Germany has more than one million Covid 19 infections in the coronavirus pandemic.
In a large room, the intensive care beds are scarce.
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Coronavirus
* pandemic in Germany
: The
Covid-19
* case numbers
remain
at a very high level
at the end of
November
.
The federal and
state governments are
therefore
extending the
Corona
* lockdown
in December.
On November 26,
Germany
recorded
more than one million corona infections
for the first time
since the pandemic began.
Initial plans for the
vaccinations in
early 2021 are leaked.
This
news ticker
is constantly updated.
Update from November 27, 6:53 p.m.:
Several pharmaceutical companies were able to
present promising interim results
in the search for a
corona vaccine
.
In the meantime, plans are already underway for
vaccine distribution
.
It is also about
securing
the precious serum.
According to
Spiegel
, the
Federal Ministry of Health
has
asked
the
Bundeswehr
for support.
Accordingly, State Secretary Thomas Steffen
asked
the Bundeswehr for administrative
assistance
.
The
safe intermediate storage
of vaccination doses in Bundeswehr barracks is to be implemented.
Soldiers are also supposed to help distribute the drugs to the vaccination centers.
The
Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)
already warned after research by
Süddeutscher Zeitung
, NDR and WDR of possible
attacks
on vaccine manufacturers and vaccination centers.
Update from November 27th, 6 p.m.:
Too many private parties, too little respect for the AHA rules?
In
Germany
, the
coronavirus pandemic
is a prejudice that young people are
largely responsible for
the
second corona lockdown *
.
Now there is a first study on this (see link).
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Brandenburg wants its own way for Christmas
Update from November 27, 5.47 p.m.:
In
Brandenburg there
should be a separate way to implement the
Corona rules
over
Christmas
.
According to Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD), the
relaxed
contact
restrictions should apply there for a shorter time.
According to this
,
up to
ten people
from any number of households
should meet only from December
23 to 27
.
In contrast, the federal and state governments decided this week to allow this relaxation until January 1st at the latest.
Update from November 27th, 5.30 p.m.:
When can fans return to
Bundesliga stadiums
, spectators at
concerts
or other cultural events?
If you
are
vaccinated
against
Corona
, a German doctor * demands - and draws a comparison.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Large corona outbreak in old people's home in Hesse
Update from November 27, 4.10 p.m.:
The small town of
Linden
in the district of Gießen in
Hesse
is suddenly also a
Corona hotspot
.
156 Covid-19 cases within seven days - makes a
7-day incidence value
of
550
.
The small town would be placed between the hotspots
Hildburghausen
and
Passau
.
In the list of the Robert Koch Institute, however, only districts and independent cities are included.
Therefore, Linden does not appear there.
A
retirement home
on the edge of the city center was badly affected, said Mayor
Jörg König of
the
FAZ
.
The
Gießener Anzeiger
reported a total of
70 new corona cases
in the senior citizen center, 55 residents and 15 nursing staff tested positive.
The management of the nursing home asked the population for help on Facebook.
In the
care knowledgeable citizens
who can use their knowledge and spontaneous force would be needed.
King
said he was in touch with the line.
"We have exchanged cell phone numbers and are happy to help where we can."
Corona virus in Germany: Passau imposes strict exit restrictions
The current
number two corona hotspot
in Germany is
Passau
.
According to the RKI, a 7-day incidence value of 440 was reached there on Friday.
In view of the sharp increase in the number of corona infections, the city is now imposing
strict exit
restrictions
.
They should start on Saturday and initially last a week, as Lord Mayor
Jürgen Dupper
(SPD) announced on Friday.
Passau residents
are then only allowed
to
leave
their apartment
for good reason
, for example to go to work, to the doctor or to go shopping.
The
police
will monitor compliance with the restrictions, stressed
Dupper
.
“The valid reasons must be made credible.” In addition,
all types of meetings
are
limited to a maximum of ten participants and a maximum duration of one hour.
There is a strict
mask requirement
.
In addition, the city imposes a
ban
on
alcohol
in public places and prescribes
alternating lessons
for grades 7 to 11 - with the exception of final classes at middle and secondary schools.
Classes 1 to 6 and the
final
classes will continue to have classroom teaching.
Coronavirus in Germany: Intensive care beds are running out in a large room
Update from November 27th, 1:52 p.m.:
The
corona infection
numbers
in Germany are still high.
This also has an impact on the number of people who
need
intensive care
.
Nationwide, the
hospitals in
some districts have already reached their
capacity
limits or no
longer
have any
free intensive care beds
.
If you look at the map of the
DIVI intensive care register
, you can see that, especially in a large area on the border between
Rhineland-Palatinate
and
Hesse,
many intensive care beds are occupied with corona infected people.
The region around
Mainz
,
Darmstadt
,
Offenbach
and the
Taunus
is of great concern.
In
the Mainz-Bingen district
, for example, all twelve available intensive care beds are occupied, seven of them with
Covid 19 patients
who have to be invasively ventilated.
In the
Darmstadt-Dieburg district
, all 24 available intensive care beds are also full, eleven of which are corona cases.
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The Germany map of the DIVI intensive care register provides information about the proportion of Covid 19 patients in the total number of intensive care beds.
(Screenshot)
© Screenshot DIVI intensive care register
All intensive care beds are also occupied
in the absolute
Corona hotspot of
the Federal Republic, the
Hildburghausen
district
in Thuringia
.
Corona in Germany: Spahn wants to use more rapid tests
Update from November 27, 12:03 p.m.:
Federal
Minister of
Health
Jens Spahn
wants
to use more
corona rapid
tests
for particularly vulnerable population groups even without symptoms
.
This emerges from a
draft
regulation
that the news portal
ThePioneer
.
"Tests are of crucial importance for the containment of corona chains of infection and thus for the prevention of uncontrolled outbreaks," says the document.
The
aim
is
to test
in particular
people
who do not
have any symptoms
, “but who still
seem
likely to have an
infection
or who are at
high risk of being
infected with the
Sars coronavirus
or other people around them
-CoV-2
would be particularly at risk ".
The draft is currently still being coordinated between the departments of the
federal government
and should come into force on December 1st.
Coronavirus in Germany: Passau with an incidence of over 400
The Bavarian city of
Passau
has reached a
corona incidence value
of almost
440
new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days.
Therefore, after the
Hildburghausen
district
in Thuringia
, the city on the Danube is
currently
Germany's number two corona hotspot
.
New measures are to be
announced on
Friday
Corona virus in Germany: Hildburghausen remains an absolute hotspot
Update from November 27, 9.45 a.m.:
The district of
Hildburghausen
in Thuringia is still the absolute
Corona hotspot in
Germany.
It has by far the highest
7-day incidence value
in the Federal Republic of Germany:
629.8
new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within one week.
The
RKI announced
that this was the first time that a value of more than 600 had been registered.
Strict restrictions
now apply to
the approximately 63,000 residents in the
Hildburghausen
district
.
They are not allowed to leave their homes until December 13th without a valid reason.
In addition,
schools
and
kindergartens were
closed.
The
district
administrator,
Thomas Müller
, has been under
police protection
since Thursday
.
He had previously been
massively insulted and threatened
on
social media
and
filed a complaint, said a
police
spokesman
in
Erfurt
on Thursday evening.
Müller had
criticized
the
protests
against the strict lockdown in Hildburghausen as irresponsible
.
The participants not only endangered themselves, but also others.
Corona currently in Germany: More than 22,000 new infections again - record number of deaths
Update from November 27, 7:02 a.m.:
The total number of
corona infections
so far proven
in Germany
has
exceeded the
one
million
mark.
The health authorities reported
22,806 new infections
to
the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
within one day (as of November 27, 00:00 a.m.).
As a result, the number of cases known since the beginning of the pandemic rose
to 1,006,394
.
The
RKI
announced this
on Friday morning.
On Friday a week ago, with 23,648 cases transmitted to the RKI, the highest level of daily new infections was reached.
The number of
coronavirus-
related
deaths
rose
426
through Friday
to a total of 15,586.
That is a
record
since the beginning of the pandemic.
On Wednesday, 410 cases were recently recorded, a peak in this area.
The RKI estimates that around 696,100 people have now recovered.
Already on Thursday evening, data from the
Johns Hopkins University had shown
that the million mark had been exceeded when corona infections were detected (see update from
November 26, 8:30 p.m.) The researchers' data are updated regularly and therefore often show a higher level than official figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) or the countries concerned.
In some cases, however, the figures were corrected afterwards.
Coronavirus in Germany: No exceptions in Berlin at Christmas
Update November 26, 21:50:
Berlin
was in the
Corona pandemic in Germany
critics such as
Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU)
long too careless, too lax, too lax.
Now the federal state (estimated 3.67 million inhabitants), which is also the federal capital, suddenly shows completely different sides.
The
governing mayor Michael Müller (SPD)
announced that
Berlin would
not make any exceptions to the
contact restrictions
at Christmas
.
“The Senate has already agreed on a regulation for the Christmas holidays: The contact restrictions remain at max.
5 people, but restrictions on the number of households will be lifted, ”wrote Müller on Twitter.
The other federal states and the federal government had previously decided that
up to ten people from families and friends could meet
at
Christmas
.
Christmas:
The Senate has already agreed on a regulation for the Christmas holidays: The contact restrictions remain at max.
5 people, however restrictions on the number of households are lifted.
- The Governing Mayor of Berlin (@RegBerlin) November 26, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: More than one million corona infected people in total
Update from November 26th, 8:30 p.m
.:
This Thursday,
Germany
recorded
over a million corona infections
for the
first time
since the outbreak of the pandemic.
This comes from the data from the American
University of Johns Hopkins (JHU)
in Baltimore.
The university's data are regularly updated and therefore often show a higher level than official figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) or the countries concerned.
As of 8:40 p.m., there have
been
a total of 1,004,555 Covid-19 cases
in
Germany
since the beginning of the pandemic,
according to
Johns Hopkins University
.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: the hopes of many rest on the corona vaccine
First report from November 26, 2020:
Munich / Berlin - In the
second wave of the corona pandemic
*,
hopes rest on the expected
vaccine
against the insidious
pathogen SARS-CoV-2
.
Meanwhile, the plans for the smoothest and nationwide
vaccinations against Corona are
evidently being pushed ahead under high pressure.
So this Thursday (November 26th) specific details leaked out.
Corona pandemic in Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia is planning vaccination centers with vaccination routes
It is about the most populous federal state in the Federal Republic of Germany:
North Rhine-Westphalia
, with around 18 million inhabitants.
As the
picture
(behind a payment barrier) reports,
a total of 53 so-called vaccination centers are
to be built throughout
NRW
.
That means: every district and every urban district will get their own
corona vaccination center
.
In the
vaccination centers
themselves, there should be so-called
vaccination streets
.
That emerges from a "sketch for vaccination organization" by
NRW Minister of Health Karl-Josef-Laumann
, which is available in the
picture
.
Up to 20 vaccinations per hour should be possible per “vaccination line”.
The
vaccination centers
should also be
in operation for up to twelve hours a day.
Sports halls, exhibition halls and concert halls as well as youth hostels could be considered as locations.
Corona pandemic in Germany: NRW first wants to vaccinate corona risk groups and medical staff
Striking: According to the report,
corona risk groups
and medical staff
in
NRW
are to be
vaccinated
against the
SARS-CoV-2 pathogen
as early as December
.
(pm)
* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network
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