One of originally more than 100 pink ribbon ladies’ days has taken place at the bad kissingen golf club. It is a nationwide campaign that focuses on breast cancer and the chances of early detection of the disease, according to a press release from pink ribbon germany. Since the 1990s, the "pink ribbon" has been used to promote the fight against breast cancer used worldwide as a symbol for commitment against breast cancer.

In compliance with the safety conditions related to the corona pandemic, the golf course turned pink, as the participants of the pink ribbon ladies day entered the day of play dressed in pink or with pink accessories. Ursula lingstadt-dachrodt, ladies captain of the golf clus, said that 28 players had taken part in the tournament.

A project of the heart

Katharina muller of pink ribbon germany says: "this year many tournaments have already been cancelled due to the pandemic. This hits our organization very hard. The pink ribbon germany women’s day series has long become a heartfelt project. We get so much input and encouragement from our golf ladies every year that we are just thankful. We are happy that the decreasing number of infections allows us to relax the golf courses and to hold ladies’ days for our good cause under safe conditions. The reach we are achieving with this engagement in germany is invaluable to us and we are pleased to be able to reach women and their communities in this positive way."

In addition to the attention generated by the pink-ribbon-deutschland-damentag-series, the women raise funds for donations. The proceeds make the pink kids project possible – an initiative of pink ribbon germany in which young people whose mothers have or have had breast cancer help other young people in the same situation. Those who would also like to donate to projects of the pink ribbon germany campaign can do so on the campaign’s website.

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103 citizens are now healthy again. According to this, 42 people are currently infected with the virus. Four people have died so far as a result of the infectious disease covid-19. 124 burgers are in domestic isolation.

Anyone with flu-like symptoms who thinks they have contracted the coronavirus should contact their family doctor by phone. If the general practitioner classifies the patient as a suspected case, the physician reports the data to the district office. Those affected are then given an appointment for a swab (test).

With the expansion of emergency care in daycare centers and schools, the number of children there has increased significantly. Currently, 302 girls and boys are cared for in 55 daycare centers in the habberge district; this corresponds to about eight percent of the approximately 3,500 girls and boys who normally attend daycare centers, day nurseries or day care centers. Last week, 147 children took advantage of the program at 25 daycare centers, according to the district administration office. 93 students are currently being cared for at elementary and middle schools, and six students are being cared for at junior high and high schools. 21 girls and boys take advantage of the emergency care at the two call centers and at the lebenshilfe organization

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It was the first project of its kind in germany and new territory for the town of pottenstein and deutsche telekom: the "pottenstein burger network" for the broadband expansion of fast internet to every house in the 33 pottenstein villages. In the main town of pottenstein, or more precisely in the lower town, mayor stefan fruhbeiber (CWU/UWV) and his deputy roland lang (BU), together with representatives of the construction company and telekom, gave the go-ahead for the start of operations. As of now, the lower town and the suburb of puttlach are bookable with fast internet. The special thing about the burger network is that the city, and not the network operator, acts as the developer, who then also owns the fiber optic lines. After a call for tenders to find an operator, telekom made the best offer. The telecommunications company is now leasing the city’s lines for an initial period of twelve years. Total costs amount to around 11.5 million euros. Originally, the cost was expected to be around ten million euros. The main reason for the increase in costs is "the fact that pottenstein is stinking rich", says fruhbeiber – in the truest sense of the word: because some excavation work in the rocky subsoil required more time and therefore also led to more costs.

Unique demand

However, there is a unique requirement. Thanks to the federal broadband expansion program, pottenstein will receive 50 percent of the total costs as a subsidy. The so-called "farm program the free state of bavaria originally envisaged an additional lump-sum payment of 890.000 euros before. But fruhbeiber was able to negotiate cleverly. The state quadrupled its original demand, which is why the city itself now only has to raise around 2.2 million euros from its own funds. This corresponds to a subsidy rate of about 80 percent of the total costs. Negotiations on a higher demand took place at the ministry of home affairs in nurnberg. "I had almost taken up my second residence in nurnberg", smiles fruhbeiber. The investment will have paid for itself in around 40 years through the leasing of the pipeline network.

Corona crisis

Tree removals were also delayed by the corona crisis. When the borders were closed, neither workers from eastern europe nor materials came to the construction sites in pottenstein. Then there were also supply bottlenecks for materials. In pottenstein, 325 houses, corresponding to around 600 households, are now connected to the high-speed internet. Customers can book internet speeds of up to 250 megabits per second for downloads and up to 40 mbit/s for uploads, explains friedrich weinlein, telekom’s technical officer. "The new network is so powerful that working and studying at home, video conferencing, watching tv, surfing and streaming are all possible at the same time", adds enrico delfino, regional manager of telekom. However, there is no automatic changeover. Customers must book the tariff they want themselves with telekom. The remaining parts of the village are now to be connected as quickly as possible. In tuchersfeld, synergy effects are currently being exploited because the new water pipeline is being laid there. That is why there is no need for extra digging. Fruhbeiber expects high-speed internet to be available in the first quarter of 2021 in the locations that are still missing.

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In view of the corona crisis, the federal government sees a need for billions of protective masks. In order to become less dependent on china, the establishment and expansion of the production of medical protective equipment in germany should be pushed forward.

After a meeting of the corona cabinet in berlin on thursday, economics minister peter altmaier (CDU) said that germany would need several billion euros within months for all types of masks, from simple everyday masks to special masks for medical personnel. The demand will increase permanently and will remain high for a long time. Masks and other protective equipment are currently in short supply worldwide, prices have risen immensely.

German chancellor angela merkel (CDU) said global demand had multiplied. This was to be the case for a long time to come. 90 percent of protective equipment comes from asia. "And that’s why we have to get involved in this field."It is necessary to achieve a greater strategic independence, this must also happen in the association of the european union.

According to minister jens spahn (CDU), in the current corona situation, the healthcare sector alone is expected to require up to 450 million FFP-2 special masks per year. In addition, one billion surgical masks were used as mouth-nose protection. Protective equipment currently in short supply worldwide.

The federal government has therefore entered into a procurement and wants to use incentives to build up domestic mask production. A task force has been set up in the ministry of economics for this purpose. Altmaier said that a goal would be achieved if the percentage of existing production in asia could be visibly reduced. The ramp-up of in-house production will not happen at the push of a button, but it is not far off either.

Altmaier made it clear that a sufficient number of protective equipment is of crucial importance when it comes to restarting public life and the economy.

The federation of german industries (BDI) said that industry was helping and would continue to help. But for this the policy must help the companies. "The production of protective goods should be economical, otherwise medium-sized companies in particular are threatened with financial ruin," said iris ploger, member of the BDI executive board.

The industry is concerned that in recent weeks the federal government has gained far-reaching powers to intervene in the production, price and trade of corona protection products. "Efficient crisis coordination is crucial to ensuring that society and the economy in germany suffer as little damage as possible. However, it must not take the form of a planned economy."

According to a survey conducted by the german textile and fashion industry association, around 40 percent of companies had begun to manufacture protective equipment or simple everyday masks in recent weeks, or were planning to set up production of such products. But the companies had to be internationally competitive, for example when it came to energy-intensive production processes. Therefore, planned demand instruments for the production of certain nonwovens are important, as well as purchase guarantees.

Altmaier spoke of an industrial policy issue, which also applies to the production of pharmaceuticals. Together with france and the EU commission, it wants to examine how incentives can be created for companies. He referred to his initiative for the production of battery cells for electric cars in europe and germany – here, too, suppliers from asia have dominated the market so far.

Spahn reported that after an initial small-scale tender, more than 100 bids had been received that appeared to be eligible for award. This, he said, would involve initial deliveries by mid august. Contracts should run until the end of 2021 to provide planning certainty.

The federal government is expecting a further supply of protective equipment for medical personnel this week, with 40 million protective masks expected to arrive in germany. That is as much as in the two previous weeks together, spahn affirmed on thursday. Background is also a cooperation with lufthansa in a kind of "air bridge" for regular transport flights to china.

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Austria severely restricts public life because of an imminent overload of intensive care in the corona crisis.

Gastronomy and almost the entire range of cultural and leisure activities will be closed, and throughout the country people will only be allowed to leave their homes between 8 p.M. And 6 a.M. For certain purposes – but also for recreation outdoors. "From tuesday 3. November 0 o’clock, by the end of november there will be a second lockdown in austria," said chancellor sebastian kurz (ovp) on saturday in vienna.

Unlike the first so-called lockdown in spring, which provided for stricter curfews around the clock, this time retailers and most schools will remain open – "for the time being," as kurz stressed. Schoolchildren in high school and above and students learning at home. Professional sports events are the only ones allowed to take place, but only without spectators. Contact sports banned during leisure time. Visits to hospitals and nursing homes will be limited.

On sunday evening, the parliament’s main committee also approved the mabreakdowns. The order is valid until 30. November, the exit restriction must be re-approved by parliament every ten days. The opposition demanded that the conservative-green government provide detailed explanations of the individual measures.

"Our goal is to gradually reopen in december and return to a halay normal life," emphasized kurz. "It is necessary to take this step to prevent overloading of intensive care units."Just three weeks ago, the government in vienna had stressed that a second lockdown was not conceivable. "I can’t imagine that at all," health minister rudolf anschober (grune) had said on 11. October told the ORF radio station. "Thank god, we are still miles away from this."

Since then, however, the number of infections has increased almost fivefold. On friday, a record 5627 new infections were reported in the country of almost nine million inhabitants in one day; over the weekend, the number was slightly lower. In the past seven days, there has been an average of 321.3 new infections per 100.000 inhabitants, in the federal states of vorarlberg and tyrol even significantly more than 400 in each case.

"Most contagions take place among people who know each other, who like each other," emphasized kurz. He therefore called the nighttime curfew "a de facto ban on visiting". Specifically, leaving one’s "own private living space" between 8 p.M. And 6 a.M. For outdoor recreation, basic needs, care or familiar support, work and driving is allowed. Restaurants may still deliver during the period, but may no longer offer food for pickup.

In addition, the ordinance contains contact restrictions, according to which only people from two households are allowed to meet each other. This does not apply to one’s own house or apartment, as private living space in austria is strictly protected by the constitution. "There will be no such thing as the police starting to look into private homes," interior minister karl nehammer (ovp) stressed.

On the other hand, nehammer said, the police should carry out more stringent checks on the streets during the night-time restrictions, especially at the beginning. Legal experts, however, see possible problems with this, as they did with the corona provisions in the spring, which were subsequently overturned by the constitutional court in several points, for example because of inaccuracies in the ordinance.

Compensation for companies affected by the schliebung to be paid quickly. They receive up to 80 percent of their sales from the comparable period, one month of the previous year, with a maximum of 800.000 euro. The government estimates the total cost at around 1 billion euros.

According to the austrian government, the first visible effects of the measures on the incidence of infection are not expected for seven to 14 days. The real breakthrough will not come until a vaccine is available, said briefly. "I remain optimistic that we will be able to return to normality by the end of the summer at the latest."

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At least one and a half meters away, is an important corona rule. Many people have become much more distant from each other. They live alone in their four walls and have hardly any contact with other people.

"The number of people with almost no human contact in a coarse city is greater than you might think," says the head of the counseling and pastoral care department at the hamburg diaconal agency, stefan deutschmann. During the first phase of the corona pandemic, between mid-march and mid-may, hamburg's telephone helpline received 25 to 30 percent more calls than usual. "Many calls are an expression of people's deep loneliness," says deutschmann.

Nationwide, the approximately 100 telephone chaplaincy offices supported by the two mainstream churches have seen a similarly rough increase in voice contacts. In about 40 percent of the telephone calls, the main topic was the illnesses, uncertainties and changes caused by the pandemic.

16 percent of the conversations were about insecurity and fear, and 24 percent about loneliness, according to ulrike mai, spokeswoman for the telephone counselling service. In september of this year, the telephone counselling service continued to receive more calls than in the same month of the previous year, with 81,000. At that time there had been 75 000. In addition, many younger uber mail (total: 3428 / september 2019: 2812) and chat (2265 / september 2019: 1546) had reported.

Hamburg futurologist horst opaschowski warns of a dramatic increase in loneliness. "The pandemic threatens to become an epidemic of loneliness. Since the "stay-at-home"-more and more people in germany are living alone at home," opaschowski explains. In a representative survey, he found that the fear of loneliness is almost as widespread as the fear of old-age poverty. In mid march of this year, when the lockdown began in germany, 84 percent were of the opinion: "for many older people, contact poverty will be just as burdensome in the future as monetary poverty." In an earlier survey in january 2019, only 61 percent had agreed with this statement.

In a survey conducted by the forsa institute last may, 80 percent of respondents said they were particularly burdened by a lack of contact with family and friends. The consequences of the pandemic had put many people to a psychological stress test, explained the techniker krankenkasse (TK), which had commissioned the representative study. However, sick leave due to mental illness has been on the rise for years, said a TK spokeswoman.

Opaschowski draws attention to the long-term consequences in his new book "the semiglucky society. In the future society of long life, the greatest poverty in old age will be contact poverty, he predicts. More and more people living alone in old age. They had significantly fewer social contacts than in earlier years, missed their work colleagues and the recognition they received in their jobs, says opaschowski. The boundaries of loneliness, depression and mental illness are blurred, he said.

The german chamber of psychotherapists had already pointed out this danger in august. "In addition to depression and anxiety disorders, acute and post-traumatic stress disorders, alcohol and drug dependence, obsessive-compulsive disorders and psychoses may also increase," declared chamber president dietrich munz. The elderly are among the most severely affected groups. "For many people aged 75 and older, fear of infection often turns into mortal fear, and withdrawal into total isolation," says the chamber, citing the practical experience of psychotherapists. "In the end, they agonize with the expectation of dying alone because of corona."

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In the battle for the woman’s house, the corona crisis is coming back into focus with a vengeance on the home stretch.

Infections in the u.S. Are at a record high – and with corona traps in vice president mike pence’s immediate entourage, the virus is spreading to the top machetagen for the second time in just a few weeks. President donald trump, meanwhile, insists in his numerous campaign appearances that u.S. Will soon put the crisis behind it.

The president told his supporters in the state of new hampshire on sunday: "we’re getting the hang of it, we’ve got the vaccines, we’ve got it all. We’re getting our act together. Even without the vaccines, we’re turning the corner. It will pass."

At the same time, he pointed out that he himself had recovered from his covid-19 disease: "and do you know who got it? I!"Trump had been treated by a rough team of doctors with, among other things, a still experimental anti-body drug. Meanwhile, the number of corona deaths in the U.S. Surpassed the 225 mark on sunday.000. Last time about 83 animals were vaccinated per day.700 people tested positive.

Trump’s democratic challenger joe biden on sunday accused the president of capitulating to the coronavirus. Out of the question were remarks by trump’s chief of staff, mark meadows, indicating that the weibe house is currently relying on treatment for those who are sick rather than on mabab against the spread of the virus.

"We’re not going to control the pandemic," meadows said sunday in a live interview on the CNN news network. That’s because you’re dealing with a highly contagious virus like the flu, he argued. In the sometimes heated exchange with CNN anchor jake tapper, it was unclear whether meadows was trying to say that the corona outbreak is difficult to control – or whether the weibe haus doesn’t want to try at all. "What we’re going to have under control is the fact that we’re going to have vaccines, medications and other mitigation measures," trump’s chief of staff said.

The vaccines are meanwhile still in the test phase. U.S. Government experts believe that sufficient vaccine doses will not be available to all americans until the spring. Trump repeatedly claimed he believed it could be done faster.

Biden called meadows’ remarks an admission that trumps administration "has given up even trying to get the pandemic under control". The democrat candidate has made the corona crisis a central issue in his election campaign.

According to media reports, five of the vice president’s associates around pence have tested positive. Only the infection of his chief of staff, marc short, has been officially confirmed. The weibe haus did not want to give any information about the number of further cases, referring to data protection.

Under U.S. Centers for disease control (CDC) guidelines, pence actually had to go into quarantine for two weeks, even though his own test came back negative. But instead, he wants to make campaign appearances in the coming days as planned. The white house points out that pence, as vice president, is one of the "essential employees" for whom there are exceptions to the rules. On monday he plans to fly to the state of minnesota.

Trump, meanwhile, will travel to the state of pennsylvania, where biden is leading according to polls, for three appearances on monday. Pennsylvania could decide the election. 270 votes from voters are needed for victory. These vote according to the result in the individual states. Pennsylvania is among the most electorally important states with 20 electoral votes.

Biden, in a show of confidence, announced an appearance tuesday in georgia, a state the democrats have not won since 1992. Trump, meanwhile, flies to nevada.

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