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New infections per day in Germany
December 01: 13,604
December 22: 19,528
At the beginning of December, the number of corona cases worldwide rose to around 70 million.
The first British woman to be vaccinated against Covid-19, 90-year-old Margaret Keenan.
Vaccinations are also starting in the USA.
In Germany, the number of deaths is higher than ever before: On average, one person dies from Corona every four minutes at the beginning of the month.
In some clinics in Saxony, the cooling compartments are no longer sufficient for the corpses.
Because the numbers are not going down, the federal government decides on another hard shutdown from December 16.
Chancellor Merkel gives an emotional speech in the Bundestag, the British "Independent" writes: "Merkel makes emotional plea for Germans not to kill their grandparents this Christmas."
A vaccine will also be approved for the EU on December 21, and vaccinations are to begin in Germany on December 27.
First it is the turn of people over 80, people in old people's and nursing homes and selected medical staff.
Shortly before Christmas, Great Britain reports a new Corona variant with the name B.1.1.7, which is said to be up to 70 percent more contagious.
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