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As of: 05/20/2021 8:58 a.m.
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According to HIGH-information Company doctors must have ordered vaccine by Friday in order to be able to vaccinate from June 7th. Justice Minister Lambrecht rejects compulsory vaccination for children in schools and daycare centers. All developments in the live blog.
- Justice Minister Lambrecht against compulsory vaccination in schools and daycare centers
- Bavaria cancels vaccination prioritization
- IOC reaffirms Olympic Games safety
- According to the RKI, the incidence falls below 70
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8:58 am
The state government of North Rhine-Westphalia considers public festivals to be possible in late summer
In North Rhine-Westphalia, if the number of infections falls and the number of vaccinations rises, citizens could go to public festivals again from late summer onwards. “If there is a further decline in the number of infections, there are good prospects for traditional, regional open-air folk festivals in late summer,” said Minister of Economic Affairs, Andreas Pinkwart. However, the requirements are the organizers’ hygiene concepts. “I very much wish that our popular traditional celebrations (…) can take place again as soon as possible,” said Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann.
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8:54 am
Slump in sales in the hospitality industry
The restrictions in the wake of the corona pandemic also resulted in losses for Germany’s innkeepers in the first quarter. Although business was somewhat better again in March, sales in hotels, restaurants and cafes in the three months were price-adjusted by almost two thirds (62.2 percent) below the previous year’s level, as calculated by the Federal Statistical Office. According to the Wiesbaden authority, hotels and guest houses were hit harder than average, and compared to the previous year, which was only partially affected by the pandemic, they lost 77.2 percent of their revenues in real terms. Tourist overnight stays were banned in March 2021, as in the previous months. Hotels, pensions or inns were only allowed to accept business travelers. From February to March, sales in the industry recovered slightly.
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8:42 am
Müller defends inconsistent tourism strategies in the countries
Berlin’s Governing Mayor Michael Müller defended the divergent opening strategies in the federal states for tourism. There are still “different requirements and different numbers of infections and courses, different test options,” said Müller in the joint Morning magazine from ARD and ZDF. He also referred to court decisions “which make one thing or the other possible or not”.
At the same time, Müller emphasized with a view to Berlin, among other things, that tourism in large cities is different from, for example, in rural regions. In the cities, people are not outdoors all day and then retreat to their holiday homes, but rather spend more time in closed rooms. At the same time, Müller was convinced that things are going “step by step” in all federal states. Towards the summer, if the numbers continue to develop as they are currently, “then a great deal will be possible”.
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8:31 am
Education union against compulsory vaccination for teachers
The chairwoman of the GEW education union, Marlis Tepe, has spoken out against compulsory corona vaccination for teachers. “We think highly of making a vaccination offer for all teachers,” said Tepe in common Morning magazine from ARD and ZDF. However, they reject compulsory vaccination. It is also easy to understand that there is no compulsory vaccination for children in schools.
A few days ago, the President of the German Teachers’ Association, Heinz-Peter Meidinger, brought into play a compulsory vaccination for civil servant teachers. He expects a political debate on the subject, Meidinger told the “world”. In his opinion, the state would have the means to do so if there was a corresponding legal regulation.
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8:31 am
Maastricht art fair also canceled for autumn
The TEFAF art fair in Maastricht, which takes place regularly in March, has now also given up its alternative date in the coming autumn. Instead, there will be an online version from September 9th to 13th, announced the organizers in the southern Dutch city. The next in-person fair is planned for March 2022. The trade fair organizers cited the current global situation as the reason for the cancellation. The TEFAF is considered to be the world’s most important fair for ancient art. It was last held in abbreviated form in March 2020 when the corona pandemic was just beginning in Europe.
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8:00 a.m.
More than 276,000 new infections in India
India reports 276,110 new infections. This means that the number remains roughly stable after falling below the threshold of 300,000 for the first time since April 21 on Monday. In the meantime, more than 400,000 new infections were registered daily in India in the second wave. The number of deaths related to the virus rose within 24 hours by 3874 to more than 287,000, according to the Ministry of Health. Only the day before, a high had been recorded with 4,529 deaths.
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07:40 am
Company doctors have to order the vaccine by Friday
From the beginning of June, company doctors will also be allowed to vaccinate against corona – but they have to hurry to order vaccines. That comes from a handout of the employers’ association BDA, which the ARD capital studio is present. Accordingly, the company doctors must have ordered the vaccine by Friday noon so that it can start punctually on June 7th.
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07:05 am
Nationwide seven-day incidence drops to 68
The nationwide seven-day incidence of corona infections has continued to decrease. As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced, citing information from the health authorities, 68 corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants were registered nationwide in the past seven days. On Wednesday the incidence value was 72.8. As the RKI further announced, 12,298 new infections with the corona virus were reported within one day. A week ago, around 17,419 new infections were registered.
In a daily comparison, 237 new deaths were recorded after infections with the coronavirus. The number of corona deaths in Germany is now at least 86,902.
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06:47 am
Mallorca: No party tourism this summer
Mallorca vacationers will probably have to do without exuberant party tourism this year as well. The massive party tourism that Mallorca was still betting on in the years before the pandemic is not compatible with the current situation, said Balearic President Francina Armengol in an interview with the ARD-Studio Madrid. When and whether the party scene on the island can go back to normal, the head of government did not say. But for this season she ruled it out.
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06:34 am
Vaccination prioritization in Bavaria lifted
As of today, everyone is entitled in Bavariato get vaccinated against corona in general and specialist practices. In Baden-Württemberg and Berlin, the prioritization of corona vaccinations in medical practices has already been lifted. Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn had named June 7th as the deadline for the nationwide task of the vaccination sequence.
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06:24 am
IOC reaffirms Olympic Games safety
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) once again assures the athletes and the host country that they will have a Corona-safe Summer Games in Tokyo. In a video conference, IOC chief Thomas Bach said that he assumed that more than 80 percent of the residents of the Olympic Village will be vaccinated before the Games on July 23. At the same time, he rejected fears that the games would trigger a new wave of infections: Other sporting events had shown that events could take place safely under strict Corona precautions.
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06:24 am
Lambrecht against compulsory vaccination in schools and daycare centers
Federal Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) rejects a legal obligation to vaccinate children against the coronavirus. “We are betting that enough children and young people will be vaccinated voluntarily as soon as possible. I assume that this will be the case in the summer,” Lambrecht told the editorial network in Germany. The minister emphasized that the corona infection cannot be compared with measles. In contrast to Corona, the risk of serious complications and long-term consequences in small children is particularly high with measles. Measles are also extremely contagious.
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6:25 am
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