Month: September 2020

New Corona Study: Railway Drivers do not bear greater COVID 19 risk

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According to a study by the Berlin Charité hospital, rail drivers are not exposed to any increased risk. An examination of 600 train attendants with regular customer contact in IC and ICE trains of the German Railways showed that they do not bear a greater Covid risk than their colleagues who work as train drivers or in the workshop. This was announced by the Berlin Charité and Deutsche Bahn on Wednesday. Antibodies were detected slightly less frequently in train conductors in long-distance traffic than in employees without customer contact. “We…

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Tension before the switching of Corona traffic light on Friday

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Four cities have been on yellow for almost a week. This could change on Friday – concerns are growing due to new clusters. It will be exciting. On today’s Thursday, the commission that discusses the switching of the so-called Corona traffic lights meets again. On Friday the current traffic light switching including recommendations will be published. Green, yellow, orange, red – these are the possibilities. Currently, four cities in Austria are switched to yellow. The mayors of Vienna, Linz and Graz as well as Kufstein in Tyrol were the first…

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UPDATE: 502 new infections in just one day

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Wednesday, 09. September 2020 – More than half of the new cases were again reported in Vienna. After the record increase on Tuesday, more than 500 new infections were again reported in Austria on Wednesday. Within 24 hours there were exactly 502 new cases, more than half of them in Vienna alone. This means that 4,072 people are currently infected throughout Austria. So far, there have been 30,583 positive test results in Austria. As of today (09 September 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 747 people throughout Austria have died as a result…

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Patient falls ill: AstraZeneca stops testing vaccine

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9 September 2020 – The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has stopped the clinical trial of its CoV vaccine as a precaution after one of the participants experienced health problems. This is a routine measure for such cases, the British company announced in the night to today. “In large test series, diseases occur randomly, but must be investigated by an independent party to verify this thoroughly. AstraZeneca will speed up the investigation so that the approval process for the vaccine is delayed as little as possible, the company said. The ultimate goal…

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40 new cases: Vienna remains a hotspot

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▶ The number of new infections is rising throughout Austria▶ On the trail of the clusters: Almost all Austrian states affected▶ Seven positively tested in the UN Atomic Energy Agency No good news from the Corona front! On Tuesday, 520 new cases were reported throughout Austria – as many as last reported on March 31 during the lockdown. The problem child is and remains the federal capital. In Vienna, 340 new infections were fed into the reporting system in a 24-hour comparison. The crisis management of Vienna however said that…

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CORONA-BONUS COMES: 360 Euro per child will receive this week

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The Federal Government will send this week the Corona bonus for families of 360 euro per child, announced in June on a government conference. According to the information, this is a total of 678 million euros for the approximately 1.824 million children for whom family allowance is received. The automatic payment will be made in the next two days, said Family Minister Christine Aschbacher and Finance Minister Gernot Blümel (both ÖVP) at a press conference on Tuesday.The 360 euros per child will be indexed like the family allowance. This means…

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520 new infections in Austria with 340 cases from Vienna

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The number of new coronavirus infections registered throughout Austria on Tuesday was 520 within the past 24 hours, according to reports from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health. In the last two days, the number of new infections reported from Vienna was comparatively low with 64 cases on Sunday and 75 on Monday – but overall they are increasing. In the past seven days, 159 persons per day tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, whereas the week before, according to the Vienna Crisis Committee, the average was 127.…

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State takes over costs: Corona vaccination free of charge for all Austrians

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Fast and affordable: The manufacturers of Covid vaccines are competing for the market. As reported, the first doses of a Covid vaccine are to be produced for 2.50 euros at the end of the year. Country- and dealer-specific surcharges are possible – but not in Austria. Here, the federal government will take over the costs. “Everyone who wants to be vaccinated will have the opportunity. The vaccine will be given to the Austrians free of charge”, Austria`s leading daily “Kronen Zeitung” reports on Tuesday. According to the newspaper, the good…

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Already 20 suspected corona cases on the first day of school

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The eagerly awaited first day at school went surprisingly well. Almost all teachers and students were able to attend, there is a certain routine. Except for minor breakdowns (occasional queues without baby elephant distance, too many children coming at the same time, etc.) everything went smoothly. The facts: In Vienna, 15 suspected cases of corona among teachers and students have been reported so far, in Burgenland five. Lower Austria did not want to give away any numbers. All those affected contacted their school in advance and stayed at home. One…

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