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Germany passes 85,000 Covid-19 deaths
From CNN s Stephanie Halasz
A cremation technician brings a deceased person in a coffin labelled SARS-CoV-2 positive Corona for cremation at Giesen, Germany on April 28. Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance/Getty Images
Germany has passed 85,000 deaths from coronavirus, according to the Robert Koch Institut, the national agency for disease control and prevention.
In the past 24 hours, 283 deaths were added to the now overall toll of 85,112.
An additional 6,125 Covid-19 cases were recorded Tuesday, bringing the new total to 3,533,376.
The overall seven-day incidence rate though is going down, and it now stands at 115.4.
Vaccination in the country has picked up, with 32.8% of the population vaccinated at least once and 9.4% of the population fully vaccinated, according to the German Ministry of Health.
Broadway blockbusters Hamilton, The Lion King, and Wicked will open Sept. 14
From CNN’s Vanessa Yurkevich Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images
Three of Broadway’s biggest shows – Lion King, Hamilton, and Wicked – will open Sept. 14 after more than a year of being dark, the shows announced jointly Tuesday. Tickets went on sale today.
“It s kind of indescribable,” said L. Steven Taylor who plays Mufasa on Broadway. “Broadway coming back is really a community coming back and making New York really start to go,” he told ABC’s Good Morning America Tuesday, who first announced the news.
On Broadway alone, these three productions combined have employed nearly 1000 performers during their runs, with thousands more who have performed in these shows around the world, press representatives for the productions said in a joint press release following the GMA announcement.
South African President: Unequal access to Covid-19 immunization amounts to vaccine apartheid
From CNN s David McKenzie in Johannesburg
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 6. Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty images
Allowing millions of people to die in poorer countries while wealthy countries immunize their populations could amount to “vaccine apartheid,” according to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who also expressed his support for the proposal to waive patent rights for coronavirus shots.
“A situation in which the populations of advanced, rich countries are safely inoculated while millions in poorer countries die in the queue would be tantamount to vaccine apartheid,” Ramaphosa said in statement Monday.
AstraZeneca pledges $1 million in aid to India and other hard-hit communities
From CNN’s Sarah Dean
A health worker wearing personal protective equipment walks inside a banquet hall temporarily converted into a Covid-19 ward in New Delhi, India, on April 27. Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images
British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has pledged $1 million in humanitarian aid to India and other communities around the world hardest hit by the pandemic, a statement from the company said Tuesday.
“This includes directing $250,000 USD to Direct Relief to support their efforts in India, which includes the distribution of oxygen concentrators, medicines, other supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) to provide treatment and care for those with COVID-19,” the statement said. It did not specify where the rest of the pledged money would be directed.