Day: October 29, 2020

Today for the first time more than 4,000 new corona infections

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For the first time in Austria more than 4,453 new cases are reported. The situation is dramatically worsening Corona numbers in Austria continue to rise rapidly. OE24.at reports that 4,453 new corona infections were registered within 24 hours, the first time more than 4,000 new corona infections were registered. The situation is worsening dramatically. The number of cases by federal state Vienna: 821Lower Austria: 1.074Upper Austria: 796Tyrol: 584Vorarlberg: 276Styria: 355Salzburg: 262Carinthia: 166Burgenland: 11929 new deathsIn total there were 29 deaths in just one day. Statistics professor Erich Neuwirth even reported…

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Plan for Lockdown light in Austria

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Austria’s corona situation is deteriorating dramatically. What the government is planning. Vienna. All of Europe is in the middle of the second wave. This is the reason why lockdown-like conditions are occurring everywhere. Today there will be a video conference of the 27 EU heads of government. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wants to quickly implement new measures to avert a collapse of the healthcare system. Austrian daily newspaper “Österreich reports that a “lockdown light” – similar to the situation in Germany, might be implemented in Austria. This should come into force…

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Pfizer vaccine could be available before AstraZenecas

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The coronavirus vaccine from the German biotech company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer could be available even before the competing vaccine from AstraZeneca, according to a media report. This was reported yesterday by the newspaper “The Times” with reference to British government circles. The government in London assumes that the vaccine could be distributed before Christmas, the report said. BioNTech and Pfizer had previously announced that if the study results were positive, they would submit the application for approval of their coronavirus vaccine at the end of November. Pfizer…

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Vienna Election: Around 13,000 voting cards were invalid

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The Vienna election on October 11 brought a record number of 382,124 issued voting cards. However, about 13,000 returned voting cards were invalid. The reason was a missing signature on the return envelope. At 3.5 %, the percentage of unsigned election cards was below the average of previous elections, which had been around 5 %, according to the Viennese electoral authority, which sees the current broad-based information campaign as a success. 13,000 signatures were missing in the gray area on the election card11,000 missing signatures in National Council electionBy way…

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AGES: 7-day incidence increased to 236

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The dashboard of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) yesterday showed a further increase in the 7-day incidence. The new infections with the Coronavirus in the past week are with 236 per 100,000 inhabitants (conditions: yesterday, 15.00 o’clock). This is an increase of 22 compared to the previous day. According to federal states, Vorarlberg now leads with an incidence of 351, an increase of 52. Tyrol holds at 331, Salzburg at 307. A strong increase of 35 was recorded in Upper Austria, where the 7-day incidence is now…

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France again in lockdown from Friday

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French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new lockdown in a television address on Wednesday evening. This is to come into force on Friday and is initially scheduled to last until the first of December. However, Macron announced that loosening up in some areas is possible if the infection rate improves significantly within the first two weeks. The French lockdown – like the partial lockdown announced for Germany – will not affect schools in the country. Bars and restaurants will be closed, among other things, and social interaction is to be…

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COVID 19 in Germany: + 16,774 new infections

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This is the result of information provided by the Robert Koch Institute early Thursday morning. The previous record value within one day was 14,964 cases and was from the previous day. On Thursday a week ago, the health authorities had reported 11,287 new infections. According to the RKI, a total of 481,013 people throughout Germany have been infected with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of deaths in connection with the virus rose by 89 to a total of 10,272 by Thursday. The RKI estimates that around…

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Partial lockdown in Germany will come into force on November 2

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In Germany the goal is clear: families and friends should be able to meet again at Christmas without too much fear. But for this to happen, the federal and state governments believe that everyone must first make significant restrictions. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) agreed on Wednesday to a “partial lockdown” with the state premiers. The new rules are very close to the shutdown of spring. They are to come into force on November 2 – and for the time being will remain in force until the end of the month.…

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