Day: June 22, 2020

Unstable Corona situation in Austria

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Although the situation in Austria is still stable, a slight increase and the formation of clusters mean that the situation is not quite as relaxed at present. While record growth rates are being recorded internationally in the spread of the corona pandemic – North and South America are currently the most affected countries – Austria still has only a few hundred people affected. Nevertheless, Health Minister Rudi Anschober on Monday urges caution: “In Austria the situation is stable as it has been for weeks, but now a little more unsettled.…

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Experts continue to advocate the wearing of mask

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There were 454 active Covid-19 infections in Austria on Sunday. The virus is still present, even though there are more and more relaxations. In supermarkets the wearing of a mouth and nose protector is no longer mandatory. Several experts continued to advocate the mask in the ORF programme “Im Zentrum” on Sunday evening. It is “an effective means of containment”, but is underestimated as much as washing hands, said environmental physician Hans-Peter Hutter. Wearing the mask not only protects the “I”, but to the same extent the “we”, emphasized the…

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WHO reports record number of new corona cases

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The World Health Organization (WHO) registered 183,020 new infections with the coronavirus on Sunday. This was the highest increase ever recorded within 24 hours. 116,000 of these new cases, or 63.4 percent, were in North and South America. According to the WHO, there have so far been over 8.7 million registered infections and over 461,000 deaths worldwide. Brazil has been particularly  hit by the coronavirus. According to official corona virus-related data, the country has recorded more than one million cases and more than 50,000 deaths. According to the Ministry of…

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