Thursday March 11th 2021
Coronavirus-Liveticker
+++ 03:44 RKI boss: “The third wave has started” +++
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According to the Robert Koch Institute, the third corona wave has started in Germany. “We have very clear signs of this,” said RKI President Lothar Wieler in an interview with the UN Union of Journalists (ACANU). “I am very worried.” The vaccination campaign is a race against the mutating virus. Wieler sees light at the end of the tunnel if 80 percent of the population can be immunized by autumn. “If that is the case, all measures can be lifted”.
+++ 02:55 Lauterbach: The speed of vaccination cannot be increased with general practitioners +++
SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach welcomes the planned involvement of general practitioners in the vaccination strategy, but dampens expectations of a faster vaccination rate. “It is right to involve the general practitioners in the vaccination strategy, even if the vaccination speed cannot be increased significantly by the end of April because of the lack of doses,” Lauterbach told the “Rheinische Post”. “Of course, the doctors’ practices will also ensure that the vaccination sequence is adhered to, I never doubted that,” Lauterbach continues.
+++ 02:27 USA end isolation in old people’s and nursing homes +++
Because the vaccination campaign is running successfully, visits are again allowed to nursing and old people’s homes in the USA. This applies regardless of whether the visitors or residents are vaccinated. So far, around three million people have been vaccinated in the homes, said the responsible health authority CMS. The “long-lasting isolation and separation from the family” because of the pandemic had psychologically, emotionally and physically stressed the home residents and their relatives, the authority said. Visits should only be prohibited in exceptional cases.
+++ 01:32 Ramelow advertises the use of Sputnik V +++
Thuringia’s Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow is in favor of the rapid use of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. He appeals to the federal government to make it clear to the EU that “the appropriate vaccine quantities should now be ordered from the producers of Sputnik,” said the left-wing politician in the newspapers of the Funke media group. “For me, the Sputnik vaccine is a great opportunity to get back to normal faster.” The European Medicines Agency EMA is currently examining the approval of the vaccine.
+++ 00:49 dentists offer vaccination support +++
The dentists could also help with vaccination in the doctor’s office. The dentists offered their support with test and vaccination measures at an early stage, and the offer continues to apply, said the chairman of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists (KZBV), Wolfgang Eßer, the editorial network Germany. “As licensed doctors, dentists are generally qualified to give vaccinations,” he added.
+++ 23:52 Daily deaths in Brazil reach new high +++
In Brazil, authorities recorded 2,286 more coronavirus-related deaths within 24 hours, more than ever before. A total of 270,656 people died as a result of Covid-19 in the country. More corona deaths have only been counted in the USA since the beginning of the pandemic. Brazil also recorded a new high in infection cases: almost 80,000 new infections were reported within 24 hours. Since the pandemic began, more than eleven million of the 212 million inhabitants of Brazil have been proven to be infected with the corona virus.
+++ 23:05 USA want to give surplus vaccine to other countries +++
When everyone in the United States is vaccinated, the US government plans to make leftover doses available to other countries. The US could only feel safe if the whole world is safe with a view to the pandemic, said President Joe Biden Biden. “It’s not a problem that can be stopped with a fence – no matter how high you build the fence or the wall.” Biden confirmed that the US is ordering an additional 100 million vaccine doses from the manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. “If we have a surplus, we’ll share it with the rest of the world,” he promised.
+++ 22:27 vial from the first corona vaccination in the USA comes to the museum +++
The vial from the first corona vaccination in the USA comes to the museum. The New York hospital operator Northwell Health is donating the empty bottle of the Biontech Pfizer vaccine to the National Museum of American History in Washington, as the museum announced. The vaccination card, the employee card and the gown of the New York nurse Sandra Lindsay, who was officially the first US citizen to be vaccinated on December 14, were also donated.
+++ 22:14 Malta closes schools and shops +++
In the fight against the rising Corona numbers, Malta will close schools and all shops and services that are not considered to be systemically relevant from Thursday. The locks are in place for around a month, announced Prime Minister Robert Abela in a speech. Travel to Malta’s sister island Gozo would be restricted. Organized sport is banned in the future. Weddings should no longer be celebrated. The restrictions are said to be in place until at least April 11th, when the Easter holidays end. The small EU country with around 500,000 inhabitants had previously registered a record of over 500 new corona infections in 24 hours.
+++ 21:43 Unicef: One billion dollars needed for vaccines for poor countries +++
In order to supply the poor countries with sufficient vaccines, one billion dollars is necessary according to the UN child welfare organization Unicef. “We asked the world for more funding,” says Unicef Executive Director Henrietta Fore. Still missing around a billion dollars. Unicef is part of the World Health Organization’s Covax program, through which developing countries are to receive vaccines. The Children’s Fund is the largest single purchaser of vaccines. At least two billion vaccine doses are to be distributed via Covax this year, 1.3 billion of them to developing countries.
+++ 21:18 Lithuania continues to loosen cautiously +++
Lithuania continues to cautiously relax the applicable corona restrictions in view of the decline in new infections. In the Baltic EU country, all shops with direct access from the street will be allowed to reopen from March 15th. Museums and galleries are also allowed to receive visitors again from this date. This was decided by the government in Vilnius. The shops have to ensure that there is an area of 20 square meters available for each customer; in museums and galleries it is 30 square meters. Visits to the exhibition rooms, however, are restricted to groups of two people. Exceptions apply to families. Tickets can only be sold online. Lithuania, with its almost 3 million inhabitants, imposed a lockdown with exit and contact restrictions in mid-December in view of the sharp rise in corona numbers.
+++ 20:55 number of prisoners in the USA fell significantly in the wake of Corona +++
According to the Department of Justice, the proportion of prison inmates in the total population in the USA has decreased significantly in the wake of the corona pandemic. According to this, 185,400 fewer people were behind bars in June 2020 than a year earlier, which corresponds to a decrease of 25 percent. Per capita, the proportion of prison inmates has fallen to its lowest level since 1990. However, only prisons were taken into account in which prisoners were held for minor crimes or because they were waiting for their trial. The risk of corona infection, especially in overcrowded prisons, is considered to be particularly high.
+++ 20:34 Current data situation in Germany: 11,164 new cases reported +++
The number of reported coronavirus infections in Germany has risen to 2,524,462. As can be seen from the information from the state authorities evaluated by ntv.de, 11,164 new cases were added to 308 deaths on Wednesday. Compared to the previous week, there is a sustained increase in the number of reported cases: The current daily increase in new infections is 720 cases above the level of Wednesday last week (03.03 .: 10,444 new infections). Compared to Wednesday two weeks ago (9985 new infections) there are even 1179 more reported infections.
The decline in the number of deaths continues. On March 3, the state authorities recorded a total of 375 deaths (67 more deaths), on February 24 (Wednesday two weeks ago) there were 416 reported deaths (108 more than today).
According to the RKI management report from Tuesday evening, the nationwide seven-day R-value was 0.96 (previous day 0.97). This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 96 more people. The value represents the occurrence of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a longer period of time, the infection process subsides; if it is consistently higher, the number of cases increases.
Read the previous day’s developments here.
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