Germany complains breaks through Corona-brand – the Governor of Georgia against mask duty
The Corona-pandemic keeps the world in suspense: More than 13 million people have been infected with the novel Coronavirus, 200.843 of them in Germany. The United States reported almost daily new record numbers. The latest news on Corona-crisis in Germany, Europe and the world read in the News-Ticker of FOCUS Online.
Corona-News from Germany and around the world – the top stories: Governor of Georgia complains against the Mask requirement (01.52 p.m.) More than 200,000 registered Corona-infections in Germany (21: 30)
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Covid-19: new HIV infections in the United States to a new high
06.39 PM: The number of Corona infections in the United States has a record value achieved: Within 24 hours according to the Johns Hopkins University, from Thursday evening (local time) 68.428 new infection cases have been registered. The number of the Corona of the dead had risen to 974 on 138.201. Only on Wednesday the US had with more than 67.600 Corona cases, a peak in the daily findings of new infections recorded.
In the USA, the novel Virus from spreading since a few weeks again. Affected especially the Federal States in the South and West. Overall, the number of registered infection cases in the country is the information provided by the Johns Hopkins University, according to meanwhile, at 3.56 million.
The USA is by far the hardest by the pandemic-affected country in the world. This applies to both the infectious as well as the dead figures. Last ever new record levels had been in the rate of infections recorded.
Corona-pandemic: Tui cancels party trips for 2020
05.56 PM: Tui sweeps in the light of the Corona pandemic this year, all the party traveling. "A party is not as easy. Everyone should nehmen" regard to himself and his fellow human beings;, TUI Germany chief Marek Andryszak said the Newspapers of the "Spark Mediengruppe".
Thus, the tour group set a clear sign of how the company stand in the face of this Form of tourism currently. With a view to the images of new party excesses in Mallorca Tui-Germany-in-chief: " says;Because some have not understood at all, what a time we live in currently."
Association of cities and towns welcomes-the-spot decisions for Corona-restrictions
05.38 PM: The German Association of cities has been the decision of the Federal government and countries, in the future, more targeted to local outbreaks of Corona pandemic to respond. "Necessary protective measures, and especially restrictions on movement must, however, werden" temporally and spatially very limited;, of cities President, Burkhard Jung (SPD) said the German press Agency. "In any case, you are a mean for the citizens of the incisions in your daily life and restrict fundamental rights. Therefore, it is good if we can act for the precise deposition of, flexibly and effectively to the chain of Infection to interrupt."
According to the decision of the Federal government and the länder, it should be able to exit the lock type, if the number of infections is increasing in the affected area, or there is no certainty that the infection chain is broken. These measures should be well targeted and do not have to relate to a whole district or a whole city.
583 Corona infections in Germany – four Dead
05.14 PM: The health authorities in Germany have, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) 583 new Corona infections within a day reported. So that crisis, at least 200.843 people in Germany were infected since the beginning of the Corona, which can be proved with the Virus Sars-CoV-2, such as the RKI reported on Friday morning (data 17.7., 0: 00).
In Germany, the RKI died, according to yet 9082 with the Virus infected people, which means an increase of 4 compared to the previous day. Until Friday morning 186.900 people had survived the infection, according to the RKI estimates.
The reproduction number, in short the R-value, according to the RKI estimates with data 16.7., 0: 00, in Germany at 1.10 (previous day: 1,02). This means that an Infected person infects an average of a little more than other people. The R-value in each case forms the infection from happening about a week and a half before.
Here you will find the currently reported Figures by the health ministries of the countries.
- Baden-Württemberg: 36.274 (1839 Deaths)
- Bavaria: 49.522 (2610 Deaths)
- Berlin: 8724 (221 Deaths)
- Brandenburg: 3496 (173 Deaths)
- Bremen: 1704 (55 Deaths)
- Hamburg: 5231 (231 Deaths)
- Hesse: 11.283 (514 Deaths)
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 805 (20 Deaths)
- Lower Saxony: 13.859 (645 Deaths)
- North Rhine-Westphalia: 45.388 (1711 Deaths)
- Rhineland-Palatinate: 7259 (238 Deaths)
- Saarland: 2793 (174 Deaths)
- Saxony: 5481 (224 Deaths)
- Saxony-Anhalt: 1938 (62 Deaths)
- Schleswig-Holstein: 3235 (154 Deaths)
- Thuringia: 3312 (182 Deaths)
Total (As Of 16.07.2020, 21.07 PM): 200.304 (9053 Deaths)
The Day Before (As 15.07.2020, 20.40 PM): 199.785 (9045 Deaths)
Source to be Infected – and death-figures: country health and social ministries.
The number of Healed, according to the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, at around 186.400.
Currently, the RKI reported reproduction number: 1,10 (Stand 16.07.20)
Surf tip: Coronavirus reproductive number and the smoothed R-value explained
TOP NEWS: the Governor of Georgia complains against mask duty
01.52 PM: the Governor of The southern US state of Georgia (more than 130,000 confirmed infections), Brian Kemp, has against one of the large city of Atlanta prescribed mask obligation sued. Mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms have exceeded with the corresponding regulation to curb the Coronavirus and their skills, as argued by the Governor in a Thursday (local time) filed a lawsuit. The Republicans, Kemp had signed on Wednesday, in spite of the expanding Corona pandemic, a regulation that prohibits municipalities and districts, a mask mandatory.
dpa Governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, will mask a duty to prevent
The democratic mayor of Bottoms, the infection in quarantine is just due to a Corona, said on Twitter, instead of arguing before the court, it would be better the taxpayers ‘ money, in order to allow more Corona-Tests and the follow-up of contacts. Kemp, in turn, said that his lawsuit against "disastrous measures, the lives and livelihoods of our citizens bedrohen". At the same time, Kemp is recommended to wear masks, if the necessary safety distance to prevent infections are not complied with.
Proven to two million people in Brazil infected with Coronavirus – it is more easing to follow
Friday, 17. July, 0.18 PM: More than two million people in Brazil since the beginning of the pandemic is confirmed with the Coronavirus infected. According to the data of the Ministry of health in Brasília on Thursday (local time). In the largest and most populous country in Latin America about 76 000 people have died so far in connection with the lung disease Covid-19. Only in the USA so far, more infections and Deaths were recorded.
The actual Numbers in Brazil are likely to be far higher, also because the country is testing very little. Scientific studies and estimates of organizations suggest that at least infected seven times as many people as so far known, and twice as many as recorded to have died. Brazil has 210 million inhabitants and is 24 Times as large as Germany.
President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been infected according to his own statement, had the Coronavirus as "small Grippe" belittled and wanted to take measures to curb. After governors and mayors had adopted restrictions were loosened now and again. Such as Rio de Janeiro’s mayor Marcelo Crivella to allowed on Thursday the re-opening of tourist attractions and the resumption of team sports at the beach from Friday.
Tougher Restaurant-rules, New York: "Outrageous Verstöße" lead to the closure
23.53 PM: Out of concern before a new Corona-wave in the metropolis of New York, aggravated the state now the rules for Restaurants. Governor Andrew Cuomo issued on Thursday new rules, according to which Restaurants and Bars in the state "only people alcohol must serve food bestellen", as it was said in a message from Thursday. Also, alcoholic beverages should be sold only seated guests, the stand in the minimum distance to the other guests were.
In addition, Restaurants would be closed in New York City, which stood three Times because of the injury of distance or mask, obligations, rigorously, informed the government in New York. "Outrageous Verstöße" can even lead to the immediate loss of alcohol permit or to the closure. "In addition, the Name and location will be published each establishment, who is accused by the state alcohol authority, Offense, and updated on a weekly basis."
Behind the new regulations, the fear of the New York government is facing a second wave in the Corona of a pandemic. New York had adopted in March a strict output constraints, and was for a week long with up to 900 deaths per day as the epicenter of the crisis. Meanwhile, the number of new infections is in spite of some relaxations on a stable and low level, but the development in many other Parts of the US every day with new records in the Infection levels of concern.
The Republican Governor criticized Trumps Corona-crisis management
22.15 PM: The crisis management of the US President, Donald Trump in the Corona of a pandemic in his Republican party in the criticism. The Governor of the state of Maryland, Larry Hogan, threw the Trump in a guest post in the "Washington Post" before, not fast enough to the threat to stop responding. "So many country-wide measures could have been taken in these early days, there were but nicht", Logan wrote. "Instead of his own health to listen to experts, spoke and tweeted of the President as a man who had more to do with the boost of the stock market, or his re-election plans." Reuters/Evan Vucci/AP/dpa Leads the United States in the Corona-crisis: Donald Trump.
Hogan is also Chairman of the National Association of the governors of the 50 U.S. States. Hogan criticized, Trump had claimed in March, incorrectly, that everyone in need of a Test, could get one. At the same time, governors have asked for help in Testing. In April, Trump got deported then the responsibility for testing to the governors. "It was hopeless to warten" on him;, Logan wrote. "The governors were told that we were on our own."
The spokesperson of the White house, Kayleigh McEnany, called Hogan’s statements on Thursday "bemerkenswert". She said the Governor had thanked Trump in April for the progress of the Test. Trumps response to the Coronavirus was "historisch" been.
Borders of the United States to Mexico and Canada to be a month closed
22.12 PM: Because of the Coronavirus pandemic bars of the US borders to Mexico and Canada for at least four more weeks. The border closures were up to 20. August has been extended, according to the Department of homeland security on Thursday. Minister Chad Wolf referred to the "Erfolg" the existing travel restrictions and the close cooperation with the neighboring countries of Mexico and Canada.
Thus, it has been possible to limit the spread of the Virus by the travel of traffic, said Wolf. The measures shall include a prohibition for non-mandatory travel, the movement of goods is excluded.
The USA, with 3.5 million Corona cases, and more than 137,000 deaths, the by far hardest by the pandemic-affected country in the world. Mexico has reported almost of 318,000 infections and 37,000 deaths. A significantly milder course of the pandemic in Canada, recorded so far, with 110,000 registered infections and 8900 deceased.
In Spain, the Corona cases are no longer increasing as much as for two months
21.42 clock: In Spain, the Infected Numbers since two months, not increased. 580 new Corona cases in the country reported on Wednesday, it had been 390 new cases.
Because of the spread of the novel Coronavirus, in a Spanish breeding farm for Minks, the authorities have arranged, meanwhile, the culling of tens of thousands of animals. Nearly 93,000 Minks must be killed, as the Minister of agriculture of the Region of Aragón, Joaquín Olona, announced on Thursday. Seven employees of the operation in the approximately 100 kilometres North-West of Valencia to the nearby village of Puebla de Valverde had been tested almost two months ago a positive effect on the Coronavirus.
Since then, the Farm was monitored, and the sale of the animals set. Further Tests showed that it had become infected, 87 percent of the mink with the Coronavirus. Then, the regional government decided to cull all the animals, in order to prevent a possible Transmission of the pathogen to humans. Holger Hollemann/dpa A mink
TOP NEWS: More than 200,000 registered Corona-infections in Germany
21.30: The number of registered infections with the Coronavirus in Germany, 200,000 mark exceeded. Since the beginning of the Corona-crisis, at least 200.304 people in Germany were infected confirmed with the Virus Sars-CoV-2. Compared to the previous day, there are 519 new cases, eight more people died of the Virus. Two Federal States remained within the past 24 hours with no new infections: Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
The reproduction number, in short the R-value, according to the RKI estimates of 1.10 (previous day: 1,02). This means that an Infected person infects an average of a little more than other people. The R-value in each case forms the infection from happening about a week and a half before. The number of active cases is currently at 4.851.
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