The corona virus limits the lives of Berliners. In the capital, the number of fatalities and corona infections continues to rise. You can find an overview of all the news here.
- The novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 * also has a strong impact on public life in Berlin.
- As in many large cities, there are high numbers of infected people in Berlin .
- Recently there were disagreements over a delivery of 200,000 respirators.
- Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus and the corona news from Germany. You can also find current case numbers in Germany as a map. The following recommendations for corona protective measures are currently available.
Berlin - The announcement caused a stir last week. The city of Berlin ordered 200,000 FFP-2 class respirators to protect the capital's police officers, who were on duty during the Corona crisis , from infection. Last Friday, however, Berlin's Senator for the Interior, Andreas Geisel (SPD), announced that the delivery of the masks, which had been produced by a US company in China, had been rerouted on the way to Germany in the USA.
Coronavirus in Berlin: Interior Senator made allegations against the USA based on unconfirmed information
In connection with this action, the SPD politician spoke of "wild west methods" and described the behavior of the USA as an "act of modern piracy". As the Focus reports now, Geisel is said to have made these statements based on information that has not been adequately checked. According to the company, which was responsible for the procurement of the respiratory masks , reported to the police that the delivery was rerouted in Bangkok by order of the USA.
The latter then passed the information on to the interior senator without checking it. Also in the authority of Andreas Geisel there was no verification of the information and so far no corresponding documents have appeared. The serious allegations of the Berlin Senator against the USA were therefore made on the basis of unchecked information.
Corona virus in Berlin: over 4000 corona infected and 37 dead in the capital
On Thursday morning, the number of people infected with the novel Coronaviru s Sars-Cov-2 in the German capital stood at 4,212. 37 people in Berlin have already died of the consequences of Covid 19 disease .
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