Day: October 21, 2020

UPDATE! 21,385 active cases in Austria

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The number of active coronavirus cases in Austria (as of 14:00 today) is 21,385, according to the AGES dashboard, which recently replaced the dashboard of the Ministry of Health. This was accompanied by a leap in the number of people currently infected, as convalescents are registered more slowly in the new system. In addition, new cases are no longer assigned to the time of registration, but to the time of laboratory diagnosis, which may have taken place days before. This makes the curve of the epidemic more accurate, but changes…

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Slovakia: the only thing that might help is to “lock down the entire country”

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After a record increase of 2202 new corona infections within one day, the Slovakian head of government Igor Matovic no longer rules out a lockdown for his country. In order to prevent a similarly rapid increase in the number of cases as in the neighboring Czech Republic, the only thing that might help is to “lock down the entire country”. A decision on this should be made by the national corona crisis team convened for Thursday. A success of the mass tests planned by the government for all residents over…

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Spain first EU country with over one million corona cases

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Spain broke through the one million mark of corona infections on Wednesday. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1 005 295 people in the country of 47 million inhabitants have tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2 virus, the Ministry of Health announced in Madrid. That was 16,973 more than the day before, a new daily record. The health authorities in Germany, however, reported 7,595 new corona infections within 24 hours early on Wednesday morning. The figure of more than one million infections is the highest of all Western European countries and…

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EU COMMISSION DAMPS EXPECTATIONS “It will still take months to develop a vaccine”

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The Commission calls on citizens to continue to behave responsibly. According to the EU Commission, there is no quick solution in sight for the corona crisis through vaccination. “It will still take months before a vaccine is found and distributed,” said Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic on Wednesday in the European Parliament in Brussels. Nobody knows today when the pandemic will finally be over. He appealed to citizens to help contain the pandemic by their behaviour. “Nobody in Europe wants a second lockdown,” said Sefcovic. “Therefore I call on all European…

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Czech Republic goes to nationwide lockdown

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In the Czech Republic, similar rules as in spring will apply again from Thursday. Only grocery stores, drugstores and pharmacies are allowed to open. The number of infections had recently exploded. In view of the sharp rise in corona numbers, the Czech Republic is taking drastic measures that are tantamount to a nationwide lockdown. From Thursday morning onwards, almost all stores will have to close, as Health Minister Roman Prymula announced on Wednesday. Excluded are, among others, grocery stores, drugstores and pharmacies. In addition, exit restrictions will be imposed as…

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Anschober: “Antigen tests are now part of the test strategy”.

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“We have a testing strategy in Austria where we do not simply test into the masses,” said Health Minister Rudolf Anschober at a press conference on Wednesday. He said that clear priorities have always been set in controlling the pandemic corona situation: “The first group to be tested are people with symptoms. Starting tomorrow, it will be possible for doctors in private practice to take voluntary action in this process. This is an important reinforcement.” As before, in addition to patients with symptoms, special screening tests are still planned wherever…

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Corona measures massively tightened in large parts of Europe

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High infection rates make alarm bells ring. The second wave of the corona pandemic is rolling over Europe. Governments throughout Europe are again taking measures, some of them extremely restrictive, to get the second wave of the corona pandemic under control – and thus prevent another total lockdown. But this is exactly what Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s advisor is now proposing for Great Britain: “A three-week period of national and tightened restrictions with the right financial support will allow us to make a fresh start before winter,” said Jeremy Farrar.…

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British researchers want to infect volunteers with the coronavirus

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A British study will help develop antidotes and contain the pandemic. To improve research of corona infections, British scientists want to infect volunteers with the virus for the first time. As London’s Imperial College and cooperating institutions announced on Tuesday, the research program will show how high the viral load must be for people to contract the lung disease Covid-19. In this way, the program should contribute to “curbing the spread of the coronavirus, alleviating its consequences and reducing deaths”. The scientists want to find volunteers between the ages of…

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Russian corona vaccines in the twilight

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A second vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 has now been approved in Russia. However, important tests may have been skipped, just as with the first vaccine (“Sputnik V”). With “EpiVacCorona” and the first vaccine “Sputnik V”, the pandemic should be defeated, if President Vladimir Putin has his way. He plans to start soon with mass vaccinations of the Russian population. European experts think this is going too fast, important tests should simply not be skipped! “Healthy people are exposed to high risk”.“Of course, the vaccination could work very well, but perhaps not…

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