Month: August 2020

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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73 new infections in Austria; two new deaths

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The trend on Monday continues: the new infections are again lower than the remaining days.From Sunday to Monday 73 new corona cases were added in Austria. Similar to previous weeks, the number of new infections on Monday is again lower than the days before. In addition to the 73 new cases, 87 new convalescents and also two deaths have been reported. In total, 22,106 people in Austria tested positive for Covid-19, and there are currently 1,373 infected persons. As in the last few days, the front-runner among the new infections…

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Figures are falling again: 273 people in Austria recovered from coronavirus

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Currently there are 1434 people in Austria who are tested positive. This is the first significant decrease in the number of infected people in weeks.After the number of people infected with the coronavirus in Austria has been rising steadily recently, there is now a significant decrease for the first time in weeks. 1463 people are currently tested positive – 170 fewer than on Monday. 273 people are considered to have recovered, 104 new cases were added from Monday to Tuesday. A comparable decrease in the number of cases was last…

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Number of new corona infections again in double figures

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After the highest number of new infections in weeks, 175, had been registered the day before, the numbers slipped back into the double-digit range on Saturday. In the past 24 hours, 82 new infections with SARS-CoV-2 were reported throughout Austria, according to the Ministry of the Interior (as of 9:30 a.m.). More than half of them, 42, affected Vienna. 21 cases were reported in Lower Austria, 17 in Upper Austria, eight in Styria, three each in Salzburg and Vorarlberg and two in Carinthia. No new infections were recorded in Burgenland.…

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