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Corona news on May 30th: the seven

2021-06-02T06:37:02.182Z


The number of new infections registered by the Robert Koch Institute has fallen further to 3852. And: SPD health expert Lauterbach suggests longer opening times for outdoor restaurants - for the European Football Championship. The overview.


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Open cafes in Xanten on the Lower Rhine: the seven-day incidence continues to fall

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Lauterbach proposes longer opening times for outdoor restaurants for the EM

6:51 a.m.:

SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach wishes to relax the outdoor catering during the European Football Championship. In the EM weeks "the restaurants outside should be allowed to open longer than 10 p.m. so that all 9 p.m. games can be watched," said the politician of "Bild am Sonntag". Fan festivals and public viewing with hundreds of spectators are not possible in times of the corona pandemic, Lauterbach stated. "What will work out well: watching the European Championship with nine friends in the outdoor area of ​​a restaurant," said the 58-year-old.

According to Lauterbach, opening measures can be justified in view of the significantly lower number of new corona infections and the long period of restrictions.

"People need moments of relaxation after the tough months," he said.

Lauterbach demanded that sidewalks should also be made available unbureaucratically for the EM offers of the catering trade.

The pan-European tournament starts on June 11th in Rome.

The three group games of the German team will be played in Munich.

A quarter-finals will also take place in the Allianz Arena.

The final is scheduled for July 11th in London.

Vaccinated at least once for half of the US population

02:27 a.m.:

In the USA, half of all around 330 million inhabitants have now received at least the first vaccination against the

corona virus

.

Around 40 percent of the population are already fully vaccinated.

The number of first vaccinations rose to 167.2 million, which means that 50.3 percent of the population received at least one injection, according to figures from the CDC health authority on Saturday (local time).

In relation to the number of around 260 million adults in the USA, the vaccination rate is even higher: a good 62 percent of them have received at least one vaccination so far, and more than 51 percent are fully vaccinated, as the CDC data show.

In the particularly vulnerable group of people aged 65 and over, 86 percent received at least one dose of a vaccine.

US President Joe Biden has set the goal that by Independence Day on July 4th, around 70 percent of all adults should have received at least the first vaccination.

Many states, municipalities and companies are now offering significant incentives - from raffles for millions in prizes to cruises - to further increase the vaccination rate.

5000 people attend Corona test concert in Paris

1:27 a.m.:

Thousands of people attended a corona test concert in Paris.

5000 people danced on Saturday in the concert arena in the Bercy district to the music of the rock band Indochine.

With the test concert, researchers want to find out how high the risk of corona infection is at major events.

Only 18- to 45-year-olds without previous illnesses were allowed to attend the test concert. They had to get tested for the corona virus before the concert and wear masks during the event. The restrictions did not diminish the joy of many concert-goers at the event. "We have waited so long for events like this to take place again," said 26-year-old Camille. "To have found a concert, especially from Indochine, that's really great."

One week after the concert, the concert-goers have to be tested again for the corona virus.

Your data will then be compared with that of a control group of 2500 people who had to spend Saturday evening at home.

There have already been comparable test events in Spain and Great Britain.

There, the researchers had not found an increased risk of infection.

Lauterbach believes that the German vaccination goal can only be achieved by vaccinating young people

00:52:

According to the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach, Germany can only achieve its vaccination goal in the corona crisis with a consistent vaccination of children and adolescents.

"We cannot achieve our vaccination target of 80 percent without vaccinating 12 to 18 year olds," Lauterbach told "Bild am Sonntag".

A vaccination rate of 65 percent should be aimed for among young people.

"For this, the schools should also be vaccinated to make things as easy as possible for the families," suggested the SPD politician.

Lauterbach warned that children and young people would particularly suffer from a fourth corona wave.

“We have to prevent that.

That is why they should preferably get a vaccination offer in early summer, «demanded the health expert.


Söder demands a quick decision on the approval of Sputnik V

12:20 a.m.:

Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder calls for a quick decision on the approval of the Russian corona vaccine Sputnik V in the EU. “Don't let the vaccine motor stutter. Above all, the procedure for Sputnik V must be accelerated, "said the CSU chief of" Bild am Sonntag ". "It is not allowed to dawdle for purely ideological reasons."

As the newspaper reports, citing government circles, the approval authorities apparently expect a decision in September at the earliest due to a lack of data. Bavaria has an option to purchase 2.5 million Sputnik V cans. The vaccine has been on the Russian market for nine months and has been registered in almost 70 countries. The EU Medicines Agency (EMA) is currently examining approval for the EU. Even without this approval, Hungary and Slovakia are already using the Russian preparation in the European Union.

Source: spiegel

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