Maas makes announcement of German tourists and the vacation countries – Corona-Numbers in the USA increase again rapidly
The Covid-19-pandemic keeps the world in breath. Already, more than 6.9 million people have been infected worldwide with the novel pathogen, Sars-CoV-2 – 184.294 of them in Germany. 400,000 people died from Covid-19 already. All messages to the Corona-crisis in Germany, Europe and the world, you will find in the News Ticker of FOCUS Online.
Covid-19-News from Germany and around the world – the top stories: 6000 German may starting at 15. June starts on the Balearic Islands (06.41 am) 100 days after first infection: New York city, with relaxations (04.33 PM) 160 Ads by Corona Party in Essen (19.07 hours), and three Federal States send to Sweden, returning in quarantine (17.08)
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Saxony: Precarious situation for blood donations
06.54 PM: In Saxony reigns of increased need for blood donations. As of mid-may had increased the demand from the hospitals for the blood products within a few days to up to 30 percent, says Kerstin Schweiger from the DRK-blood donation service North-East on request. Presumably, the increased demand is due to the fact that the new operation after the acute phase of the Coronavirus Situation is started and the deferred operations will be rescheduled, so Schweiger. Currently, the emergency had supplies still adequate, but otherwise, just a lead for one to two days is available.
With care, the blood looks service donate to the summer – a Season in which the willingness to donate decreases still. This will further exacerbate the precarious situation, explains Schweiger.
TOP NEWS: 6000 German may starting at 15. June on the Balearic Islands
06.41 PM: 6000 tourists from Germany, according to media reports, as early as the 15. June to Majorca and the other Balearic Islands fly – so two weeks before the official Opening of the borders of the former Corona Hotspots in Spain for foreign visitors. The Central government in Madrid had agreed to a request by the Islands on the implementation of a so-called pilot project, after long negotiations, reported the newspaper El País and the Balearic media citing the regional government in Palma de Mallorca on Monday. An official confirmation of these reports was not first.
The pilot project is intended to serve the information according to the purpose of the serious case – the expected tourist rush, and after the Opening of the borders on 1. July – to samples. They wanted to check if the safety protocols are functioning, among other things, at the airports and in the Hotels, it said. The project would be carried out with tourists from Germany, because in the country, the epidemiological situation is very good and similar to the Balearic Islands.
Mallorca, the German’s favourite island, to receive in the second half of June, 4000 of the tourists. Per one thousand visitors to come to Menorca and the pitiusas (Ibiza and Formentera).
The regional President Francina Armengol, and the Balearic tourism Minister Iago Negueruela would announce further details of the agreement between Palma and Madrid on Tuesday, it said.
According to the Reports, and the Canary Islands, to negotiate with Madrid about a similar pilot project. At these meetings, fell on Monday but no decision, because the Canary Islands have higher security requirements, including Coronavirus-Tests for all the visitors, reported El País.
TOP NEWS: 100 days after first infection: New York begins with loosening
04.33 PM: Exactly 100 days after the first confirmed Coronavirus infection in the metropolis of New York with the first easing started. In bright sunshine, jackhammer boomed again on Monday, many shops opened for limited operation, and significantly more people were on the streets.
With the launch of Phase one of a four-phase opening plan in the state of New York, among other things, the Work on more than 32,000 construction sites and in the factories of the city are allowed to start again. In addition, retailers can accept phone and online orders and their buyers in-Store pass. The public is not allowed in the shops yet. Up to 400,000 people could absorb, it is estimated that the first Phase of the opening, plan your work again. In order to avoid crowded subway cars, the city bus service. More than 30 kilometres of additional bus lanes would be in the short term, reported, said mayor Bill de Blasio.
After the first case on 1. March were confirmed in the metropolis of New York so far around to the tune of 204,000 Corona disease. Almost 17.200 Dead were tested positive for Covid-19, the city of around 4700 dead, who could also be infected have been.
Corona-heroes: Cuban Doctors celebrated after the return from Italy
Tuesday, 09. June, 04.28 PM: After completion of the Anti-Corona Mission in Italy has a Cuban medical team return home to a triumphant reception get. The 36 Physicians and 15 nurses were treated according to the Cuban Ministry of health, during their two-month deployment in the Lombardy 516 Covid-19-patients.
The Region was a focal point of the global pandemic, as the Cubans were sent at the end of March there. Another Team still works in Turin. Overall, the socialist island nation sent according to official figures, 34 medical teams in 27 countries to support them in the fight against the Coronavirus. Even before the crisis, the deployment of Doctors and nurses was abroad, the most important source of income in Cuba.
The President of the Caribbean state, Miguel Díaz-Canel, welcomed the returnees on Monday (local time) via video unlock welcome. The doctors followed his speech on a screen in a hall of the airport of the capital of Havana. "You represent the victory of the socialist Ideal, the myth of the Marktes", he said. The physicians now have to spend 14 days in quarantine in a hospital. Along the way there in buses from the airport, you were to rise from balconies and cheered.
WHO: Covid-19 pandemic is coming to a head in the world
21.27 PM: The Corona pandemic is intensifying, according to the world health organization (WHO) in the world. While the situation in Europe improve, deteriorate in a global scale, said the WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday during a virtual press conference in Geneva. Tedros warned against complacency in the fight against the pandemic.
In nine of the past ten days, the number of proven infections was more than 100,000 worldwide, said the WHO chief. On Sunday, the largest increase within a day had been recorded, with more than 136,000 new cases.
In the countries where the Situation is relax, be a Lessening of caution now the greatest danger, warned Tedros. The largest part of the population of the world over continue to be in danger of being infected with the Coronavirus. "It is now six months since the beginning of the pandemic, the time has not yet come to loosen the reins."
To said the global wave of protest against racism after the death of the Black George Floyd in a brutal police operation in the United States Tedros, WHO support the demands for equality and the Anti-racism movement. Protesters around the world, he called on, however, the Corona-precautions such as a minimum distance and Wearing a protective mask to be complied with.
Worldwide so far around seven million infections with the novel Coronavirus, and more than 400,000 death cases were registered. Especially in South America, the number of documented infections has increased in the past few weeks rapidly.
TOP NEWS: state report 246 new Covid-19-cases – the number of acutely Infected falls to just under 6000
20.05 PM: so Far, 184.294 people in Germany, a positive effect on the Coronavirus have been tested, such as from data of the country’s health and social ministries is clear. Thus were reported on Monday across the country 246 new cases. Two Federal States remained in the Monday without new infections – Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
The R-value, the reproductive number, according to the Robert Koch Institute is currently at 1.11. This means that 100 Infected put an average of 111 persons. According to the RKI 169.600 people in Germany are recovered. 8663 people have died from the effects of the Virus. The number of active cases is therefore just under 6000. On Sunday, there were still just under 6300.
Here you will find the currently reported Figures by the health ministries of the countries.
- Baden-Württemberg: 34.949 (1795 Deaths)
- Bavaria: 47.402 (2501 Deaths)
- Berlin: 7041 (205 Deaths)
- Brandenburg: 3299 (170 Deaths)
- Bremen: 1535 (43 Deaths)
- Hamburg: 5116 (226 Deaths)
- Hesse: 10.207 (484 Deaths)
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 774 (20 Deaths)
- Lower Saxony: 12.549 (609 Deaths)
- North Rhine-Westphalia: 38.658 (1623 Deaths)
- Rhineland-Palatinate: 6777 (230 Deaths)
- Saarland: 2737 (169 Deaths)
- Saxony: 5329 (214 Deaths)
- Saxony-Anhalt: 1721 (56 Deaths)
- Schleswig-Holstein: 3113 (148 Deaths)
- Thuringia: 3087 (170 Deaths)
Total (As Of 08.06., 19.55 PM): 184.294 (8663 Deaths)
The Day Before (As 07.06., 19.34 PM): 184.048 (8653 Deaths)
Source to be Infected – and death-figures: country health and social ministries.
The number of Healed, according to the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, at around 169.600.
Currently, the RKI reported reproduction number: 1,11 (as of 08.06.)
TOP NEWS: 160 Ads by Corona Party in Essen
19.03 PM: they celebrated without minimum distance and mouth protection: In a Lounge-Bar in Essen the police at the weekend, a Party with more than 160 Parties dissolved. Already before the Local police was noticed on Friday evening a larger group. Inside, the entire room was filled with people. Both guests as well as service personnel and operators would have worn a mouth-nose protection, said the police on Monday. 
dpa/Paul Zinken/dpabild Masked forces of the police.
Some of the guests had tried to escape through the emergency exit, but without success. The police took all the details and more than 160 offences on wrote show. The Lounge was closed for the evening and the 38-year-old operator advised of the Corona-protection regulation. During an inspection on Saturday, the officials were able to determine no further violations.
"Go hier": Supermarket customer hits man with fillet of Beef due to a dispute over distance
17:48 PM: In line at a supermarket meat counter in Bochum is a 48-Year-old a man with two pounds of fillet of beef punched in the face have. The reason for the attack on Saturday was said to be a too low a level of minimum.
With the words "Get out of here or I will beat you in the Fresse", the 48-Year-old the man behind him previously addressed. The 53-Year-old took a step back. This is not to have held the applied meat buyer but from the blow. He was in his "personal Sphäre" been hurt, said he, a little later, the police to notice. Against him is now being investigated for assault. The 53-Year-old was slightly injured, as the police of Bochum announced on Monday.
TOP NEWS: three Federal States send to Sweden, returning in quarantine
17.08 PM: Also in Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is now a mandatory Quarantine for all Sweden-returnees. In the Scandinavian country in the last week more than 50 numbers of people infected with Corona to 100,000 inhabitants, declared the country ministries of health in Kiel and Schwerin on Monday. According to the arrangements provided for in the Corona-country regulations are to entries and Exits have been enabled. 
Reuters/Ali Lorestani/TT News Agency/AP/dpa in public life in Sweden – here is a recording from Stockholm from 20. April – was, and is comparatively little restricted.
Previously, lower Saxony, Sweden-returnees had committed once again to a 14-day home Isolation. The limit of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week is considered to be a Central indicator for the identification of high-risk areas. He is also respected within Germany by the health authorities.
Initially, there had been nationwide flat-rate quarantine obligations when re-entering the country. This scheme has now been lifted for all EU member States, as well as closely with the EU associated countries such as Switzerland and Norway, but again. Specifically, in the case of Sweden, there had been also administrative court judgments, the Federal States said the lump-sum arrangement of a quarantine.
Covid-19: First easing of the rules in New York
16.17 PM: Exactly 100 days after in New York, the first Corona case was confirmed on Monday in the metropolis of the first relaxations of months of measures entered into force. With the launch of Phase one of a four-phase opening plan in the state of New York, among other things, the Work on more than 32,000 sites may start in the city again. In addition, retailers can accept phone and online orders and their buyers in-Store pass. The public is not allowed in the shops yet.
Restaurants and Bars for guests to Sit, closed, food and drinks outside the home but as in the past, also allows. Also, the regular operation in offices is prohibited. It is estimated that up to 400,000 people could resume their work. The next opening phase for at least two weeks.
The city was the global epicenter of the pandemic. After the first official case on 1. March have been confirmed in New York so far around to the tune of 204,000 Corona disease. Almost 17 200 Dead had been on Covid-19 tested and the town of around 4700 dead, who could also be infected have been. Around 400 inhabitants of the 8,4-million-the city would be in order Covid-positive died.
Studies: measures against Covid-19-spread prevented many Deaths
12.51 PM: The measures to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus have, according to analyses alone, in eleven European countries until the beginning of may, approximately 3.1 million deaths prevented. The large-scale Lockdown, velvet border closures, contact block and school closures have allows for a better control of the pandemic-history, reported by a British research team led by Seth Flaxman from Imperial College London (United Kingdom) to the analysis of the death figures in the magazine "Nature". If current trends hold, there is reason to hope. 
Uwe Anspach/dpa
To 6. April would have prevented the actions of some 530 million infections alone in six countries, reported a second team of researchers, also in "Nature". They had analyzed the course of Infection, up to this date in China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, France and the USA. I think, no other human endeavor has ever rescued in such a short space of time so many lives, said study leader Solomon Hsiang of UC Berkeley (USA).
Spahn mad after Demo-pictures from Berlin: "A signal is verheerend"
12.44 PM: In Germany on Saturday, tens of thousands of people to demonstrations. Afro-German initiatives have had in about 20 cities to the protests under the Motto "Silent Demo" called. In Hamburg and Berlin there were clashes with the police. Federal Minister of health, Jens Spahn was already on Twitter, concerned about "densely Packed crowds in the middle of the Pandemie". 
Britta Pedersen/dpa-Central image/ The Alexanderplatz in Berlin were thousands of demonstrators crowded shoulder-to-shoulder. Many of the participants wore a Mouthguard.
In an internal meeting of the CDU Presidium Spahn was now apparently clear once again, as the "Bild"-The newspaper reported: “The signal effect of the Demonstration pictures is devastating”, he is reported to have said.
Also, the Federal government calls for compliance with the Corona-protection measures during demonstrations. "It must be possible to carry on such events masks and the minimum distance of 1.50 meters einzuhalten", government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in Berlin on Monday to a question after the demonstrations against racism at the weekend, in which people were partly crowded.
Study confirms protective effect of masks in front of Corona
12.04 PM: A study of the protective effect of masks against the Coronavirus confirmed. The General requirement to Wear a mouth-nose protection, for example when shopping or in public transport, carrying, apparently, clear to contain the Corona of a pandemic, informed the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz on Monday. Scientists from four universities, compared to the development of the infection numbers in the Thuringian town of Jena with those of comparable cities, where the mask duty was only introduced later.
Jena had as the first big city on 6. April Wearing a mouth-nose protection made mandatory and, therefore, considerably earlier than in all other districts and district-free cities of Germany. Then, the number of registered infections in Jena, Germany, increased only weakly.
According to the calculations of researchers "a significant gap between the event happening to pay in Jena and the comparison group without the mask duty auf". 20 days after the introduction of the mask mandatory in Jena, the total number of registered Covid-19 cases had increased only from 142 to 158, in the comparison model, however, from 143 to 205. 
dpa/Sebastian Willnow/dpa-Central image/dpa-tmn as an Alternative to a mask, it may be sufficient, mouth, nose and cheeks with a scarf or cloth to cover the call, some of the länder explicitly as an Alternative.
In a second step, the researchers studied the development of the case numbers in the cities and districts, which the mask of duty to the 22. April had introduced, with the case of the municipalities, the the mask of duty to 27. pay April or later introduced. Here, too, are significant differences.
"In summary, one can say that the introduction of the Mask requirement in the respective circles contributed to a slowdown in the spread of Covid-19 hat", Klaus woods of the University of Mainz said. This result is consistent with the evaluation of epidemiologists and virologists, what a mouth-nose protection inhibits the flow of air when Speaking, and as a result, the Transmission of infectious particles is reduced.
Furthermore, low level of Covid-19-new infections
19.43 PM: The number of in Germany, confirmed with the Coronavirus tested people on Sunday on 184.110 increased the are 334 persons more than the previous day. This is evident from the reports of the local health and social ministries. Two provinces reported on Sunday, no new infections: of Brandenburg and the Saarland. 
dpa/picture-alliance / Oliver Dietze/dpabild The Saar loop, taken from the vantage point “Cloef” in Orscholz (Saarland).
The reproduction number is according to the Robert Koch-Institute now at 1.05 and rose again appreciably to a critical value (of 0.87 on the previous day). That is, in the nationwide average of 100 Infected infected 105 people. Because of the number of currently Infected is low, fluctuates, the R-value very greatly from day to day.
So far, 8652 people have died from the effects of Coronavirus – 16 new deaths were added on Sunday. The number of Recovering is according to the RKI in the case of 169,200. Thus, the number of acutely Infected is close to 6,300.
Note: Saxony-Anhalt reports for this weekend only, Monday to Friday new infection figures.
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