1. Dead: 266 (Focus numbers) Infected: 43,071 (Focus numbers). NRW still leads with deaths (82) and infections (10,872). The eastern states of Germany? Still at a very low rate for deaths and infections.
2. The Minister of the Interior has ordered that the border is closed to asylum seekers. So you attempt to approach the border and claim asylum.....you will be turned back to the European country that you approached from.
3. Spain and the failed test results (9000). Spain was one of those countries who got defective kits from China. So far, the accuracy rate is around 30-percent.
4. Five German states have now accepted around 45 to 50 Italian patients with the Coronavirus. Most are in the eastern region of Germany where the infected rate has not taken off.
5. The Berlin death rate from the virus? .2-percent, which is awful low and probably begs questions.
6. Explaining to a non-German how the home-quarantine program works if 'positive': You call your doctor about possible symptoms and he asks questions. Then he refers you to a central area that does the test. The test comes back positive.....he gives you a slip for 14 days of house rest. You only go to a hospital unit if you fit into the general profile: on blood pressure medication, having diabetes, frail and over the age of 65, heavy smoker, COPD, asthma sufferer, or having liver issues. The vast majority of positives....stay home (probably 85-to-90 percent). Hospital space is for serious cases only.
7. The ban on public contact is being taken into court (NRW). A German guy says he has the right to meet friends. Might make for an interesting debate (legally).
8. Fight broke out in a Frankfurt 'drug-store' yesterday....over toilet paper. Customer was perceiving that they weren't going to be allowed their toilet paper, and they assaulted the clerk of the store. Cops called. Charges being investigated.
9. Some perceived shortages on masks and gowns within Hessen. It's not to the 'real' problem yet but the logistical line is not that great.
10. The Becks beer company is helping out by producing plain raw alcohol for the disinfectant folks. Around 500k liters pumped so far....free for the medical folks.
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