1. Incidence rate up? A week ago....the rate was around 68 (per 100k). This morning, the new rate is set at 95. That magic moment it goes over 100? You'll probably get a fair amount of 'talking' by the political establishment.
2. There's chatter now (ARD news this morning) that while the eperdemic stage will expire on 25 November.....for the federal folks....several states are now discussing their own programs, and a number of protective measures will be signed by the states themselves.
3. About halfway between the Dutch border and Bremen....is the town of Cloppenburg. News this morning via ARD says that a major outbreak has occurred there....within a butcher enterprise. 65 employees infected there since the 4th of October.
4. About an hour's drive east of Hamburg is the town of Schwerin. ARD reports this morning that in a medical ward (for serious medical situations)....about ninety-percent of the patients in this one ward are identified with Covid.
5. Austria has implemented the 3G rule (immunized, recovered from Covid, or tested within past 24 hours) for regular working people. It means as you step into your work-place.....you have to show 3G in some way. If you aren't vaccinated....it means a daily test, or you prove you are recovered from Covid.
6. Current pricing for Covid 'quickie-tests' that you can buy at the German supermarket/grocery? Around 7.99 Euro for a box of five tests. I should note....they are all made in China. One particular brand (via Amazon) is offering the five-kit deal for around 4.50 Euro.
I should also note that self-kits for pregnancy (the ten test kit box) runs 3.99 Euro.
Originally, in mid-2020....these self-test kits were going for around 6 Euro per single kit....so the pricing has more or less collapsed....drifting down to around 1.30 to 1.40 Euro per kit. My humble guess is that most will be a single Euro per kit by early 2022.
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