Day: October 21, 2020

Infectious droplets (aerosols) float longer and further than previously thought

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An international research team has re-analysed the spread of tiny droplets. Result: Masks and distance are good, but not enoughAnyone who is infected and sneezes, coughs, speaks or even breathes leaves tiny droplets in the air – the so-called aerosols – which contain the virus. They float for a while and can travel greater distances by air currents. If they are inhaled, an infection can take place – according to current study. In order to break the chain of infection, we keep our distance and wear a mouth-nose protection. However,…

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UNO: Women do more housework and care work than men

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According to a UN report, during the CoV pandemic, women worldwide perform about three times as much unpaid domestic and care work as men. According to the report, men worked an average of 1.7 hours per day in the household or caring for relatives, but women did so for 4.2 hours. The difference is even greater in North Africa and West Asia, where women do seven times more unpaid work than men. According to the report, more unpaid work was done during the pandemic than before. “No country has achieved…

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UPDATE: Stricter mask obligation and new rules

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The infection figures have increased strongly in Austria in autumn. From 23 October new rules for handling the virus will apply. These include restrictions on persons at meetings as well as the wearing of a mouth and nose protector. The Austrian government is responding to the rising infection figures by tightening up measures. Events are mainly affected by this. Extra-professional meetings are to be limited to a maximum of six adults indoors and twelve outside. This applies everywhere – in restaurants, at yoga classes, in dance schools, at birthday parties…

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Netherlands: Almost 8,200 new corona infections

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The Hague. In the Netherlands, 8,182 new corona infections have been reported to the health authorities in 24 hours. That is 170 more than the day before and a new record, as the Institute for Health and Environment RIVM announced on Tuesday. The Netherlands is one of the countries in Europe most affected by the second wave of the corona pandemic. However, the curve of new infections is rising less rapidly, the RIVM announced. A total of 55,587 new infections were reported last week, 27 percent more than the previous…

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Corona traffic light: Further districts might be switched to red

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Almost 11,000 new cases in seven days. Eight percent of those tested positive. Yesterday, another 1,524 new corona infections were registered in Austria. In the past seven days, there were almost 11,000 new cases. The positivity rate (proportion of those tested positive) is already at almost eight percent. Hospitalization rates have also risen from 621 to 889 in the past seven days. The seven-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants was yesterday in Austria at 114. 50 is the value, starting from which the European Union traffic light switches a country on…

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