Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn attended a dinner with about a dozen entrepreneurs in Leipzig on October 20, 2020, one day before his positive Corona test. This is reported by the "@derspiegel".
At this point in time, the numbers in Germany rose again significantly, and on the morning of the same day Spahn had warned on @ZDF: "We know above all where the main contagion points are. Namely when celebrating, when socializing, at home privately or at home,
on a event party or a party in a club." In the evening, according to the report, he drove to Leipzig (Sachsen), where a dinner was held in the private apartment of a friend of Spahn's. Several guests are said to have donated to the @CDU during the dinner, reports one participant.
All the guests kept their distance and wore masks until they were seated. One day after dinner, the health minister was diagnosed with the corona infection.
The chief of Vetevendosje and the new Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who won the election of Febuary 14th, received a letter from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulating him on his election victory.
Erdogan said in his letter that he appreciated the stance of Kurt's faction, which expressed its willingness to rethink the decision to open the Kosovo embassy in Jerusalem.
Furthermore, I am pleased to hear the position of your party if takes, that if takes the power it would reconsider engagement of Kosovo on opening of the Embassy in Jerusalem. I believe it would be useful to avoid such a move, which would cause serious harm to Kosovo,”
The highly contagious coronavirus mutant B.1.1.7 has been detected in a doctor's office employee in Düsseldorf who had contact with up to 450 people. The city announced on Saturday.
The follow-up of the contact persons is in full swing. The employee is said to have continued working despite symptoms of illness. The doctor's office was closed.
Employees in the health department are currently trying to reach all contact persons, especially patients in the practice, promptly by phone, the city said. As a precaution, a quarantine is being ordered for all contact persons of the medical staff.
Thousands of people took to the streets in Tunisia's capital Tunis today to protest for democracy. Masses of supporters of the Islamic conservative Ennahda, the strongest party in Tunisia, have gathered in Tunis for one of the largest protests in years.
They called for "national unity" and "political stability," as the state agency TAP reported. The party had called for a "march in defense of democratic institutions" today. The protests initially remained peaceful.
The background to the protest is a worsening political crisis in the country. President Kais Saied refuses to agree to a cabinet reshuffle proposed by Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi. Parliament has already approved this.
Italy wants to tighten the corona restrictions in some parts of the country from Monday. For the southern Italian regions of Basilicata and Molise, a lockdown will then apply,
in the economically strong Lombardy as well as the Marche and Piedmont the medium-strict rules of the orange zone. Health Minister Roberto Speranza signed an ordinance for this purpose. On the other hand, something could return to normal on the island of Sardinia.
She is supposed to fall in the White Zone. Originally, it is planned that all restrictions from the Corona decree will no longer apply there and that specific rules will be agreed instead. To do this,
Austria and Denmark want to agree a close cooperation with Israel in the research and production of vaccines and medicines.
To this end, Austrias chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 4th, Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced on Saturday.
"Our first priority is to accelerate the production and procurement of vaccines for the future," said Kurz on Twitter. The aim must be to prepare for the phase after the summer, even in the face of possible further mutations.
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/138 and Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/142, which renew the EU’s terrorist sanctions list
imposing asset freezing measures on those determined to have been “involved in terrorist acts”. See press release at last threade.
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/339 and Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/353, which renewed the EU’s sanctions in respect of Belarus for 1 year until 28 February 2022. The measures target a total of 88 people and 7 entities.