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Number of corona deaths in Mexico rises to more than 150,000
4 a.m.:
Mexico became the fourth country in the world to have exceeded 150,000 confirmed deaths as a result of the pandemic.
According to statistics reported by the country's health ministry on Monday (local time), the total rose to 150,273.
The country reached its highest level of Covid-19 deaths reported within 24 hours last Thursday: it was 1803. Many hospitals in Mexico are currently full.
On Sunday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that he had tested positive and was being treated for mild symptoms.
He had had contact with numerous people in the previous days without wearing a mask.
Israel isolates itself - air traffic quasi suspended
03.35 a.m.: Israel is taking action in the
fight against the further spread of the
corona virus
.
Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv has been largely closed since midnight (local time).
With the drastic restriction of air traffic, the government wants to prevent further coronavirus mutations from being brought in.
The measure should initially apply until the end of the month, with the exception of freight flights and flights for medical reasons.
A high-ranking representative of the Ministry of Health has already spoken out in favor of an extension of several weeks.
The airport must be closed for at least a month.
International air traffic in Israel runs almost exclusively through Ben Gurion Airport.
Gorilla Winston on the mend after antibody treatment
3 a.m.:
After an unprecedented treatment with synthetic antibodies against a corona infection, the gorilla Winston is on the mend in the USA.
The veterinary team assume "that the antibodies could have helped Winston overcome the virus," said the zoo in San Diego, Southern California on Monday.
The 48-year-old Winston tested positive for the corona virus two weeks ago along with other gorillas in his group.
Because of his stately age, his symptoms and various previous illnesses, he was treated with heart drugs, antibiotics and special synthetic antibodies, according to the zoo.
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