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Union faction vice calls for an early shutdown
8:51 a.m.:
First until February 14th, stricter corona measures will apply in Germany - and then?
Union faction vice Nüßlein speaks out in favor of an early end to the shutdown.
Medical President Reinhardt calls for prospects for the population.
Read the whole message here.
China reports 107 new infections one year after the first lockdown
5.40 a.m.:
On the anniversary of the first lockdown in Wuhan - the city where the virus first spread worldwide - China reports 107 new infections.
The day before, there were 103. According to official information, a total of 88,911 people have been infected with the virus in the most populous country in the world.
Night curfew in the Netherlands comes into effect
4:05 a.m.:
Due to the persistently high number of corona infections, a night curfew will apply in the Netherlands for the first time since the Second World War from Saturday.
Anyone who violates the exit ban, which applies between 9 p.m. and 4:30 a.m., faces a fine of 95 euros.
According to government information, the ban will initially remain in force until February 9.
It is said to help contain the spread of the more contagious variant of the virus.
In mid-January, the government had already extended the lockdown to February 9.
Schools, restaurants and all unnecessary shops are closed.
In addition, there may not be more than one guest in a household.
Hong Kong seals off the district - all residents must be tested
02.50 a.m.:
The Hong Kong government seals off the Jordan district.
This applies until all residents have been tested for infection.
The aim is to test the residents of 70 high-rise buildings within 48 hours.
Heil: Due to the pandemic, a pension increase is not expected in 2021
02.00 a.m.:
Labor Minister Hubertus Heil sees no increase in pension this year.
"We have to reckon with the fact that there will be no pension increases in the west this year and only a very small one in the east because of the adjustment," said the SPD politician of the "Rheinische Post".
He points out that the pension development always follows the wage development of the previous year.
In the corona crisis year 2020, however, wages hardly increased.
EU social commissioner warns of cuts in social benefits
1:00 a.m.:
EU Social Commissioner Nicolas Schmit warns of a cut in social benefits.
It was necessary that massive amounts of money were being used in Europe to save companies and people's incomes, he told the Funke media group.
"But we would create enormous problems if we went on austerity after the crisis at the expense of social policy."
First infection with South Africa virus in Panama
12:40 a.m.:
The first case of infection with the highly contagious pathogen from South Africa is found in Panama.
The virus was detected in a 40-year-old from Zimbabwe who came from South Africa, the Ministry of Health said.
The man was isolated.
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