Month: September 2020

Coronavirus: First hospital overcrowded

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Austrian newspaper “Österreich” reports that The Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital in Vienna is Austria’s leading corona clinic – is now overcrowded. The rising corona numbers are already leading to the first consequences in Vienna’s hospitals. The leading corona clinic, the SMZ Süd (Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital) is fully occupied. Currently there is no room for further Covid-19 intensive care patients there. The new infection cases must now be transferred to other hospitals such as the Floridsdorf Clinic, Favoriten or the AKH. 34 patients are currently in intensive care in Vienna, a total of 171 patients are…

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Trafficker report: Corona slows down illegal entry

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The Corona crisis has temporarily reduced the number of illegal immigrants. Since July, however, their number has been rising again, said Minister of the Interior Karl Nehammer on the occasion of the publication of the 2019 Management Report on Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings. Currently, there is a higher migration pressure towards Austria. Nehammer wants to use drones in particular to monitor the borders. While in July and August 2019 there were 3,590 apprehensions, this year there were 4,390, an increase of more than 20 percent. “We will therefore…

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These corona rules are valid starting Monday, 21 September 2020

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Already on Thursday the leaders of the Federal government informed the Austrian population about the new measures. In order to prevent a second lockdown, they were necessary. “We know that infections mainly occur indoors, in private contact. What makes people happy is often the site of contagions. Social contacts must now be further restricted throughout Austria,” said Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. On Friday evening the “change of the COVID 19 relaxation regulation” was published. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober thus presented the legal basis for the restrictions, which will come into…

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Due to abrupt increase of COVID cases: England faces new lockdown

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Next country locks up: The lockdown in Great Britain will last two weeks. London. After Israel, which has been in lockdown since Friday, now comes Great Britain: 42,000 corona deaths, 381,614 cases, most recently 3,395 new infections per day – because of the dramatically worsening corona situation in Great Britain, the entire country could be locked up as early as October. Top researchers recommended this to the government in order to get a grip on the rapidly increasing numbers, according to the Financial Times. Vacations. The two-week lockdown is to…

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EU secures corona vaccine from Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline

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The pharmaceutical companies Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have reached a contractual agreement with the EU Commission on the supply of a potential corona vaccine. The agreement for the delivery of up to 300 million doses was sealed on Friday, Sanofi announced in Paris. The prerequisite is that the vaccine will also receive approval after the ongoing clinical trial phase. The approval could therefore “be filed in the first half of 2021”. The purchase price was not disclosed. Previously, the French Sanofi Group and the British GSK had announced that a…

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TikTok lock: No more downloads in the USA after Sunday

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App can neither be downloaded nor updated. The new deadline for a deal is November 12. For the China app WeChat in the USA it is finally over. The Videoplattorm TikTok has concerns about the security of user data.The government of US President Donald Trump is increasing pressure in the struggle for the future of the popular video app Tiktok. On Sunday APP stores in the USA will delete Tiktok, the US Department of Commerce announced on Friday. This will be effective for users starting Monday, a high-ranking government official…

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Again 808 new infections in Austria

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18 September, 8.30 AM – The number of new infections in only 24 hours has again risen enormously throughout Austria. 808 new infections with SARS-CoV-2 have been reported in Austria in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is clearly on the rise – at 7,447, this figure has increased by 1,253 within three days. Hospitalizations are also increasing. On Friday there were 334 patients in hospital nationwide. That was 15 more than the day before. Intensive care was required for 62 patients, seven more than on Thursday.…

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455 corona cases in Austrian schools

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Almost 200 positively tested students in Vienna alone. And there were also around 3,600 suspected cases. At the schools, there were 455 corona cases in the first two weeks of the school year. This was announced by the Ministry of Education in a mailing on Friday. 372 of these cases concerned students, 58 teachers and 25 administrative staff. In addition, there were about 3,600 suspected cases. The most confirmed infections were in Vienna, where 198 students, 15 teachers and 17 administrative staff members tested positive. This was followed by Upper…

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Corona tests soon also at your family doctor?

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18,854 tests have been carried out in Austria in the last 24 hours – bringing the total number to 1,413,965. However: With the 1450 hotline it sometimes takes two to three days to carry out a corona test in a suspected case. In view of this long waiting period, members of the Health Minister’s Expert Council in the Ö1 Morgenjournal demanded that General Practiotioners should also be allowed to offer free corona tests. The Medical Association and the Ministry are basically positive about the proposal. In the Ö1 Mittagsjournal, Medical…

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