Dead in vaccine study received placebo

A participant in the test series of the British University of Oxford for a vaccine against the coronavirus has died. However, the man was allegedly not given the potential serum during the tests in Brazil, but only a placebo, as reported by Brazilian media yesterday (local time). The university said that a review by independent experts had concluded that there were no safety issues and that the tests could be continued. According to media reports, the deceased was a 28-year-old doctor who had been active in the fight against the…

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More than 11,000 new infections in Germany

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the number of new coronavirus infections in Germany has risen to more than 10,000 registered cases within one day. As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced this morning, 11,287 new cases of infection were recorded the day before. The number of deaths reported in connection with the virus rose by 30 to 9,905. The previous record was 7,830 infections within one day and was reported by the health authorities on Friday. hp, Source: orf.at. Picture: stockilyapp.com

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Germany imposes travel warning completely over Austria

For Vienna, Vorarlberg and Tirol Germany already expressed weeks ago a travel warning. If today at 9:00 o’clock the Robert cook Institut will publish a list with the new risk areas, probably further domestic Lands of the Federal Republic will be added. Namely all except Kärnten, which is to be observed for the time being. This is reported by the Salzburger Nachrichten. Into force the travel warning is to step starting from Saturday midnight. The Foreign Ministry is said to have been informed about it by the German Foreign Office…

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