Hungarian Parliament grants Prime Minister Viktor Orban comprehensive rights. President Trump warns of at least 100,000 corona deaths.
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| Corona live ticker from March 30 |
The essentials in brief:
- Hungary adopts controversial emergency law
- The US government expects at least 100,000 deaths in its own country
- The UN warn of devastating consequences for developing countries
The messages in detail - all times in CEST:
3:42 p.m. - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for open borders in the EU for harvest workers, despite the corona pandemic. "We need people who grow and harvest our food," said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a video message.
1,5 Mil. EuropäerInnen sind Grenzpendler. Trotz Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung des #coronavirus, müssen sie zur Arbeit kommen können. Besonders Ärzte & Krankenschwestern, die bei der Bekämpfung des Virus helfen. Heute geben wir Regierungen Leitlinien für den sicheren Grenzübertritt.
1.5 mil. Europeans are cross-border commuters. Despite measures to curb the #coronavirus, they must be able to get to work. Especially doctors & nurses who help fight the virus. Today we are giving governments guidelines on how to cross the border safely.
3:38 p.m. - The Slovak government has somewhat relaxed the regulations to contain the corona virus. Numerous shops have been allowed to reopen since Monday. Other protective measures, such as the obligation to wear a face mask when leaving your home, remain in effect.
3:11 p.m. - Hungary's parliament has passed a controversial emergency law that allows Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government to govern by decree indefinitely and without parliamentary control. A passage also penalizes the spreading of "false news", which can result in up to five years in prison. The law was adopted by a majority of MPs from Orban's Fidesz party, which has a two-thirds majority in the Budapest parliament.
2:49 p.m. - In the Netherlands, the number of infections increases by 884 compared to Sunday to 11,750. Within these 24 hours, 93 people die from Covid-19. According to the authorities, this increases the number of deaths to 864.
2:36 p.m. - The South African states of Lesotho and Zimbabwe have issued three-week curfews. Both countries border on South Africa, the African nation most affected by the virus with 1,280 confirmed cases and two deaths. Nigeria will begin sealing off its two main cities - the commercial metropolis of Lagos and the capital Abuja - later this day.
2:21 pm - The EU Commission has asked the member states not to restrict the free movement of seasonal workers. The introduction of border controls to curb the pandemic is "understandable", the agency said. "But systemically important workers must be able to achieve their goal without wasting time."
2:12 p.m. - More than 16,000 nurses and doctors from central and southern Italy volunteered to support their overworked and sick colleagues in the north of the country. Italian media reported that significantly more specialists had registered than hoped. The government had launched a corresponding call. According to the Johns Hopkins University, almost 98,000 infected and 10,800 dead have been registered in Italy.
2:06 pm - In Malaysia, the police have so far arrested more than 1,100 people who are said to have violated the conditions of the corona crisis. The borders and most shops remain closed. There are 2620 confirmed infections in the Southeast Asian country.
2:00 p.m. - Prince Charles, who is infected with the corona virus, has ended his self-isolation. The decision was made after consulting his doctor, the spokesman for the Prince of Wales said. Last Wednesday, the 71-year-old made his infection public.
13:51 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has voluntarily quarantined. It had previously become known that an employee had contracted the virus.
1:37 p.m. - United States President Donald Trump's advisor to the coronavirus, Anthony Fauci, urges against a premature loosening of curfews. If the measures were lifted too soon, it would provoke a relapse, he told CNN.
1:12 p.m. - The federal government currently sees no reason to relax the extensive restrictions. Government spokesman Steffen Seibert says the infection rate is too high for this. The number of cases of infection currently doubles approximately every five days. You have to come "at least every ten days, better even more".
#Coronavirus: Eine Zwischenbilanz nach einer Woche der erweiterten Einschränkungen: Wir brauchen alle Maßnahmen unvermindert. Deshalb: Ziehen Sie weiter mit – es ist lebenswichtig!
#Coronavirus: an interim assessment after a week of extended restrictions: we need all measures unabated. Therefore: keep moving - it is vital!
1:05 p.m. - The Olympics in Tokyo, postponed due to the pandemic, are slated to open on July 23, 2021 and to run until August 8. According to the Japanese media, the International Olympic Committee, the city of Tokyo and the Japanese state have agreed on this date.
12.50 p.m. - The federal state of Bavaria is extending the exit restrictions by two weeks until April 19. "There is no time for a hasty exit or a debate about it," said Prime Minister Markus Söder in Munich. However, the measures would not be tightened any further.
12:36 - The United Nations fear the devastating economic and social consequences of the pandemic for developing countries. In Africa alone, half of all jobs could be lost due to the Corona crisis, warned Achim Steiner, head of the UNDP development program, according to a statement distributed in Geneva. The loss of revenue of all poor countries threatened to exceed $ 220 billion.
12.25 p.m. - The aid organization Adveniat fears that the pandemic in Latin America will be difficult. Adveniat Managing Director Michael Heinz said: "In Venezuela, Guatemala and other poor countries, more than half of the population are malnourished. They have nothing to counter an outbreak of the lung disease." In addition, the public health systems in many of the countries are ailing.
12.12 p.m. - Of the approximately 200,000 Germans stranded abroad, 175,000 are at home again. Please continue to be patient, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas wrote on Twitter. The federal government launched a return campaign two weeks ago to bring back German travelers from countries from which regular flights no longer exist. Especially in New Zealand, more than 10,000 Germans are still stuck because the government there has stopped all flights for the time being.
12:07 p.m. - The number of infected people in Iran has risen by around 3,200 to 41,500, according to the government. The number of virus deaths has increased by more than a hundred to 2757 within 24 hours, says a spokesman for the Ministry of Health.
12.02 p.m. - Bundesliga soccer club Borussia Dortmund has resumed training after a two-week break. Coach Lucien Favre welcomed the professionals back onto the pitch - however, the unit was only staggered in groups of two.
11.57 a.m. - CDU chief Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has warned that a debate about an end to the protective measures has already started. Corona still "has a firm grip on the world," she said, according to party circles at a board meeting. The country would only be on the right track if the number of infected people doubled to ten days. According to the Johns Hopkins University, this relevant size is currently 5.5 days.
11:48 - According to the government in Spain, 85,000 people are infected with the corona virus. This makes Spain the country with the third highest number of infections worldwide - after the USA and Italy. The number has risen by 6,400 since Sunday. 7,340 people died as a result of the virus - over 800 more than the previous day.
11:33 - Austria further tightened the measures to contain the virus. From Wednesday, all supermarket chains will be distributing protective masks at the entrance, which must then be worn, says Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
11:29 - The German economy will shrink because of the pandemic. In a special report, the so-called economies expect the gross domestic product to collapse by up to 5.4 percent. The expert council for assessing the overall economic development presented three scenarios in the report. They differ in how long the restrictive measures last and how quickly there is a recovery. A recession in the first half of the year is inevitable at best, the paper says.
11:18 pm - In India, tens of thousands of migrant workers are to be isolated in order to contain the pandemic. People walked out of cities to their home villages, often hundreds of miles away, after losing their income due to the curfew. This has created one of the largest mass migration in India's recent history and the risk of the virus spreading rapidly.
10:44 am - In China, the number of new infections has fallen for the fourth day in a row, according to official figures. There were 31 new cases on Sunday, after 45 on Saturday. According to the National Health Commission, almost all new illnesses have been identified in immigrants, only in one case has there been a virus transmission on site. There are 81,470 confirmed infected and 3304 deaths in mainland China.
10.40 am - The Colombian guerrilla group ELN has announced a temporary unilateral ceasefire due to the corona crisis. The background to the move is the request from UN Secretary-General António Guterres to end all hostilities worldwide due to the fight against the spread of the novel corona virus, said the Colombian-based government. The measure should apply from April 1st to April 30th.
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