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Montgomery calls hasty easing "extremely dangerous"
4 a.m.:
The chairman of the World Medical Association, Frank Ulrich Montgomery, has warned against lifting the corona restrictions in Germany in one fell swoop. “The number of infected people is currently doubling every week. To just drop the restrictions on our contacts now and open everything would be extremely dangerous, ”Montgomery told the newspapers of the Funke media group. Whoever does this is risking entry into the fourth wave. Instead, the approach must be gradual and controlled: "Don't open everything right away, (...) but gradually allow more contacts," said Montgomery, referring to England.
Despite the increasing number of infections, England lifted almost all measures on Monday.
Neither the obligation to wear masks nor the distance rules and numerical restrictions for indoor events will no longer apply in the future.
Court
provisionally confirms compulsory vaccination at US university
2.30 a.m.:
A court has provisionally found the obligation to vaccinate against Covid-19 at a US university to be lawful. However, recognizing students' significant freedom to refuse unwanted medical treatment, the state constitution allows Indiana University to act in a legitimate public health interest, the ruling said. Eight students had argued that compulsory vaccination violated their right to physical integrity and autonomy. Your lawyer announced an appeal on Monday.
The judge also emphasized in his judgment that it was not a final decision on the matter.
Rather, it would be about the case of an injunction.
Thanks to the university's compulsory vaccination, students, teachers and employees could do without masks and distance rules in the classroom, laboratory or in their free time and during extracurricular activities, Indiana University in Bloomington had justified its approach.
The university had already announced in May that it would be mandatory to have vaccinations, which should apply from the fall semester.
An exception can be requested for medical or religious reasons.
Delta variant
hails the start of the
week on US stock exchanges
1.30 a.m.:
The stock prices in New York got off to a bad start to the new stock market week on Monday. In particular, the rapid spread of the delta variant of the corona virus seems to be unsettling to investors. The concern that the variant could slow global economic growth put pressure on the courses. The US health authority CDC, for example, warned against traveling to the country in view of the sharp increase in coronavirus infections in Great Britain.
That pushed the leading index Dow Jones Industrial down by 2.09 percent to 33,962.04 points.
It fell below the 34,000 mark, its lowest level in almost a month.
For the market-wide S&P 500, it fell by 1.59 percent to 4258.49 points.
The technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 held up a little better with a minus of 0.90 percent to 14,549.09 points.
Inclusion in the corona protocol: US basketball players travel to Tokyo without LaVine
12:45 a.m.:
The US basketball players may have to do without Zach LaVine at the Olympic Games in Tokyo (July 23 to August 8).
The Chicago Bulls professional has been included in the Corona protocol and will not travel to Japan with the team, the US Basketball Association announced on the Monday before departure: “We hope that Zach can join the team in Tokyo later this week . "
It was initially unclear whether the 26-year-old LaVine himself tested positive or is considered a contact person.
The US association wrote in its statement of a "precautionary measure".
At 83:76 on Sunday against World Champion Spain in Las Vegas, LaVine was still on the floor with his teammates and contributed 13 points.
The French government decides to introduce a health passport
00.05 a.m.:
The French government passed a law on Monday to introduce a health passport, which is intended to boost the population's willingness to be vaccinated. When entering cultural and leisure facilities, proof of a complete corona vaccination, a survived corona infection or a negative corona test must be provided from Wednesday by means of a health passport. From the beginning of August, the pass is also compulsory when visiting restaurants and bars.
Tens of thousands of French people demonstrated against the government's latest corona measures over the weekend.
The government sees the regulations as essential in the fight against a fourth corona wave.
On Sunday, the authorities had reported around 12,500 new infections, twice as many as a week earlier.
The seven-day incidence rose by almost 125 percent to 86 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to government spokesman Gabriel Attal.
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