Many corona measures have been lifted in parts of England. Health Minister Hancock has now tightened the rules again. Britain has over 300,000 infections.
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Many corona measures have been lifted in parts of England. Health Minister Hancock has now tightened the rules again. Britain has over 300,000 infections.
The corona crisis has given the US giant Amazon the highest quarterly profit in its 26-year history. With a 40 percent jump in sales to $ 88.9 billion in the second quarter , the online giant doubled its profit to $ 5.2 billion year-on-year, as it announced on Friday night. Due to government regulations around the world, retailers in numerous countries had to close their stores or were only able to let customers into the stores to a limited extent. Amazon took advantage of this competitive advantage.
The online giant has hired 175,000 people worldwide in the past few months to be able to meet the exploding demand. Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and richest person in the world, spoke of a "very unusual quarter".
In Brazil, the authorities register 57,837 new coronavirus cases. The Ministry of Health said that 1,129 people had died of the infection in the past 24 hours. In Brazil, over 2.6 million people have contracted the virus and over 91,000 have
succumbed to the infection.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, infected with the corona virus, explains: "I have mold in my lungs." He felt weak yesterday. He is now taking antibiotics. The President said last Saturday that a virus test had given a negative result. Bolsonaro had tested positive on July 7th.
With 55,078 cases, India reports a new daily high for new infections. As a result, the total number of proven infections across the country increases to 1.64 million, according to the Ministry of Health.
The number of deaths increased by 779 to 35,747 within 24 hours. India has the most infections worldwide after the United States and Brazil
According to the authorities, one in four Australians infected with the corona virus in the Corona hotspot Victoria does not comply with health regulations and continues to live among people. When health inspectors had checked the homes of more than 500 people in the past two days , 130 of them were not at home - and among other things continued to work, said the Prime Minister of the Southeastern State, Daniel Andrews. "For God's sake, if you have the virus, you have to stay at home," said the politician.
Around 100 people in Victoria's capital Melbourne are being investigated for breaking the lockdown rules . The police have already imposed 124 fines of up to 1,300 Australian dollars (790 euros), said Andrews.
In view of the increasing number of infections , the HDE retail association is calling for more discipline in complying with the corona rules. A second wave of the pandemic must be avoided with all available means, said HDE President Josef Sanktjohanser. The corona crisis would cost retailers around 40 billion euros in lost sales in the non-food sector . That could mean the end for 50,000 retail locations in Germany.
"If the first wave of the pandemic has such dramatic consequences in trade, I don't want to imagine a second one," Sanktjohanser warns. "For many traders, if there were renewed restrictions or even a second phase of the lockdown, there would be no chance of escaping bankruptcy."
The economic downturn as a result of the corona pandemic is "not surprising", according to Veronika Grimm: There is great uncertainty.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange has been hit by the strong yen as a result of the slump in the US economy in the Corona crisis . The search for safe investments caused the rate of the Japanese currency to rise, which further burdened domestic export values. In addition, weak earnings by the semiconductor manufacturer Advantest put pressure on investors' mood on Friday.
The 225-strong Nikkei index fell 1.87 percent to 21,921 points. The broader Topix index fell 1.8 percent to 1512 points.
Organic is booming - especially in the corona pandemic. According to figures from the Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung (GfK), the demand for organic food in the first three months of the Corona crisis rose significantly more than the turnover in the food trade as a whole. "The Corona crisis did not appear to have stopped the trend towards more conscious consumption . On the contrary, it seems to have intensified it," said GfK trade expert Robert Kecskes.
He is not alone in this assessment. The organic farming information portal reports record sales in organic food trade and a boom in organic subscription boxes. The State Association for Organic Agriculture (LVÖ) in Bavaria also observed: "More and more people are choosing organic products when shopping". Regional offers are particularly in demand.
Brandenburg paid around eleven million euros to cross-border commuters from Poland , who had stayed in work due to the Corona pandemic in Brandenburg after the closure of the German-Polish border . RBB24 reported on Friday, citing Minister of Economics Jörg Steinbach (SPD).
According to the report, about 7,000 Polish employees who are subject to social security contributions in Brandenburg and who received a daily allowance of 65 euros for rent and livelihood benefited from it.
Economic output in Germany slumped by over ten percent due to the corona crisis. However, experts fear an even more severe crash.
The pharmacologist Fritz Sörgel further exerts massive criticism of the plans of the German Football League (DFL), without risk studies fans despite continuing Corona pandemic to let back into the stadiums. "It is unacceptable that the DFL, the financially best positioned organization in sports and entertainment in Germany, k has not developed its own study , " said the expert to the newspapers of the "Funke Mediengruppe".
Luxembourg has been declared a Corona risk area by the Federal Government. The Luxembourgers oppose this and give a false interpretation of the statistics
It is the highest number in weeks: According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the health authorities in Germany reported 902 new corona infections within one day . That is the highest number since May - apart from the local Corona outbreak at the meat manufacturer Tönnies in June.
Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, at least 207,828 people in Germany have been shown to be infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus, as the RKI reported on the Internet on Thursday afternoon. The RKI had previously feared a trend reversal in Germany due to the increased numbers.
Despite the corona pandemic, the Permanent Vaccination Commission (Stiko) continues to advocate flu vaccinations , especially for high- risk groups in Germany. The focus in the flu season 2020/21 should "be clearly on risk groups for serious illnesses," writes the expert panel at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in a current statement. Senior citizens and the chronically ill are mentioned as examples .
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, infected with the corona virus, explains: "I have mold in my lungs." He felt weak yesterday. He is now taking antibiotics. The President said last Saturday that a virus test had given a negative result . Bolsonaro had tested positive on July 7th.
The medical officers do not see the health authorities in Germany prepared for a second corona wave. "For a second pandemic wave, the health offices are far too short," says Ute Teichert, the chairman of the Federal Association of Doctors of the Public Health Service, the newspapers of the "Funke Mediengruppe". " With the increasing number of infections, we are facing a huge problem ."
The health authorities could not wait until the Federal Government's planned measures to strengthen the public health service came into force. " We need a short-term solution . We need to know where health departments can get reinforcements in an emergency." Specifically, she spoke in favor of a nationwide volunteer register - a kind of job exchange that, in an emergency, places employees who have already been trained.
In Brazil, the authorities register 57,837 new coronavirus cases . The Ministry of Health said that 1,129 people had died of the infection in the past 24 hours. In Brazil, over 2.6 million people have contracted the virus and over 91,000 have succumbed to the infection.
US President Donald Trump calls survivors of a corona infection to donate plasma. Health Minister Alex Azar said 50,000 corona recovered donated plasma, but the country needs hundreds of thousands . According to doctors, it is still unclear how effective the so-called convalescent plasma actually is.
Researchers hope that this therapy approach could help other patients with severe courses. It is also being examined whether plasma from convalescents could already serve as a prevention against infection .
The corona crisis has historically put a damper on the German economy: Between April and June, gross domestic product fell more than ever before. A little cautious optimism: the number of unemployed is rising only slowly.
