Good evening,


the emergency number 112 is already taught to kindergarten children.

It is short, concise and is remembered by most of the people even in moments of great panic.

The situation is different with the telephone number of the poison information center in Mainz, responsible for Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and the Saarland.

It is not short - not particularly memorable either.

But important: On the number 06131-19240, experts advise around the clock on what to do if symptoms of poisoning occur.


Marie Lisa Kehler

Deputy head of the regional section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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The number was dialed several times on Monday evening after seven people at the TU Darmstadt developed strong symptoms of intoxication. The police have now set up a special commission. The prosecution is investigating attempted murder. According to initial findings, chemical substances are said to have been added to food and water containers in several places. Our team of authors has compiled background information and news about the case for you.

The Frankfurt police are hoping for fewer crimes through video surveillance in the area of ​​the main guard. A completely new camera technology is used for this. The image can be zoomed in on the people up to a few meters. The video material is transmitted directly to the police headquarters. Seven officers share the task of evaluating the images around the clock and - should the cameras record a crime - reacting. It was not by chance that the main guard was chosen as a surveillance location, as Police President Gerhard Bereswill explains in an interview with the FAZ. The last 600 crimes per year were recorded here, including robbery and criminal offenses in the area of ​​bodily harm. Technology can do a lot, but cannot do everything. Where data protection applies and why also so-called "Super Recognizer",Our police reporter Katharina Iskandar writes about special officers who have the ability to recognize previously imprinted faces in large numbers.

Data protection is also a topic that is mentioned again and again in connection with the fight against the coronavirus. Because actually, in this exceptional situation, other rules should apply, at least claim critics. One of the arguments is that if it were possible to pass on the data from those people who are not vaccinated, these people could be informed more specifically. But how far would one still be from compulsory vaccination? Such questions call for an open debate - and this is currently being postponed until "after" the pandemic.

On the other hand, there is hardly any more debate about the federal government's plans to align the corona policy with the location of hospitals in the future. The state government considers this project to be sensible, but is still waiting to implement it until a proposal comes from Berlin, as a spokesman for the state chancellery announced in an interview with the FAZ. Instead of the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, the number of hospital admissions due to a corona infection should now be used as an orientation value. To put it into perspective: Last winter, twelve corona patients per 100,000 inhabitants came to the hospital within a week, it was 1.38 on Tuesday. Why it could take until September 10th before the "incidence of hospitalization" is officially applied, writes state policy correspondent Ewald Hetrodt.

In addition, Lufthansa is finally parting with the MD-11 +++ freighter, there will be a first tour of the German Romantic Museum on Thursday.

The FAZ looks back with head Anne Bohnenkamp and ahead +++ the federal party conference of the AfD may take place in the congress center in Wiesbaden.

Stay healthy,

Marie Lisa Kehler

The

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Mostly sun, it gets up to 23 degrees.

In the night to Thursday, however, clouds with a little rain at 15 degrees.

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Wednesday 25th August

Rosemarie Lück

(SPD), outgoing district member in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district (60);

Kerstin Lau

(Uffbasse), parliamentary group leader in the Darmstadt city council (50);

Nils Kößler

(CDU), parliamentary group leader in the Frankfurt city parliament (44);

Patrick Lange

, triathlete at the Darmstadt swimming and water sports club, two-time winner at the Ironman Hawaii (35).