The current figures worldwide according to Johns Hopkins University: About 1.6 million infected, 103,257 dead, 381,000 recovered
The current figures in Germany: About 122,000 infected, 2,736 dead, 56,000 recovered
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The death of a 19-year-old from a police chase has sparked unrest in Belgium despite Corona exit restrictions. The police arrested 43 people in the incident on Saturday in the municipality of Anderlecht in the Brussels-Capital region, according to the Belgian news agency Belga.
In spite of the ban on meetings, angry people gathered in several places in Anderlecht during the day. When the police tried to break up the accumulations, the situation escalated, according to Belga. The officials were partially thrown at stones. The RTBF broadcaster wrote of “extreme tensions”. Videos show how a man shoots into the air with a gun that he apparently stole from a police officer. The situation is now under control, Belga wrote, citing the police.
The 19-year-old had fled a police patrol with a scooter the night before and eventually collided with a police car. He was killed in the process.
9:55 p.m .: Bulgaria decides to wear a mouthguard
The Bulgarians will have to cover their mouths and noses in public from Sunday. This was ordered by the government in Sofia on Saturday a week before the Orthodox Easter celebrations. The regulation to curb the coronavirus pandemic should apply until April 26. In Bulgaria, unlike many other European countries, the churches are still open. However, the government has asked people to pray at home.
Since breathing masks are scarce, as in other countries, there will be no fines if people without a mask should be found in public, Prime Minister Boiko Borissow said. However, they would be instructed to cover their mouth and nose with scarves, for example.
8.50 p.m .: Police dissolves unannounced demo in Berlin
With around 100 emergency services, the Berlin police had to break up a cluster on Saturday at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. There had been demonstrated against the suspension of fundamental rights. “At this meeting, it should be noted that there has been no registration or attempt to register,” said a police spokesman. The number of participants was not available until Saturday evening.
With loudspeaker announcements and personal talks, the officials had asked to move away and keep minimum distances. Not all of them had the effect that the meeting was a violation of the protection against infection. With a hard core of participants who did not want to move away, there were “temporary restrictions on freedom” for the purpose of establishing their identity, the spokesman said. Crimes and administrative offenses were found in part.
In France, the number of Covid 19 patients treated in the intensive care unit decreased for the third day in a row. There are currently 6883 people in intensive care, said health director Jerôme Salomon on Saturday evening. That is 121 fewer people than the day before. The number of people who died from Covid-19 in 24 consecutive hours has also decreased. France had 353 new deaths in hospitals and 290 in old people’s and nursing homes on Saturday. According to official figures, the country records a total of 13,832 deaths.
“It is far too early and unreasonable to make predictions about the future,” Salomon warned. It is not the time to relax the strict exit restrictions, but to strictly comply with containment, barrier measures and social distance. “The pressure in the hospital is still very high.” He noticed that people did not always keep the physical distance.
6.40 p.m .: Markus Söder asks for patience
Markus Söder asked the people in the Corona crisis for more patience. “Even after the Easter holidays, things will not just go on as before,” said Bavaria’s Prime Minister in his Easter speech on Saturday. “If you loosen too early, you risk a relapse,” warns Söder, but says confidently: “Our experts say: We are slowly getting Corona under control.”
5.30 p.m .: Steinmeier impresses with an Easter speech
“Each of them has radically changed their lives. Each of them saved human lives as a result – and saves more every day. ”Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was on Saturday in a moving Easter speech“ deeply impressed by the effort that our country has accomplished in the past few weeks ”. The President also warns that it is a misconception that the crisis has already been overcome: “The danger has not yet been averted.”
5:09 p.m .: Federal police permanently employed at airports
The federal police at Frankfurt Airport are still on duty to inform return travelers at Germany’s largest airport about the new quarantine requirement. According to the plan, 4,400 passengers will arrive during the course of Saturday, said the spokesman for the federal airport police, Reza Ahmari. On Saturday, three planes from Thailand and one from New Zealand landed with a total of 1200 passengers, which are part of the return campaign by the Federal Foreign Office.
Federal police officers distribute information sheets to all travelers as administrative assistance for the health department. It tells them to go straight to home quarantine and report to their local health department.
The new regulations state that those who travel to Germany from abroad will have to be quarantined in their home for two weeks as protection against the corona virus. The federal and state agreement has been in force since Friday and is valid until April 19. There are exceptions, for example, for people who have been abroad for less than 24 hours or for certain seasonal workers.
16:31: Corona panic! Police force tear gas into Egypt’s funeral
Egypt faces massive protests against the funeral of Corona victims. In panic of the virus, people block transports of the dead, and the situation in the north of the country has now escalated. Security forces used tear gas to force a corona victim to be buried there. A violent conflict between two nearby villages in the Dakahlija province in the Nile Delta had previously broken out about the burial of the body of a 64-year-old doctor, according to Egyptian media on Saturday. Residents of both places had blocked the funeral of the deceased for fear of spreading the virus.
The woman from the city of Mansura had died as a result of Covid-19 lung disease. Her body was first brought to her husband’s home village. However, residents blocked the vehicle with the dead woman, as well as trying to take her to her birthplace. Attempts by security forces to dispel the concerns of the protesters have been unsuccessful. Finally, security forces used tear gas to enforce the burial.
Egyptian media have reported on protests against the funerals of corona victims several times in the past few days. The North African country has officially reported nearly 1,800 corona cases and 135 deaths. The government has issued a night curfew to prevent the virus from spreading.
3:50 p.m .: Brandenburg police enthusiastically respect the ban on contact
Great weather, long weekend – the authorities were very concerned that violations of the ban on contact would skyrocket on Easter. Apparently, reason wins out in large parts of Germany. In Brandenburg, for example, the police headquarters is downright enthusiastic about the behavior of the citizens. “The impression is solidifying that the Brandenburgers want to end the crisis. We are very, very satisfied, ”said spokesman Torsten Herbst.
2:59 p.m .: 19 members of the National Health Service died
The UK Secretary of Health has released sad news. 19 employees of the National Health Service had died of the infection, reports the “Independent“. They came into contact with the virus when they treated other people for it.
In London and Yorkshire, precautions for people working in the health system are very poor, the health minister complained.
2:04 p.m .: British researcher has put forward theory on the origin of the pandemic
According to the famous primate researcher and environmental activist Jane Goodall, the devastating corona pandemic was triggered by a disrespectful approach to nature and animals. “Our disregard for nature and our disrespect for animals caused the pandemic,” said Goodall.
“If we destroy the forest, for example, the various animal species that inhabit it are forced to live in a smaller space. Diseases are transmitted from one animal to another – and one of these animals that is brought violently close to humans is likely to infect them, ”said the British researcher, who became particularly famous for her work with chimpanzees in Africa.
In addition, the researcher sees the hunt for animals, the wildlife markets in Africa and Asia, and intensive agriculture geared towards meat consumption as “conditions that give the virus the opportunity to jump from one species to another and to humans”. She welcomed the closure of markets in China selling live wildlife and hoped that the temporary ban would become “permanent” and other Asian countries would follow suit.
13:59: Over 1,800 new infections in Iran
According to the authorities, more than 70,000 people have now been infected with the novel corona virus in Iran. 1837 new infections were reported within 24 hours, according to the spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Kianusch Jahanpur, in Tehran. The total number of corona infections rose to 70,029. At the same time, 125 new corona deaths were reported. According to the authorities, the total number of deaths from a coronavirus infection rose to 4,357.
Iran is one of the most severely affected countries in the world by the corona pandemic. The country had reported its first case on February 19. Since then the numbers have risen steeply. However, foreign experts expect an even higher number of infections and deaths in the country.
1:28 p.m .: WHO examines corona relapses
The WorldHealth Organization (WHO) is investigating relapses in Covid 19 patients who were considered cured after negative virus tests.
“We are in close contact with our clinical experts and are working hard to get more information about these individual cases,” a WHO position told Reuters about unusual cases in South Korea. It is very important that the prescribed procedure is followed when assessing the patients. According to the WHO guidelines, a patient can only be discharged from the hospital if two coronavirus tests are negative every 24 hours.
12:31: Spain has successes against coronoavirus
Spain is reporting further successes in the fight against the corona pandemic. With 510 new deaths within the past 24 hours, Saturday’s lowest official value since March 23 was registered. The total number now amounts to around 16,353, said the Ministry of Health in Madrid. The day before, 605 dead and 683 dead on Thursday. The sad record on April 2 was 950 new deaths within 24 hours.
The growth rates for new infections have remained comparatively low for days. The number of infections rose by less than 5,000 or about three percent to around 162,000, according to the ministry’s daily balance sheet. At the same time, the number of corona people who are considered to have recovered has risen to almost 60,000.
12:08: Police officer grabs Corona rule breaker thanks to children’s bike
Thanks to a children’s bike, a riot police officer in Mühlenbeck (Oberhavel) was able to reach two refugees. An eight-year-old had seen officials chase two men on foot, said Torsten Herbst, spokesman for the Brandenburg police headquarters, on Saturday. “Spontaneously he offered his mountain bike, which one of the police officers then swung onto and pedaled on,” he said.
The two refugees aged 19 and 25 were detained on Friday. They belonged to a group of six to seven people who, despite restrictions due to Corona, had met at a bus stop. Complaints were filed against the two for violating the ban on containment and the Narcotics Act. The eight-year-old received a teddy bear and his undamaged 24-wheel from the officials for his help.
11:32: Police find a man from Erfurt in the trunk of his car
The police released a man from his trunk after he had taken a nap there. The Erfurt had not found a hotel and no other way out because of the corona crisis. Here you can read the whole story.
10:57: Finland has huge advantages over other countries
The Finns started taking precautions years ago to protect themselves from a possible war or pandemic. In addition to medicine, oil and grain, protective masks were also hoarded. The camp was built during the Cold War. Countries such as Sweden, Norway and Denmark also had such stocks and abandoned them. But not Finland. You read the whole article here.
10.07 a.m .: University professor wants to exterminate bats
It is now considered very likely that the coronavirus was transmitted from a wild animal to humans in one of the notorious markets in China. Experts suspect that the transmitter was a specific bat species that was found to have a similar virus strain.
Scott Galloway, a professor at a university in the United States, asked whether it made sense to exterminate bats or at least limit them. Because, according to him, all major pandemics would be triggered by bats: coronavirus, Ebola, Sars and MRSA.
He also wonders why the wildlife markets are not banned or the eating of such animals. However, such markets were already banned in China after the Sars epidemic in 2003. But after a short time they were back.
There are now more than half a million people infected and almost 19,000 dead in the United States (as of Saturday morning). Doctors in the United States believe that the virus was carried by Europeans to New York and spread from there to all over the country. The virus is said to have already arrived there several weeks before the first confirmed case, in mid-February.
8:09 am: Chinese storm destinations
After easing the measures in China, thousands of Chinese have taken the initiative to flock to popular destinations. A national park in Huang-Shan mountains was already overcrowded with 20,000 visitors at 8 a.m. Many visitors had not worn masks, although that is still a must in China. Local authorities are now criticizing the procedure, doctors warn of a second wave of the epidemic.
7:53 am: Chaos in Turkey after curfew
Total chaos has broken out in Turkey after President Erdogan’s curfew in 31 cities this weekend. And only two hours before midnight! Tumultuous scenes took place in front of supermarkets in Istanbul, people flocked to the streets to stock up on purchases. Videos on Twitter show long lines and crowds in front of supermarkets, bakeries and small shops. These are perfect conditions for the corona virus.
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07.16 a.m .: 122.171 infected, 2736 dead
As of Saturday morning, 2736 people died in Germany from the corona virus, 122,171 are infected. So far 55,980 are healthy again. Bavaria is worst affected with more than 30,000 infected and over 700 deaths, followed by Baden-Württemberg with more than 23,000 infected and over 600 deaths. NRW is in third place with over 500 dead and more than 24,000 infected.
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10:31 p.m .: More than 116,000 infected people in Germany
In Germany, at least 116 607 infections with the new corona virus had been registered by Friday evening (previous day at 8.15 p.m .: more than 112 600 infections). This is the result of an evaluation by the German Press Agency, which takes into account the latest figures from the federal states.
At least 2471 people infected with the pathogen Sars-CoV-2 have reportedly died nationwide so far (previous day at 8:15 p.m .: 2301). Several Germans died abroad in connection with a corona infection. The Robert Koch Institute estimates that around 53,913 people in Germany survived the infection.
10:02 p.m .: More than 100,000 people worldwide died from the corona virus
According to US experts, more than 100,000 people worldwide have already died as a result of the corona pandemic. This comes from data from the American Johns Hopkins University from Friday. The number of cases of infection detected worldwide was therefore more than 1.6 million. In absolute terms, most infections have been reported in the United States, followed by Spain and Italy.
9:29 pm: Boris Johnson tries to walk for the first time
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has a coronavirus infection, has tried to walk after being transferred to a normal medical center. Johnson is able to take short walks, a head of government spokesman said on Friday. According to his office, the head of government is in the “early phase” of his recovery.
Johnson’s father said his son was not “over the mountain” yet. He had to “take time” to recover from his illness, Stanley Johnson said on Friday in the BBC. “He needs to rest.”
8:04 p.m .: SPD politician Lauterbach: irresponsible start of the Bundesliga in May
SPD politician and health expert Karl Lauterbach considers ghost games in the Bundesliga to be irresponsible in many ways as early as May. The 57-year-old mentions the “very high medical and logistical effort” as the main reason for his opinion, about 20,000 corona tests would have to be carried out on all participants by the end of the season.
“The question is whether this is the best use of the tight tests for the luxury football,” said Lauterbach to the news magazine Spiegel: “We are currently not even able to test everyone who could make medical sense.”
7:20 p.m .: More than Italy: Great Britain reports 980 deaths in one day
Britain has seen more coronavirus deaths in a single day than Italy for the first time. The number of deaths rose by 980 until Thursday evening, as British Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Friday. Italy had hit 969 dead on March 27, its worst day to date.
The situation in the United States is becoming more and more dramatic. On Thursday alone, more than 1,780 people lost their lives as a result of the pandemic, according to data from the American university of Johns Hopkins on Thursday evening (local time). In the two days before, the death toll had reached almost 2,000 each. According to the university, more than 16,700 people in the United States have died as a result of the viral disease since the epidemic began.
While President Donald Trump is spraying optimism in his accustomed manner and speaks of an imminent end, the director of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci is much more careful. In conversation with CNN, he spoke of a “bad week”. “There seems to be a record every day compared to the previous day.”
After all, while the death toll rose, the number of people who came to the hospital fell “dramatically”. So it’s going in the right direction. At the same time, Fauci warns against returning to normal soon.
5:06 pm: South Korea: 91 people recovered from coronavirus fell ill again
According to authorities, the disease broke out again in South Korea in 91 people recovering from the coronavirus. Nobody can say exactly how this happened.
Some experts suspect that the virus has “reactivated”, so it is not a matter of new infections. Other virologists believe that the test results may be incorrect.
16:26: Aldi in corona crisis: boss wants to calm down
Nicolas de Lope, responsible for Aldi Nord’s Germanybusiness, spoke in plain language ahead of the expected delivery bottlenecks around Easter. You can find out what you need to prepare for as a customer here.
Not only in Germany (see below), also in Spain the situation calms down somewhat. Spain has had the lowest number of new deaths since March 24 in the fight against coronavirus on Friday. According to the Ministry of Health, 605 deceased patients were recorded within 24 hours; the total number now amounts to around 15,800. The day before, 683 dead had been registered, at times more than 900 victims were reported per day.
The growth rate of new infections also continued to decline: it was only three percent. The total number of cases recorded was 157,000. “The downward trend continues,” said spokeswoman for the Health Emergency Agency, María José Sierra.
12.02 p.m .: Post could also come on Sunday because of Corona
Due to the currently very high demand, Swiss Post suggests that work may also be carried out temporarily on Sundays. “It would be helpful, for example, to be able to work selectively on Sundays, for example, in order to be able to cope better with parcel delivery,” said Tobias Meyer, Swiss Post CEO for German letters and parcel business, “Rheinische Post.
According to Meyer, Deutsche Post is currently transporting eight million parcels and parcels a day due to very high demand. “This is like the pre-Christmas season – except that we didn’t have time to prepare for it,” said Meyer.
There is also a Group emergency plan to worsen the corona crisis. He has priorities: “So far, no distribution center in Germany has been paralyzed. In extreme cases it could only be the case that we only deliver consignments a few days a week or that only authorized persons receive their consignments while other consignments are being stored. ”According to the current status, however, the Post cannot be expected to perform its tasks cannot fully meet.
10:57: Italy extends curfew
According to media reports, the Italian government has decided to extend the curfew due to the coronavirus pandemic by three weeks until May 3. As reported by Italian media on Friday, citing union details, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced the decision on Thursday afternoon at a video conference with employee and employer representatives.
The Robert Koch Institute has published new infection figures for Germany. According to the authority, more than 113,000 cases are now known, about 5,300 more than yesterday morning. The increase is slightly higher than yesterday. Almost 2,400 people have died in Germany.
But there is also positive news: According to the RKI, the number of people who have survived the corona virus and are considered healthy has increased by almost 4,000 to around 54,000. Almost half of the people have already recovered from the illness – this should not be forgotten.
The Robert Koch Institute yesterday described the current figures as a positive trend. However, it remains to be seen whether this trend will be confirmed.
9:38 am: No fasting in Ramadan?
In view of the corona pandemic, the Islam umbrella organization Ditib advises risk groups on Ramadan to be cautious. Sick people are already freed from fasting, General Secretary Abdurrahman Atasoy told the German Press Agency. “This year we also recommend that those who feel healthy but are considered a risk group and do not feel physically fit enough should also avoid fasting.” Health is a priority.
The Islamic month of fasting begins this year on April 24 and ends a month later. From daybreak to sunset, devout Muslims refrain from eating and drinking. The risk groups are primarily older and pre-ill people.
“If the believers are unsure whether to fast, they should consult their doctor,” advised Atasoy.
8:51 am: Doctors alerted – other patients are neglected because of Corona
The decline in the number of patients in the emergency room alarms medical professionals. Chief physicians from the Nuremberg Clinic warn against postponing urgently needed treatments due to the corona pandemic. The consequences are probably more dangerous for many people than the low risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus, the clinic said.
In the past few weeks, significantly fewer people with a minor heart attack or stroke had come to the emergency room. Patients who are more advanced than usual are coming to the clinics for this.
7.45 a.m .: Doctor writes moving letter about Corona
A doctor from the United States touches many people with her letter to the family. “My babies are too young to read that now,” Cornelia Griggs writes. “And they would hardly recognize me in my equipment. But if you lose me to COVID, you should know that Mommy tried very hard to do her job. ”
You can read the entire text here.
6.58 a.m .: Sensation in South Korea: number of new infections lower than ever
The number of daily new infections with the coronavirus in South Korea has dropped to less than 30 for the first time since February. On Thursday, 27 people tested positive for Sars-CoV-2, the health authorities said. The total number rose to 10,450. 208 deaths were linked to the virus.
For the first time, no infection was reported from the southeastern city of Daegu, which was the focus of the outbreak of the lung disease Covid-19. Over half of all cases in the country were registered in Daegu.
The authorities saw the further decline in the number of cases as another “positive signal”, but without giving the all-clear. In some cases, the source of the new infection is unknown, Vice Minister of Health Kim Gang Lip said. There is still a risk of a second wave of mass infections.
In addition to smaller local clusters of new cases, the authorities recently worried about the growing number of “imported” cases. On Saturday, Kim says that 80 South Koreans will be brought back from Spain by charter plane that is particularly badly affected by the corona pandemic.
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