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Karliczek proposes a European civil protection institute
4.05 a.m .:
Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek speaks out in favor of the creation of a new, strong European institution that should take on the precautionary measures against pandemics and other health emergencies.
"Overall, we need more comprehensive health protection," said Karliczek in an interview with "Welt am Sonntag" according to the preliminary report.
Americans benefited from having extensive manufacturing facilities in their own country.
In Europe, incentives should be created for the establishment of production facilities and production networks should be established among companies.
In addition, a facility based on the model of the American BARDA (Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority) should be created, which could advance research into vaccines and drugs against diseases with pandemic potential.
Teachers Association President expects a return to distance teaching
02.45 a.m.:
According to the President of the Teachers' Association, Heinz-Peter Meininger, schools will soon have to return to distance teaching.
There are too few tests and the teacher vaccinations are not making progress, said Meininger, according to a preliminary report by “Bild am Sonntag”: “There is only one way to make the schools reasonably safe places in a third wave: by vaccinating the teachers and at the same time carries out a quick test for all teachers and students at least twice a week «.
But there would be massive problems in the federal states in both cases.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 500 to 600 lessons have been canceled and even the best distance lessons are not as good as face-to-face lessons.
For 20 percent of the students, the gaps are already so large that they can no longer be made up this school year.
Association fears taxi dying in Germany
02.11 a.m.:
According to a media report, numerous taxi companies will not survive the Corona crisis and have already returned their licenses.
According to a preliminary report by “Welt am Sonntag”, the Federal Association of Taxi and Rental Cars expects that a third of the cars will no longer be on the road by the end of this year.
"We assume that there will only be around 24,000 taxis, before the pandemic there were around 36,000," Managing Director Michael Oppermann told the newspaper.
In 2020, the industry had to cope with a 43 percent decline in sales.
Corona-related deaths rise to more than 2.8 million
12:44 a.m.:
The number of corona deaths reaches 2,828,303 million worldwide.
The number of infections in over 210 countries rose to more than 122.34 million cases, according to a Reuters survey based on official data.
The first corona infections were registered in China in December 2019.
The United States is hardest hit with 541,219 deaths and more than 29.7 million infected.
Biontech founders expect the lockdown policy to end in autumn
00.07 a.m.:
The two founders of the Mainz corona vaccine manufacturer Biontech expect an end to the lockdown policy in Germany by autumn at the latest.
"In many countries in Europe and in the USA, we will probably be in the position at the end of summer not to have to go into a lockdown," said Ugur Sahin, according to a preliminary report in an interview with "Welt am Sonntag".
The virus will not go away, but as soon as around 70 percent of people in Germany have been vaccinated, the situation will be more manageable.
If you include the general practitioners and medical staff, it would not be a problem to vaccinate 80 million people against the coronavirus once a year.
The Biontech founders Özlem Türeci and Ugur Sahin were recently awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for their contribution to containing the corona pandemic.
Together with the US company Pfizer, they developed one of the approved corona vaccines and brought it to the market.
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