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England lifts quarantine for vaccinated people from the EU and the USA
04.37 a.m.:
Traveling to England will be easier again: As of Monday, corona vaccinated people from the EU and the USA will no longer have to quarantine. According to the British government, travelers from France are not subject to the new regulation because of the spread of the beta variant of the corona virus there. According to the authorities, the exemption from the quarantine obligation applies to everyone who has been fully vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or the US FDA.
So far, only people who had received the vaccine in the UK were exempt from the quarantine rules.
However, the new rules that will apply from Monday only apply to entry into England.
The regional governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own entry requirements.
Olympic organizers are reporting 17 more corona cases around the Games
04.11 a.m.:
The organization team for the Olympic Games in Tokyo reports 17 new infections with the
corona virus
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The previous high was reached last Friday with 27 new infections.
The number of positive tests related to the competitions in Japan rose to a total of 276, so far 24 athletes have been infected with the corona virus.
On the day of the opening ceremony, the German team had the first corona infected with cyclist Simon Geschke.
Damage that can
not be recovered if distance training is repeated
02:52:
The President of the North Rhine-Westphalian Teachers' Association, Andreas Bartsch, calls on the state government to make more efforts with a view to the end of the summer vacation.
»We now have to create all the prerequisites so that we don't go back to alternating and distance learning.
Because that would be damage that we can no longer make up in the end, "says Bartsch of the newspaper" Rheinische Post ".
SPD parliamentary group leader does not rule out disadvantages for unvaccinated people
2.30 a.m.:
The SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich has not ruled out disadvantages for unvaccinated people.
"Private providers can of course grant benefits to those who have been vaccinated or recovered," said the politician of the Düsseldorf "Rheinische Post" (Monday edition).
Government agencies would have to offer their services to everyone equally, but there, too, hygiene concepts or corona tests could result in disadvantages for unvaccinated people.
However, these are not exclusive rights for people with a corona vaccination, emphasized Mützenich.
"I consider exclusive rights to be the wrong term because previously restricted basic rights apply again," said the SPD parliamentary group leader.
He does not currently consider legal amendments to be necessary: "I believe that it is fair that people who behave in solidarity come closer to the normal situation more quickly."
The Infection Protection Act gives this in its current version.
Booster vaccinations for 32 million Britons
12:32 am:
The British newspaper "The Telegraph" reports that Britain plans to provide booster vaccinations for 32 million citizens.
The campaign is to start at the beginning of September, 2000 pharmacies are to offer the vaccinations.
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