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+++ New federal lockdown law +++ Reserve hospital ready +++ British variant +++ The stats +++
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- Every weekday at 11am come to the Berliner Zeitung English Edition for the corona/Covid-19 news at a glance.
The latest corona stats for Berlin (tallied Monday, 12 April)
Berliners vaccinated with one vaccine dose:
14.64 per cent (14.38 Sunday)
New cases in one day:
+539 (+493 Sunday)
3,127 (+4 over Sunday) R number: Share of Berlin ICUs occupied by Covid-19 patients:
26.3
Chancellor Angela Merkel s cabinet Tuesday approved draft legislation
to change the country s infectious disease law to end regional differences in lockdowns. To get the amendment swiftly passed in both houses of parliament, the chancellor will now need the help of opposition politicians since an expedited procedure requires a 2/3 majority. However, representatives of both Die Grüne (Greens) and the business-friendly FDP ha