Day: August 27, 2020

Update – Again 328 new Corona infections throughout Austria

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Thursday, 27 August 2020 – Most of the new cases were again registered in Vienna. Again, more than 300 new infections with the coronavirus have been reported in Austria. Within 24 hours 328 Covid-19 cases were added. Thus there were 3,311 active cases throughout Austria on Thursday morning, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health. 145 people are in hospital, 24 of them in intensive care units. Most new infections were again in Vienna with 130. Upper Austria recorded 60 additional cases, Tyrol…

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Coronavirus: Austria wants vaccine for eight million people

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The pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca has guaranteed Austria six million doses. EU negotiates with other companies. Vaccine for eight million inhabitants – that is the goal of the Austrian Ministry of Health, once a vaccine is available. However, it cannot go it alone, because the European Commission is negotiating preliminary contracts with manufacturers for all 27 EU countries. So far, AstraZeneca has signed a contract for 300 million doses plus another 100 million optional. Europe concludes preliminary agreements togetherAccording to the Ministry of Health, the EU member states, together with the…

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How the Corona Traffic Lights work in Austria

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Vienna. Today the Corona traffic light is scheduled to start its trial operation. The criteria and measures, how the lights would be implemented are still disputed between experts from the Ministry of Health and the federal states.Today, however, the Corona Commission must decide when the traffic light will be switched to yellow. In addition to new infection rates, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober wants to include the number of tests, contact tracing and the number of intensive care beds in the criteria. However, individual countries complain that there is no nationwide…

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According to virologists: Vienna is already in the middle of a second wave

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According to virologist Christoph Wenisch, the Austrian capital is already in its second corona wave. The number of new infections in Vienna continues to rise. In the last 24 hours there have been 178 new cases in the capital city. As of Wednesday, 7,374 positive tests have been confirmed in Vienna so far, 5,557 people have recovered. And also the number of active corona patients is growing daily. Meanwhile there are 3,155 active cases in all of Austria. However, there is still (officially) no talk of a second wave. At…

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