As of: 06/09/2021 8:30 a.m.
In the live ticker, NDR.de will inform you today – on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 – about the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Hamburg. You can see what happened yesterday in the Tuesday’s blog read up.
The essentials in brief:
- MV: Government statement by Prime Minister Schwesig
- Lower Saxony: Corona pandemic in the focus of the state parliament debates – live from 10 a.m.
- Mask affair: Current hour in the Bundestag
- Coronavirus-Update: New podcast episode with Christian Drosten is online
- Confirmed New Infections in the North: 201 in Lower Saxony, 45 in Schleswig-Holstein
- 3,254 new infections reported nationwide – the incidence drops to 20.8
Tables and graphics: This is how the vaccination campaign is going in the north
Map: New infections in the northern German districts
8:30 a.m.
France relaxes entry requirements
If you want to travel to neighboring France for your summer vacation, you no longer need a PCR test. A quick test is enough. For those who have been completely vaccinated, there is no need to test. The tourist regions all over France are preparing for guests from other EU countries.
AUDIO: Tourism sector in France relies on summer (4 min)
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8:08 am
Hamburgers will soon be able to use the Luca app without a smartphone
For people in Hamburg without a smartphone, there will soon be Keyring for the Luca app. This should also enable younger students and older people to use the app for contact tracking. The key fobs are an alternative to the QR code that users can scan with their smartphone when they log into a restaurant or shop. According to Finance Senator Andreas Dressel (SPD), they should be available in the coming weeks. The key rings are to be distributed in the customer centers in the districts. Interested parties do not have to pay anything for it, as NDR 90.3 learned when asked by the tax authorities.
07:41 am
Traders hope that the Hamburg fish market will open without any conditions
Hamburg’s market traders and showmen hope with a view to the increasing corona easing that life will soon return to the fish market. “We hope, of course, that there will be movement because it is actually still considered a weekly market and therefore there is no need for drastic requirements,” said Wilfried Thal, President of the State Association of the Outpatient Trade and Showmen Hamburg, the German press Agency. However, with the hope that Thal and the dealers also associate the wish that the traditional market may open without conditions and at the regular time – i.e. 5 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. That is what makes the fish market. Starting in the morning is not an option. “Otherwise we will screw up our image,” said Thal. According to Thal, it has not yet been determined when the fish market can start again.
06:50 am
Lower Saxony: 201 new infections reported – incidence is falling
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has reported 201 new infections with the corona virus confirmed by laboratory diagnostics for Lower Saxony. According to the RKI, there were ten more deaths nationwide within one day. The total number of people who died in connection with the virus in Lower Saxony is thus 5,686. The seven-day incidence falls in the national average to 13.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (15.7 on the previous day).
06:33 am
How are intensive care workers doing after the third wave?
The vaccination rates are increasing and the number of infections is decreasing. But intensive care workers still care for Covid patients in the intensive care units. How are caregivers doing in the third wave of the pandemic? Panorama 3 asked:
VIDEO: How are intensive care workers doing after the third wave? (10 min)
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6:11 am
3,254 new infections reported nationwide – the incidence drops to 20.8
The health authorities in Germany reported 3,254 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. A week ago, the value was 4,917 infections. The RKI gave the seven-day incidence on Wednesday morning nationwide as 20.8 (previous day: 22.9; previous week: 36.8). Across Germany, 107 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours (previous week: 179). The number of people who died with or with the involvement of a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 is now given as 89,491. The nationwide seven-day R-value was 0.71 according to the RKI situation report from Tuesday afternoon (previous day: 0.76). This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 71 more people. The R-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.
05:56 am
MV: Schwesig issues a government statement
At the start of today’s session of the state parliament in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) wants to make another government statement on the current situation in the corona pandemic at 10 a.m. Yesterday, in view of the persistently low number of new infections, the cabinet decided to relax the corona protection regulations, which should apply from Friday.
05:50 am
New corona drug: too few participants for study
In Braunschweig, a company is currently developing a drug that will be used to treat Covid 19 patients. An efficacy study must be carried out so that the drug Covex-1-IMP can be approved. The problem: You need test subjects for the tests – and they are currently difficult to find in Braunschweig. There are currently only a few moderate to severe Covid-19 sufferers. And patients taking part in the clinical study are not allowed to be ventilated. According to the manufacturer, the drug has already been administered to patients in Stuttgart, Tübingen and Leipzig. The schedule for approval can thus be adhered to – it should be applied for in January 2022.
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