RKI registers 55 889 new corona infections – incidence at 335.9
BERLIN – The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has reported a sharp increase in the number of new infections transmitted within 24 hours compared to the previous week. The value was given on Saturday morning with 55 889, in the week before there were 26 392 recorded new infections. The RKI gave the 7-day incidence as 335.9. For comparison: the previous day the value was 303.4. A week ago the nationwide incidence was 220.3 (previous month: 427.0). This is evident from the numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 3:24 a.m.
ROUNDUP 4 / Arming for Omikron: 2G plus in the restaurant and shorter quarantine
BERLIN – The federal and state governments are preparing for the impending omicron wave with possibly exploding corona numbers. Access rules for restaurants, cafes and pubs are tightened. The quarantine for contact persons and isolation for infected people will be shortened so that important infrastructures do not collapse in the event of the rapid spread of the Omikron variant.
Many countries are fighting with Omikron – New Corona high-risk areas
BERLIN – Luxembourg and almost 40 other countries have been wholly or partially high-risk areas since this Sunday due to the high number of corona infections. The Robert Koch Institute announced the new classifications on Friday. Anyone who enters from such an area and is not fully vaccinated or recovered has to be in quarantine for ten days and can only get rid of it with a negative test five days after arrival at the earliest.
Tens of thousands of people at demos against corona measures
BERLIN – Tens of thousands of people protested against the Corona policy in Germany over the weekend. The largest demonstration took place on Saturday in Hamburg, where, according to police, around 13,700 people gathered. Thousands of demonstrators were also on the move in numerous other cities. There were also counter-demonstrations in some cities. Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) and Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) clearly distanced themselves from the protests against the corona policy.
ROUNDUP 2: More than 160 dead in riots in Kazakhstan
ALMATY – A few days after President Kassym-Shomart Tokayev issued an order to shoot, the authoritarian authorities in Kazakhstan have spoken of at least 164 fatalities in the serious unrest. In the particularly badly affected city of Almaty alone, 103 people died – including two children, reported the Kazakh state television on Sunday, citing the Ministry of Health.
ROUNDUP: USA calls for de-escalation of Russia before negotiations with Moscow
WASHINGTON / MOSCOW – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Russia to de-escalate the Ukraine crisis ahead of important negotiations next week. It is difficult to make progress “in an atmosphere of escalation with a gun at the head of Ukraine,” said Blinken on Sunday on the US broadcaster CNN. “So if we really want to make progress, we have to see de-escalation.”
British Foreign Minister threatens the Brexit dispute over Northern Ireland
LONDON – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was adamant in the dispute over Northern Ireland ahead of her first meeting with EU Brexit representative Maros Sefcovic. Truss wrote in a guest post in the “Sunday Telegraph” that she was ready to trigger the emergency clause in Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol and thus suspend parts of the Brexit agreement between Brussels and London.
Minister of Labor Heil: ‘Minimum wage of 12 euros will come in 2022’
BERLIN – Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil wants to implement the promised increase in the minimum wage to 12 euros this year. “As a candidate for Chancellor, Olaf Scholz said that we would increase the minimum wage to EUR 12 within a year. And we will increase it in 2022 because it is necessary,” Heil told the German Press Agency. The SPD politician announced that he would submit a draft law “in the next few weeks”. “The increase to 12 euros will and must come. It is a question of fair performance and respect for decent work.”
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Additional Reports
-Lauterbach: Further measures will still be necessary
-Lauterbach: New quarantine rules will ‘apply very quickly’
-ROUNDUP / Corona deaths in Great Britain: Johnson laments ‘terrible toll’
-SPD and Greens are dampening expectations of quick vaccination requirements
-ROUNDUP 2: Federal and state governments call for more home offices
-Before the Olympics: Beijing’s neighboring city of Tianjin reports Omikron cases
-USA: Consumer credit grows twice as fast as expected
Low interest rates continue to put pressure on pension funds °
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