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»Green Pass« against Corona - more proof required in Italy
04.32 a.m.:
In the fight against Corona, stricter rules come into force in Italy, which are summarized under the name "Green Pass".
If you want to eat indoors in a restaurant from Friday, or go to a museum, swimming pool or thermal bath, you must either present proof of vaccination, a negative corona test that is valid for 48 hours or proof of recovery.
From September, teachers, students and university lecturers must also provide relevant evidence.
The new rules from Friday also apply to outdoor cultural or sporting events or to fitness studios.
All people from the age of twelve are affected.
Restaurant operators or operators of other companies must have the evidence shown.
Anyone who violates this must expect penalties.
In Berlin, people are dancing inside again - without a mask or distance
3:50 a.m.:
After a long break, the Berlin clubs are slowly
feeling
their way back to their internationally known nightlife.
A three-day pilot project will start this evening at 10 p.m.
For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic 18 months ago, you can dance inside again - without a mask or distance.
A negative PCR test result is required for this.
Six clubs are participating in the project: the KitKat Club in Mitte, the Metropol in Schönberg, the Festsaal Kreuzberg, the Crack Bellmer Bar, the Salon Zur Wilden Renate in Friedrichshain and the SO36 in Kreuzberg.
The project will run from Friday evening to Sunday noon, here you can find more background information.
FDP
accuses Spahn of preparing »mandatory vaccination through the back door«
03.13 a.m.:
In the debate about possible corona requirements for unvaccinated people and an end to free rapid tests, the FDP accuses Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) of planning indirect compulsory vaccination.
"The attempt by Minister Spahn to want to introduce compulsory vaccination through the back door by differentiating between vaccinated and unvaccinated people has to be clearly rejected," said the vice-chairman of the FDP parliamentary group, Michael Theurer, of the editorial network Germany.
Instead, the federal government should concentrate on reviving the vaccination campaign, demanded Theurer.
Incentives, education and mobile vaccination teams would work better than threats.
With a word of power from Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), "the daily quarrel about disadvantages for unvaccinated people on the open election campaign stage between Ministers Spahn, Seehofer, Lambrecht, Scholz and Braun must be ended."
US health authority warns of hundreds of thousands of new Covid infections - per day
02.35 a.m.:
The head of the American health authority CDC has warned of hundreds of thousands of new corona infections per day in the USA.
If the country stands together, unvaccinated people get vaccinated and people wear their masks, the situation can be brought under control within a few weeks, Rochelle Walensky told CNN.
"However, our models show that if we don't do that, we could get several 100,000 cases per day - similar to the increase in early January." You can read more about this in this more detailed report.
Left parliamentary group leader Bartsch recommends a 50 euro vaccination bonus
1:25 a.m.:
In view of the slow vaccination rate, left parliamentary group leader Dietmar Bartsch advocates a vaccination bonus.
"All citizens who are vaccinated could receive a city center voucher for 50 euros for gastronomy or retail," he told the newspapers of the Funke media group.
»That would be an economic stimulus package of three to four billion euros for the inner cities, which have suffered badly from Corona.
The vouchers are expressly not allowed to be redeemed online. "
Stiko member: decision on vaccination of pregnant women by the end of August
12:42 a.m.:
The Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) wants to decide by the end of August whether it recommends a corona vaccination for pregnant women.
"The Stiko is currently working systematically on the available data for a Covid 19 vaccination in pregnancy," said the gynecologist Marianne Röbl-Mathieu, who belongs to the Stiko, to the editorial network in Germany.
The focus is on the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines as well as the knowledge about corona diseases in pregnancy, said Röbl-Mathieu.
These aspects would then be subjected to a risk-benefit assessment.
"The results of this stiko analysis and assessment are expected from the end of August."
Professional societies had spoken out in favor of vaccinating pregnant women and breastfeeding women against Covid-19 as a priority.
Boris Palmer does not want his children to be vaccinated against Corona
00.01 a.m.:
Tübingen's Lord Mayor Boris Palmer (Greens) considers the decisions of the health ministers to be wrong about the corona vaccination of minors aged twelve and over.
Palmer told the "Bild" newspaper that he did not vaccinate his own children.
He is "fairly certain" that the risk for the children is greater with the vaccination than with the infection with the coronavirus: "So you have to decide on the risk of infection." You can read more about this in this message.
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