Day: August 12, 2020

65,000 corona tests carried out in tourism sector

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Within the framework of the state-funded Corona test programme for tourism businesses, a good 65,000 tests have been carried out so far, and 2,256 businesses have taken part in the programme, the Ministry of Tourism announced on Wednesday. In the future, the number of tests will be published every week on the platform www.sichere-gastfreundschaft.at/beherbergung. Since July, the Federal Government has been promoting corona tests in tourism businesses with a maximum of 85 euros per test – every employee can have himself examined once a week. Up to 150 million euros…

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Health Minister Anschober: Putin’s vaccine is not for Austria

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Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) has clearly rejected the use of the world’s first approved corona vaccine presented by Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week. “For the EU and thus for Austria an insufficiently tested vaccine is out of the question”, the Minister said in a statement on Wednesday. There are clear rules for testing vaccines – and these must also be adhered to “100 per cent” in the case of a vaccine against the coronavirus, the Ministry of Health reacted to the current debate on the approval of…

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Report: Assad fell into a state of weakness while speaking in Parliament

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Syria’s head of state Bashar al-Assad apparently suffered a fit of weakness during a speech to the newly composed parliament in Damascus. According to “Spiegel Online”, which refers to Syrian state television, Assad had to interrupt his speech for a few minutes due to “low blood pressure”. He was able to continue speaking normally. The news of the attack of weakness was also broadcast on the official Twitter channel of the presidency, along with a photo that Assad apparently showed during his speech to parliamentarians. Parliament in Syria is not…

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Robert Koch Institute: Corona vaccine possible in autumn 2020

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The experts of the German Institute also point out the necessary planning of administration prior to approval.The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) considers the use of a vaccine against the coronavirus in autumn to be possible. “Preliminary forecasts make the availability of one (possibly several) vaccine by autumn 2020 seem possible,” says a publication by the German authority published on Wednesday entitled “The pandemic in Germany in the next few months”. At the same time, however, the publication warns that it would be dangerous at this point in time to trust…

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27% consider coronavirus to be less dangerous than influenza

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According to a new online survey, three percent of the population also believe that alcohol and nicotine protect against coronavirus and 16 percent see the crisis as an excuse to restrict people’s freedom. Vienna. A considerable part of the population has a different opinion from the scientific assessment of the danger of the corona pandemic, according to the results of an online survey by “Marketagent” (sample: 501 people). According to this, 27 percent do not consider the corona virus to be “worse” than a normal flu. 16 percent see the…

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Aerosol Research: Scientists find infectious corona viruses in the air for the first time

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Aerosols have long been considered a dangerous carrier of the coronavirus. Researchers now hope to have detected complete live viruses on the tiny suspended particles for the first time.Those who do not want to be infected with the corona virus should wear a mask and keep their distance. This measure is not only recommended by virologists, but has now been prescribed by authorities in Germany. Anyone who does not adhere to it is committing an administrative offence. The corona rules exist because only a few weeks after the outbreak in…

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FPÖ Vienna: No fear of Heinz-Christian Strache

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The FPÖ presented its candidates for the Vienna elections in October. There were no surprises. As the last of the parties represented in the municipal council, the FPÖ now also presented its team of candidates for the Vienna elections on 11 October. The Blue Party is not interested in lateral entrants. The national list is characterised by “reliability, consistency and experience”, explained top candidate Dominik Nepp at a press conference. Thus, the top positions on the list are almost exclusively occupied by people who are already represented in the provincial…

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Austrian Health Minister Anschober on corona vaccination: Quality and safety come first

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The regulations for the testing of vaccines must also be complied with 100 percent in the case of coronavirus. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober emphasized this with regard to the approval of a Russian vaccine. “An insufficiently tested vaccine is out of the question for the EU and thus for Austria,” he assured in a mailing.“Quality and safety” is therefore the priority. Currently, applications for approvals for coronavirus vaccines can be processed more quickly at the European Medicines Agency EMA. This does not mean that less data on the safety and…

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“Sputnik V”, Russia approved the first corona vaccine

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With “Sputnik V”, Russia has approved the first corona vaccine worldwide. The final safety test was apparently simply skipped. While health experts from all over the world do not expect a vaccine until the end of 2020 at the earliest, Russia announced already at the end of July that it might possibly approve a vaccine as early as mid-August. On 11 August, President Vladimir Putin announced on state television that the time had come. The Russian health authority was the first in the world to approve a vaccine against the…

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