Category: Corona

Welcome to my birthday party": on monday night, entertainer thomas gottschalk performed live in his 70. Birthday party – together with surprise guests like gunther jauch, barbara schoneberger, katharina witt and a golden shower of confetti.

"It’s all a u50 party," said gottschalk at the beginning of the show. "We must console ourselves with the fact that this will be a nostalgic event after all."But: "there is only one possibility, not to become 70."

"By a safe margin, but certainly full on the zwolf," ZDF announced the party in corona times. But it was visibly difficult for the participants to keep their distance – especially during the toast with champagne at midnight.

The federal government and the states regularly consult together on how to proceed in the corona crisis – also on thursday, chancellor angela merkel (CDU) and the minister-presidents of the states discussed the matter in a switching conference and made new arrangements.

Important for everything that is different from now on, what is coming and what is already valid: even if the federal government and the federal states agree on many points, there may be deviating regulations in individual federal states.

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The 63-year-old reacted aggressively in the town of nasipit in the south of the island nation when told to wear a face mask and attacked personnel with a sense, a police report said saturday. A police officer who tried to calm the man, who was apparently intoxicated, killed him.

President rodrigo duterte had said on wednesday that he was ordering the police and the military to push on anyone who made trouble. On friday, he defended this stance in a televised address. The public must recognize the seriousness of the situation, because anyone can fall ill with coronavirus, he said.

The main island of the philippines, luzon, has been in a state of emergency for 16 years. Marz is under a curfew, only the most urgent trips to the supermarket or to work are allowed. Many other provinces have imposed their own restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus. According to health authorities, nearly 3100 people nationwide have been infected with sars-cov-2, which can cause the lung disease covid-19. 144 people died.

In the corona crisis, demand for canned fish has risen significantly. In the first half of 2020, there have been a number of "extreme purchases," reported the chairman of the fish information center (FIZ), rene stahlhofen, in hamburg.

This was evident, for example, in purchases of canned fish, which had seen a surge in demand of up to 46 percent in the months of february and march. In the weeks that followed, customers also bought a lot of long-life fish products.

Catherine zucco of the environmental foundation WWF germany commented on this development: "the turn to canned fish in the corona crisis is understandable, but canned fish is also in crisis," the fisheries expert explained. "Tuna fishing has doubled since the 80s, which puts many stocks in danger." When buying fish, it is important to pay attention to species, origin and production method.

"Honestly, we have a problem seeing the logic behind taking a break now," NBA boss adam silver told TV station ESPN, according to the U.S. News agency AP. One is now in a situation that could have been expected for months. The coronavirus won’t just go away "and we have to learn to live with it. This is what we are currently experiencing in the league."

The NHL has extended its christmas break and suspended all team activities between the 22nd and 22nd of december. And 25. December prohibited, only on 26. December the 32 ice hockey teams were allowed to train or travel again. In the NBA, on the other hand, the games on the christmas holidays are among the most important in the schedule, since the games traditionally have high ratings. Only on 24. December the league has no games on the calendar.

The NBA informed the ten teams that will be playing on the 25. December should play that there may be postponements until the day before, if a game must be canceled because of corona. The most important three time slots are therefore the meetings at 20.30 o’clock and 23.00 o’clock german time on saturday as well as the game at 2.00 o’clock in the morning on sunday german time. So far, the boston celtics vs. The milwaukee bucks, the golden state warriors vs. The phoenix suns, and the brooklyn nets vs. The los angeles lakers are scheduled in order.