Germany, 'real infections are at least double'

Covid cases are increasing all over the world.

Among the most alarming situations is that of Germany.

Germany

- "We have never been so worried as we are now", "we are in a very serious emergency situation" and "we will have a really terrible Christmas if we don't take something against the current trend". This is what the president of the Robert Koch Institut, Lothar Wieler, said in a speech at a videoconference last night in Dresden, according to reports from the Dpa. "The estimates are more than bleak," he added. "Behind the 50,000 registered infections there are at least double or triple the numbers," he explained. "There is a great emergency in our country and those who do not see it make a serious mistake". 

China -

 So far, three foreign athletes engaged in the verification tests of the Beijing 2022 Olympic sites have so far been positive for Covid-19 and classified as asymptomatic. This was reported by the director of the press department of the Organizing Committee of the Winter Games, Zhao Weidong.

Austria -

 Unvaccinated people traveling to Austria must have a negative PCR since Monday.

Antigen tests and antibody tests will no longer be allowed.

As communicated by the Euregio Tirolo Alto Adige Trentino on Facebook, exceptions are provided for cross-border commuters (for reasons of work, school, study, family reasons or to visit their spouse), for which the rule continues to apply. of 3G (certificate of vaccination / recovery / negative PCR or antigen test).

However, the validity of commuter tests is reduced for PCRs from 7 days to 72 hours and for antigenic tests from 48 to 24 hours.

Japan -

  The Japanese government is preparing to approve an economic stimulus plan worth a record 55,000 billion yen, the equivalent of 430 billion euros, to mitigate the recessionary impact caused by the Covid pandemic in the country. Including funds for the private sector: the amount that will be subject to the approval of the Council of Ministers before the presentation, reaches almost 80 trillion yen. The main measures desired by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida include cash contributions of 100,000 yen (775 euros) for young people up to 18 years of age, salary increases for nursing staff and employees of nursing homes, and financial aid for places of business. most affected by the consumption crisis during the health emergency. To finance the stimulus plan, according to sources,the government aims to have an additional budget of 32,000 billion yen (245 billion euros) approved in the extraordinary session to be held by the end of the year.

France -

 Faced with the deterioration of the health situation, 60% of French people - in a poll - say they are in favor of a lockdown only for the No Vax, according to a study by the Elabe institute for BFM TV. Daily infections have been around 20,000 for a couple of days in the country, doubling the average of a week ago. 60% of French people say they are worried about the situation, with the vaccinated uneasy at 63% and the unvaccinated at 40%. The majority of French people believe that there will not be a new generalized lockdown but 59% are in favor of the application of this measure only for those who have not been vaccinated, as happens in Austria. In large part against the measure (74%) those directly involved, those who did not get the vaccine.

Russia 

- In Russia during the last day, 1,251 deaths caused by Covid-19 were recorded, the maximum in a day since the beginning of the epidemic: the Tass reports, citing data from the national anti-coronavirus operations center.

According to official data, 37,374 new cases of Covid-19 have been ascertained in the country over the last 24 hours.

About 146 million people live in Russia.

Ukraine 

- In the last 24 hours there have been 20,591 new cases of Covid and 752 deaths.

This was reported by the Ministry of Health of Kiev.

According to official data, 3,284,008 infections and 79,506 deaths have been detected in the country since the beginning of the epidemic.

About 42 million people live in Ukraine.