Coronavirus News & COVID-19 Global Updates

Number of corona infected over two million

Washington – Johns Hopkins University reports that the number of infections worldwide with the novel coronavirus has exceeded the two million mark, according to data from the US college in Baltimore on

April 18, 2020

Health·News

The pandemic leaves clear traces in mortality statistics

How many lives does the flu, the summer heat or Covid-19 take in Switzerland? The Federal Statistical Office’s mortality monitoring provides the answers. Currently more deaths than a severe flu episode Range

April 18, 2020

Health·News

Coronavirus in South Korea: The Art of Hyperbole

South Korea has a surprisingly good grip on the corona crisis – even without a strict lockdown policy, as in many European countries. Why is that? Seven weeks later, psychologist Whang Sang-min

April 18, 2020

Government and Politics·News

Corona – World Food Program facing a difficult task

The pandemic makes everything more complicated: David Beasley, head of the UN World Food Program, speaks about help for the poorest in times of social distance. The United Nations World Food Program

April 17, 2020

Government and Politics·News

Army chief Thomas Sussli in an interview on the Corona military operation

As soon as he was in office, he had to trigger the greatest serious effort since the Second World War. Soon Thomas Sussli will send the first soldiers home again. In the

April 17, 2020

News

The corona virus is a test of patience for gastronomy

Restaurants, bars, and pubs are among the companies hardest hit by the corona crisis. It is still uncertain when they will be allowed to resume business – and how many of them

April 17, 2020

News

We are not defeating the pandemic with socialism

First, the infections increased exponentially, then the state’s faith grew absurdly. More and more billion-dollar aid, more and more political promises. It is time to reflect on your responsibility. In the crisis,

April 17, 2020

News

Jens Spahn: Breakout has become manageable

The measures taken so far against the corona pandemic in Germany have been successful, according to the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn. “As of today, the outbreak has become manageable and

April 17, 2020

News

Corona crisis – time for protest

The pandemic is particularly hard on women worldwide – as nurses, in education, in public spaces. Feminism is more necessary than ever. The pandemic is a time-waster when it comes to women’s

April 17, 2020

Government and Politics·News

Education policy and corona: lousy crisis managers – politics

The summer vacation cancel, seriously? If politics can’t think of anything better, the virus has already won. This crisis shows once again that the needs of children have little weight in Germany,

April 17, 2020

Government and Politics·News