More than five million confirmed COVID 19 cases in Europe

In the EU and its most important European partner countries, more than five million people have now been proven to be infected with the coronavirus. To date, a total of 5,039,783 cases have been reported to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) from the European Economic Area plus Great Britain. This is about 130,000 more than the day before, according to a daily updated overview by the ECDC. By far the most cases were reported in Spain (974,449), France (910,277) and Great Britain (741,212). Italy (423,578), Germany…

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AGES: almost 20,000 active COVID 19 cases today

The number of active coronavirus cases in Austria (as of 14.00 today) is 19,910, according to the figures of the AGES dashboard, which recently replaced that of the Ministry of Health. This was accompanied by a leap in the number of those currently infected, as around 2,000 convalescents had not yet been registered in the new system. The difference now amounts to around 1,000 cases. In addition, new cases are no longer assigned to the registration date, but to the date of laboratory diagnosis, which may have taken place days…

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Majority of the population would take vaccine

Worldwide survey: On the recommendation of their government or employer, the majority of the world’s population would get vaccinated against Covid-19. London. Most people would get vaccinated against Covid-19 on the recommendation of their government or employer, according to a worldwide survey. 71.5 percent of the participants in the study stated that they would very likely or rather probably take a corona vaccine. 61.4 percent said they would accept a recommendation from their employer. In June, 13,000 people in 19 countries worldwide took part in the study of the Vaccine…

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Corona: Discussion about World Health Organization study – how deadly is Covid-19 really?

A study by the WHO has caused confusion: Is the mortality of people infected with corona much lower than assumed? A closer look at the figures reveals a misunderstanding. “New WHO study astonishes even experts – that’s how deadly the virus really is”: Headlines such as these could give the impression in recent days that the World Health Organization (WHO) now considers Covid-19 to be less dangerous. But this is a misconception. What is the study about?The current discussion is prompted by the initial research findings of the renowned epidemiologist…

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The EU-wide coronavirus traffic light has switched to red for Austria

Whole Austria is considered by the European Union health agency ECDC on the map to the infection situation in the European Union with the highest warning stage. ECDC had published on Thursday for the first time a map of Europe, on which regions are marked green, orange or red depending upon infection situation. Yesterday, Austria and Germany appeared grey at first because no data on the number of coronavirus tests carried out were available. A majority of the EU states had agreed on the traffic light map last Tuesday. On…

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Argentina records more than one million infections

The number of CoV cases in Argentina has risen to over one million. After seven months of relatively strict exit restrictions, 1,002,662 cases of infection with the virus have been registered in the South American country, the Ministry of Health in Buenos Aires announced yesterday. This puts Argentina in fifth place worldwide after the much more populous countries USA, India, Brazil and Russia. Argentina has almost 44.5 million inhabitants. So far, 26,716 patients have died in Argentina in connection with the disease Covid-19, which is caused by the coronavirus, the…

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More than 2,000 intensive care patients in France

Following the sharp increase in CoV cases in France, the number of people in intensive care units has also increased sharply. There are currently 2,090 intensive care beds for corona patients – 1,441 more than a week ago, the health authorities announced yesterday. In the past 24 hours, 146 people have died as a result of CoV disease, according to the data. Most recently, more than 2,000 people were treated in intensive care units in May. At the peak of the pandemic in April, more than 7,000 patients were in…

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First EU country imposes second lockdown

Restaurants and stores will be closed for six weeks from Wednesday. Ireland is the first EU country to return to the coronavirus lockdown. The country drastically tightens its measures in the fight against the corona pandemic. Next Wednesday the highest of five stages will come into force, the Irish government announced on Monday. Visitors from another households will no longer be allowed indoors, pubs and restaurants will only be allowed to offer food as a delivery service, but schools will remain open. The measures apply until December 1. Prime Minister…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz: vaccine would be available by the first half of 2021.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz continues to assume that a vaccination against the coronavirus will be available in the first half of 2021. “From today’s point of view, all this is possible in the first half of next year,” the Chancellor said. “I stand by my assessment: we should be able to return to normality by next summer,” the head of government told ZiB1 on Monday. At the same time he warned: “But until then it will still be a very, very hard autumn and winter. Kurz did not explicitly rule…

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