Saturday 5th June 2021
Coronavirus-Liveticker
+++ 01:51 KBV boss Gassen: “Please do not press the doctors” +++
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Before the vaccination sequence is released from Monday, doctors call on those willing to be vaccinated to be patient. The chief executive of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Andreas Gassen, told the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” that he expected a “rush to the practices”. Gassen appealed to the people: “Please be patient and do not press the doctors and their teams, the medical assistants. Everyone will be vaccinated – and as soon as possible. But not all at once!” Many people had the wrong impression that they could get vaccinated immediately. That is by no means possible.
+++ 00:39 Company doctors initially receive far fewer vaccine doses than ordered +++
Before the company doctors get involved in the corona vaccinations, the responsible association warns of too high expectations. “For the coming week every company doctor could order 800 cans and at the end he will get 102. For the following week every company doctor can only order 300 cans,” said Wolfgang Panter, President of the Association of German Company and Company Doctors, the editorial network Germany. Panter recommends first vaccinating those employees who have a higher risk of infection, for example because they work closely together in the factory or have a lot of customer contact. Office workers or those working from home could be vaccinated as a secondary vaccination.
+++ 23:58 Because of the Delta variant: Great Britain wants to accelerate the vaccination program +++
Great Britain wants to accelerate its vaccination program because of the Corona mutant Delta. People over 40 years of age should receive their second vaccination within eight weeks of the first dose, reports the Telegraph. The usual interval between the first and second vaccination for the Astrazeneca vaccine is twelve weeks. People who are older than 25 years should receive a vaccination offer as early as next week. Britain had recently reported more than 6,000 new infections per day. The virus mutant Delta, which first appeared in India, is now dominant in Great Britain.
+++ 23:18 Corona traffic light in Mexico City jumps to “green” +++
In the megacity of Mexico City, normality should slowly return. From next week the “epidemiological traffic light” will turn green. This allows restaurants, cinemas and theaters to use 50 percent of their capacity. Face-to-face lessons also start again on Monday after around 15 months – one month before the end of the school year. Almost 14 percent of the residents of Mexico City have so far been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus – in the whole of the country it is a good ten percent. The state of Mexico bordering the city-state – the most populous in the country – should also be green from next week.
+++ 22:22 Further easing in Belgium +++
The Belgian government has announced further easing of the corona restrictions for the coming week. One month after the opening of their outdoor areas, cafes and restaurants will be able to serve their customers in closed rooms again from next Wednesday, at the same time they will be able to open again until 11.30 p.m., as Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced after government consultations. From June 9th, cinemas, sports halls and saunas will be allowed to reopen if they adhere to certain ventilation rules, and at the same time the number of visitors to shows or sporting events will be significantly increased – also subject to Corona requirements. People can receive up to four guests at home again. From next Wednesday, one office day per week will be allowed again. According to De Croo, those returning from red zones will no longer have to be in quarantine if they are fully vaccinated, have a PCR test that is less than 72 hours old or have a certificate stating that they have recovered from Covid 19 disease. However, a ten-day quarantine still applies when returning from countries with high levels of new Corona variants.
+++ 22:00 EM fans in Rome have to submit a negative test +++
The 16,000 fans admitted to the four European Championship games in Rome must present a negative test in order to gain access to the Olympic Stadium. The Italian Football Association announced. The test must not be older than 48 hours. The opening match between Italy and Turkey will take place in Rome on June 11th. Fans who have received at least one dose of vaccine will also be admitted, but they must have been immunized in Italy. Foreign fans vaccinated or recovered from the coronavirus without negative tests will not be admitted. Italy will play in Rome against Turkey (June 11), Switzerland (June 16) and Wales (June 20). In addition, a quarter-finals will take place in the capital on July 3rd.
+++ 21:27 Mexico wants to promote vaccinations in the US border area +++
Mexico wants to use donated vaccine from the USA on the common border so that it can be reopened as soon as possible. The US has announced that it will donate 25 million doses of vaccine to other countries – the southern neighbor will receive a good million doses of the vaccine from Johnson & Johnson. Mexico initially wants to vaccinate a third of the people between the ages of 18 and 40 who live in the communities on the US border, according to Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard. A total of 7.75 million people live in the border area on the Mexican side. According to Ebrard, Mexico wants to have roughly the same proportion of vaccinated people there as in the USA by the end of June so that border traffic can be resumed. The 3200-kilometer border between the neighbors has been closed to non-essential land transport since March 21, 2020 due to the corona pandemic.
+++ 20:51 Spain lifts compulsory PCR testing upon entry +++
From Monday, travelers can also travel to Spain without the previously mandatory PCR test. An antigen test, proof of a complete vaccination or a recovery from a corona disease will then be sufficient, the Spanish Ministry of Health announced. This also makes traveling to the holiday island of Mallorca, which is popular with Germans, easier, as a negative antigen test is now sufficient for a return flight. This is faster and much cheaper. “Spain is a safe travel destination and we have everything we need to regain our leading position in international tourism soon,” said Health Minister Carolina Darias in a press release. The minister justifies the relaxation with the “successful” vaccination campaign.
+++ 20:18 Current data situation in Germany: 2809 new cases reported +++
The number of reported coronavirus infections in Germany has risen to 3,696,523. As can be seen from the information from the state authorities evaluated by ntv.de, 2809 new cases were added. In the previous week there were 6,669 new infections. As yesterday, the comparison with the Friday of the previous week makes little sense due to yesterday’s public holiday – completely in six – partly in two federal states. The number of infection-related deaths rose 111 to 89,070. Last Friday there were 211. Around 79,300 people are currently infected.
You can read all previous developments here.
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