Day: October 8, 2020

Trumps “Remedy” against COVID 19 – Antibodies

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Two companies have filed for emergency approval in the US for antibody therapies, praised by US President Donald Trump. What is behind this? Trump announced a free COVID 19 cure. He stood in front of the Oval Office in the White House garden and spoke about a drug he took when he was caught by Corona virus. Every American should receive the same treatment as he did, said Trump. Free of charge. For this reason he will make sure that this and another drug is approved quickly. “They call this…

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Vocal casting “Starmania” could return to ORF in 2021

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In autumn 2002 the first Starmania season went on air. The format became one of the most successful shows the ORF ever broadcast and produced stars like Christina Stürmer or Conchita Wurst (at that time still under the name Thomas Neuwirth). After a total of four seasons, Starmania was discontinued in 2009 – but now it could make a surprising comeback. As the “Standard” reported on Thursday, the show could return in spring 2021 with a general overhaul. The show was conceived by the former ORF program developer Mischa Zickler.…

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Countries in Europe is fighting against the second wave

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Almost all countries in Europe have the same problem: record levels of new corona infections. The situation has become more acute in the Czech Republic and Poland. “It is possible that we are seeing more than 10,000 new cases per day and that the virus is spreading uncontrollably,” the head of the German Robert Koch Institute drew a worrying picture for Germany. There were 4000 new cases among our neighbors on Thursday – 1000 more than the day before. The measures: Anyone coming from a risk area within Germany (e.g.…

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Vaccines: Health Minister Rudolf Anschober sees progress after EU treaty

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After the EU Commission signed another contract with a pharmaceutical company, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) today emphasized the good progress in coronavirus vaccine research. “Each contract brings us a big step closer to our declared goal of providing a high-quality, safe and effective Covid 19 vaccine for the citizens of the European Union, and thus also for Austria,” he said. “The intention is to compile a vaccine portfolio, both at European and national level, that is suitable for broadly spreading the risks regarding delayed or missing market approval of…

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The best known five Austrians are all athletes

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The five best known Austrians are all athletes. This comes out from an inquiry of the industry magazine “Extradienst” under 23 Top Society journalists. David Alaba leads the popularity rating ahead of his soccer colleague Marko Arnautovic, ex-skier Marcel Hirscher, former Formula 1 pilot Gerhard Berger and Thomas Muster (tennis). In the four mixed rankings Alaba is number 1 in three of them. For the Bayern-Kicker also won the “overall ranking” (society factor) superior to opera singer Anna Netrebko and Hirscher. According to the survey, the national player from Vienna…

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EU reserves half a million additional doses of Remdesivir

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Brussels. The EU Commission has reserved 500,000 additional doses of the corona drug Remdesivir from the US pharmaceutical manufacturer Gilead. The 27 EU countries as well as Great Britain, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and six Balkan countries could now apply for the funds in Brussels, the authority explained on Wednesday. The drug under the brand name Veklury is to be used for accelerated recovery in severe corona disease. The antiviral preparation Remdesivir received conditional marketing authorization for the European Union in early July in a fast-track procedure. The European Medicines Agency…

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Over 1,200 new infections! Negative record reached

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Within 24 hours, 1,209 new infections were registered – more than ever before. On Thursday, a record number of 1,209 new SARS-CoV-2 infections were confirmed within 24 hours in Austria. It is also the third time this month that the increase is in the four-digit range, 1,058 were reported on Saturday, 1,028 on Wednesday yesterday. On average over the past seven days, there were thus 910 new infections daily. The number of deaths related to SARS-CoV-2 increased by eight to 838 persons. On Thursday there were also 9,930 actively ill…

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iPhone 12: Apple introduces new devices in October

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Apple announced its new event on October 13. Fans suspect that the new iPhone 12 will be presented then. There will also be different versions of it. However, it might be possible that not all versions will be available in October. The reason for this might be the Corona crisis. The iPhone 12 could be available soonNormally the big Apple event always takes place in September, but due to the Corona crisis it has been postponed. Now the new date is fixed: On October 13th Apple will start the event…

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Coronavirus shows: World is poorly prepared for global pandemic

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The world is poorly prepared for a global pandemic – according to UN Secretary General Guterres this is shown by the corona virus. The coronavirus pandemic has revealed inadequate health care systems, yawning gaps in social protection, major structural inequalities within and between countries and, above all, “how poorly the world is prepared for a global pandemic”. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres drew this conclusion in a dossier published on Wednesday. Coronavirus caused more than one million deathsWorldwide, the pandemic has so far claimed more than one million lives and…

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