Month: October 2020

Physician: Trump without symptoms for more than 24 hours

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According to his doctor, US President Donald Trump has had no coronavirus symptoms for more than 24 hours. He is now also free of fever for the fourth day in a row and has “stable” values in the normal spectrum, Sean Conley said in a letter published today by the White House. The oxygen saturation in his blood and breathing were also good, he continued. The president has not been given any extra oxygen since the beginning of his hospital stay on Friday. Trump said this morning (local time), “I…

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NEW INSIGHTS Expert: 20 to 25% of positive tests are non-infectious

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The infection is asymptomatic or the viral load is too low. Günter Weiss, infectiologist and director of the University Clinic for Internal Medicine in Innsbruck, has new insights into corona. It is now clear that “20 to 25 per cent, i.e. about a quarter of those tested positive, are not infectious”, Weiss explained to the “Tiroler Tageszeitung” (Wednesday edition). There are various reasons for this, such as the fact that the infections are asymptomatic and the virus load is too low. In addition, the infection could be a few weeks…

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Travel in Europe: measures to be taken when travelling abroad

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The following is an overview of the regulations in the Corona crisis that apply to Austrians when travelling to other European countries. Roughly speaking, three categories can be distinguished: entry is possible without conditions. 2. one must show a negative corona test or must be in quarantine for a certain period of time. 3. entry is only possible if you belong to a certain group of people. Recently, many European countries have started to differentiate in their risk assessments according to individual regions, which is why different rules now apply…

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Half of the Viennese do not need a car in their daily life

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According to a survey conducted by “Integral Markt- und Meinungsforschung”, the majority of motorists in Austria are dependent on the vehicle in their daily lives. The Viennese are an exception. In the survey, six out of ten people stated that they commute to work or training facilities by car every day. One third even absolutely need the car to make daily trips. Among these people, the emotional attachment to the car is also particularly strong, reported AutoScout24. According to this, for almost 70 percent of them, their own mobile is…

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For the first time over 4,000 new infections in the Czech Republic

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In the Czech Republic, the number of new infections is rising rapidly. For the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, the country, which has a population of eleven million, reports more than 4,000 recorded cases within one day. According to the Ministry of Health, there are 4,457 new infections, which is significantly more than the last record of 3,794. In total, the Czech Republic has reported 90,022 infections and 794 deaths since March. Meanwhile, the Czech Republic distributes around 2.9 million respiratory masks to the country’s schools and…

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Spain reports highest number of corona death victims since April

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A total of almost 32,500 people died of or with the virus. Madrid. In Spain, the number of deaths recorded within 24 hours after infection with the coronavirus is higher than in five and a half months. Within a single day, a total of 261 deaths related to the SARS-CoV-2 virus were reported from the various regions, the Ministry of Health announced in Madrid on Tuesday evening. This is the highest figure since April 25. At that time 280 deaths were counted. The highest number of victims in recent months…

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Vienna Election: Last day for voting card applications by mail

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On Wednesday the first voting card deadline for the Vienna municipal and district representative elections ends: Eligible voters who wish to have a voting card sent to them by mail must still apply for it in writing or online on Wednesday. If you pick up the postal voting documents in person or have them picked up by an authorized person, you still have until 12 noon on Friday. Due to the Corona pandemic, the possibility of postal voting is being used more than ever before.On Tuesday morning, many more voting…

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UNO: Hundreds of thousands of seafarers stuck for months

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Around 400,000 seafarers are not allowed to come ashore because of the CoV travel restrictions and some have been at sea for 17 or more months. The UNO Office for Human Rights condemned this as inhuman today in Geneva. International labor standards allow an uninterrupted stay on board for a maximum of eleven months. The office appealed to all governments to find solutions. It also called on companies worldwide that deal with ship cargo to exert pressure. This would affect 90 percent of world trade. Psyche affectedSeafarers on container and…

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COVID 19 Update – Record: 9,207 active cases in Austria

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Never before have there been so many active corona infections in Austria. On Tuesday, there were more confirmed active SARS-CoV-2 infected persons in Austria than ever before since the beginning of the corona virus pandemic. The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health reported 9,207 cases at 9.30 a.m., exceeding the previous record of 9,123 infected persons on April 3. In the past 24 hours, 923 new infections were reported. Almost 500 Covid-19 patients had to be treated in hospital on Tuesday, 101 in intensive care units. So…

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