Month: October 2020

Corona: Discussion about World Health Organization study – how deadly is Covid-19 really?

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A study by the WHO has caused confusion: Is the mortality of people infected with corona much lower than assumed? A closer look at the figures reveals a misunderstanding. “New WHO study astonishes even experts – that’s how deadly the virus really is”: Headlines such as these could give the impression in recent days that the World Health Organization (WHO) now considers Covid-19 to be less dangerous. But this is a misconception. What is the study about?The current discussion is prompted by the initial research findings of the renowned epidemiologist…

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The EU-wide coronavirus traffic light has switched to red for Austria

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Whole Austria is considered by the European Union health agency ECDC on the map to the infection situation in the European Union with the highest warning stage. ECDC had published on Thursday for the first time a map of Europe, on which regions are marked green, orange or red depending upon infection situation. Yesterday, Austria and Germany appeared grey at first because no data on the number of coronavirus tests carried out were available. A majority of the EU states had agreed on the traffic light map last Tuesday. On…

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Argentina records more than one million infections

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The number of CoV cases in Argentina has risen to over one million. After seven months of relatively strict exit restrictions, 1,002,662 cases of infection with the virus have been registered in the South American country, the Ministry of Health in Buenos Aires announced yesterday. This puts Argentina in fifth place worldwide after the much more populous countries USA, India, Brazil and Russia. Argentina has almost 44.5 million inhabitants. So far, 26,716 patients have died in Argentina in connection with the disease Covid-19, which is caused by the coronavirus, the…

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More than 2,000 intensive care patients in France

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Following the sharp increase in CoV cases in France, the number of people in intensive care units has also increased sharply. There are currently 2,090 intensive care beds for corona patients – 1,441 more than a week ago, the health authorities announced yesterday. In the past 24 hours, 146 people have died as a result of CoV disease, according to the data. Most recently, more than 2,000 people were treated in intensive care units in May. At the peak of the pandemic in April, more than 7,000 patients were in…

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First EU country imposes second lockdown

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Restaurants and stores will be closed for six weeks from Wednesday. Ireland is the first EU country to return to the coronavirus lockdown. The country drastically tightens its measures in the fight against the corona pandemic. Next Wednesday the highest of five stages will come into force, the Irish government announced on Monday. Visitors from another households will no longer be allowed indoors, pubs and restaurants will only be allowed to offer food as a delivery service, but schools will remain open. The measures apply until December 1. Prime Minister…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz: vaccine would be available by the first half of 2021.

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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz continues to assume that a vaccination against the coronavirus will be available in the first half of 2021. “From today’s point of view, all this is possible in the first half of next year,” the Chancellor said. “I stand by my assessment: we should be able to return to normality by next summer,” the head of government told ZiB1 on Monday. At the same time he warned: “But until then it will still be a very, very hard autumn and winter. Kurz did not explicitly rule…

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WHO expects corona vaccination to start in mid 2021

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The World Health Organization (WHO) expects vaccination against the coronavirus to start in mid 2021, and data from the final Phase 3 studies should be available early next year, a WHO expert said in Geneva on Monday. After that, the decisions on the start of the vaccination could be made. Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) continues to assume that a vaccination will be available in the first half of 2021. The results of the study so far are encouraging, especially with regard to its efficacy in older people, he continued.…

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New Corona rules starting Friday, 23 October 2020

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Starting next Friday new rules for meetings will apply. The government appeals to adhere to them so that Austria will be spared an even tougher pace. What rules apply to meetings?Indoors only six people are allowed to meet, outdoors only twelve. This includes all meetings that do not take place within one’s own four walls and have no assigned seats. Every group that meets, no matter for what purpose, is bound by the six-person rule indoors and the twelve-person rule outdoors. The big exception is the workplace, but home office…

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Government tightens measures: Private meetings are restricted – 6 persons indoor, 12 outdoor

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Government presented a variety of new corona measures. The mask obligation is extended, meetings massively reduced. On Monday, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz presented a series of new tightenings in the fight against corona. The Chancellor appealed to the population to comply with the measures. The infections are increasing exponentially again. There is the threat of 6,000 new infections per day in December if no countermeasures are taken. The new measures:1.) Tightening of existing regulations at events and private gatherings: Without assigned seats, 6 people are allowed to meet indoors and 12…

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