"The number of Covid infections in Germany is increasing but not to the extent that this could happen with the omicron variant. This is because people are scrupulously adhering to the measures and the reduction of contacts".
The president of the Robert Koch Institut, Lothar Wieler, explained this at a press conference in Berlin.
According to the institute, within 24 hours, 190,148 new infections were recorded (a slight decrease compared to yesterday when there were 203,000) and a weekly incidence of 1,073 per 100,000 inhabitants.
After Denmark, Finland has also decided to downsize some of its measures in the coming days
as well as limits to gatherings.
But starting next month, restaurants will be able to stay open until 9pm, three hours longer than currently allowed, while bars will still have to close at 6pm and stop serving alcohol at 5pm. Last week 52,000 were registered in the country. new cases of Covid-19 compared to 57,000 the week before.
Since the start of the pandemic, Finland has recorded 470,665 infections and 1,973 deaths.
India
yesterday recorded 251,209 new Covid positives, bringing the total number of infections in the country, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 40 million 620 thousand.
There were 627 deaths. According to data from the Ministry of Health, the positivity rate in the country is still 15.88 percent.
The states in which the greatest number of cases are concentrated are Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra.
The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), reports that the Omicron variant was detected in 75 percent of the samples checked in January, while the Delta variant is still significantly present in numerous states including Orissa, West Bengal and Maharashtra.
Lav Agarwal, an official from the Ministry of Health, said in a press conference that "
the numbers of the last seven days show that the cases have reached the ceiling
".
The Philippines will reopen to fully vaccinated tourists
from multiple countries starting February 10, also lifting the quarantine restrictions.
The authorities announced this, almost two years after the closure of the borders to contain the coronavirus.
Tour operators from across the archipelago nation, famous for its beaches and diving spots, have been hurt by the decline in international visitors and restrictions on domestic travel.
The situation was also aggravated by the typhoon that struck in December, sweeping away resorts, restaurants and bars from the well-known tourist destinations.
First slowdowns of the fifth wave (Omicron variant) of the pandemic in Israel:
in the last 24 hours the new infections have been 57,653 down compared to the previous days and experts speak of a downward trend.
The morbidity rate, compared to about 265,000 tests, is 25.70%.
The R factor is also slightly down to 1.05.
However, there is still a high number of seriously ill patients which are now 946 as well as the deaths which in the last week have amounted to almost 150.