traffic obstructions on the A40 on Monday evening. According to the police, the industrial building of a construction machinery company is right next to the motorway. Due to the strong smoke and flames, the A40 in the direction of Dortmund was temporarily closed. According to initial findings, no one was injured. The police were initially unable to provide any information about the cause of the fire.
2.19 a.m.: US authorities: Warmest October in the northern hemisphere of the earth
According to measurements by the US climate agency NOAA in the northern hemisphere, last month was the warmest October since records began in 1880. The average temperature over the land areas of the northern hemisphere would have been that of October 2019 – the previous record holder – around 0.11 degrees Celsius exceeded, announced the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).
1.05 a.m.: Six teenagers injured in gunshots near a school in Colorado
Six teenagers were injured in gunfire near a school in Colorado, USA. Five young people between the ages of 14 and 17 have been rushed to hospital, said the police chief of the nearby Denver city of Aurora, Vanessa Wilson. Another person at the age of 18 came to the hospital independently. The perpetrators are fleeting.
1.00 a.m .: Eating in space: German team honored in NASA competition
Suggestions for astronaut food with the help of microorganisms, insects or 3D printers have been awarded in a competition of the space agencies of the USA and Canada – and a team from Germany is among them. The “Electric Cow” team proposed using microorganisms and 3D printers to produce food from carbon dioxide, among other things, announced the US space agency Nasa at a pre-recorded video show.
The so-called Deep Space Food Challenge had around 180 submissions from all over the world. The competition was advertised primarily with a view to longer missions to more distant destinations in space, said Nasa boss Bill Nelson. “We need to design food that can help us when we go to Mars.” The food on the International Space Station ISS was sufficient, said ex-astronaut Scott Kelly, who had spent around a year on the ISS. “But there is always room for improvement. Growing something, preparing something and eating well makes you feel at home.”
0.46 a.m.: Rocket test: USA accuses Russia of endangering ISS astronauts
The US government accuses Russia of jeopardizing the safety of astronauts on the International Space Station by testing an anti-satellite missile. “We condemn Russia’s ruthless test,” said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The shelling of a Russian satellite produced space junk “which endangers the lives of astronauts, the integrity of the International Space Station and the interests of all nations.” The German astronaut Matthias Maurer is currently on the ISS.
0.35 a.m.: Two dead migrants discovered off the coast of Gran Canaria
The bodies of two people were found on a refugee boat floating in front of Gran Canaria. The boat with a total of 42 people on board was discovered around 180 kilometers south of the Canary Island, said a coast guard spokesman for the AFP news agency. The two dead are two men. Four other people were taken to a hospital by helicopter.
0.01 a.m.: GEW rejects compulsory vaccination for certain occupational groups
The Education and Science Union (GEW) opposes compulsory corona vaccination for individual professional groups. “The only way out of the pandemic is through a high vaccination rate in the entire population and appropriate behavior to protect yourself and others,” said GEW chairman Maike Finnern to the editorial network Germany (RND). At the same time she emphasized: “The GEW rejects compulsory vaccination for certain professional groups.”