Day: October 25, 2020

Over 52,000 new cases registered in France

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The number of new coronavirus infections registered in one day in France today exceeded the 50,000 mark for the first time. A total of 52,010 people were diagnosed with a coronavirus infection within 24 hours, according to the health authorities of the country, which has a population of around 67 million, announced this evening. Since yesterday, 116 new deaths have also been reported. Over 20,000 new cases in ItalyAlso in Italy (60.4 million inhabitants), the competent authorities today reported a further increase in new CoV infections. According to this, 21,273…

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Corona Explosion throughout Europe

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The number of infections is skyrocketing throughout Europe. More and more countries are going back into the partial lockdown. The coronavirus is currently spreading rapidly in Austria: With 3,614 new SARS-CoV-2 infections within 24 hours in Austria, the number of active cases in Austria rose to over 20,000 for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic. On Sunday, another 2,782 infections were added, a record for a Sunday. This means that there are already 21,974 actively infected persons. The number of hospitalized patients is also rising sharply. Nevertheless,…

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Expert: Vaccine not earlier than July 2021

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Franz Allerberger, head of the “Public Health” department of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), is less optimistic about a vaccine against the coronavirus than Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens). He expects a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in July 2021 at the earliest, he said in the Ö3 program “Frühstück bei mir” today. Allerberger also does not believe that a specific drug is on the way. However, the AGES expert does not see any reason for concern: “It is a much more harmless disease than we feared ten months…

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AGES: Over 30,000 active cases

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The number of active coronavirus cases in Austria (as of 14:00 today) is 30,290, 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 people currently infected, as convalescents are registered more slowly in the new system. More than two million testsIn addition, new cases are no longer assigned to the registration date, but to the date of laboratory diagnosis, which may have taken place days before. This makes the curve of the…

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High COVID 19 infection rates in Hungary, Croatia and Slovakia

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Hungary has reported a new negative record in the number of new infections with the coronavirus. Within one day 3,149 new coronavirus cases were registered, the official statistics said today. One day before, the number of cases was 1,820. With the new record, the number of identified SARS-CoV-2 cases increased to a total of 59,247 and the number of victims to 1,425, as 35 people died of or with a coronavirus infection within one day. A total of 16,242 people were considered cured. In the hospitals, 2,449 patients were treated,…

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Appeals of the state leadership before the national holiday

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In view of tomorrow’s national holiday, the head of state of Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen appealed downwards to comply with the coronavirus rules. Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) called for further measures if the increase in the number of infected persons was not to be slowed down. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) appealed to reduce contacts during school vacations and to refrain from Halloween parties. Van der Bellen asked in a letter circulated in the media for understanding not to be able to celebrate the national holiday as…

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FORECASTS: When we can expect a corona vaccine

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Still this year or not until mid 2021? These are the experts’ forecasts. About 180 vaccine candidates are being developed against the new coronavirus worldwide, some of which are already being tested in large-scale Phase III studies. But when can we expect a vaccination? The experts’ forecasts are quite different. Vaccination already in December?According to Markus Zeitlinger, Head of the University Clinic for Clinical Pharmacology at MedUni Vienna, approvals for the first vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Europe could well be granted in December or January. If this is…

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THE CURRENT CORONA NUMBERS: 2,782 new infections on Sunday!

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14 people have died in the last 24 hours After the record increase with more than 3,000 new infections on Saturday, corona numbers remain high. A further 2,782 new cases were reported on Sunday. However, fewer tests are usually performed over the weekend. As of today (October 25, 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 979 people throughout Austria have died as a result of the corona virus and 57,858 have recovered. At present, 1,225 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the corona virus and 174 of these are in intensive care. The…

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Winter time is back

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In the midst of the Corona crisis, summer time in Europe came to an end on Sunday. At 3.00 o’clock the hands were turned back one hour. How the time changeover in the EU will continue is still completely unclear. The ball is still in the court of the EU Council of Ministers, which last discussed the abolition of the twice-yearly time changeover in June 2019. The process was kicked off by an online survey. In this study, 84 percent had spoken out in favor of a time changeover. In…

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