Month: October 2020

Commentary: If people could behave sensibly…

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Only if all citizens followed the rules could a second lockdown be preventedIn Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned the population in an unusually drastic speech: only if all citizens followed the rules could a second lockdown be prevented: We are risking just about everything we have achieved in the last few months. The great decline in attention and compliance with the measures is also having an effect in Germany. And federalism. Merkel had to agree on common minimum rules, for example on wearing masks, at the same time as the…

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Another record increase: Almost 900 cases in only 24 hours

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Both new infections and corona intensive care patients continue to increase. In just 24 hours, coronavirus cases increased by 873 – almost 900 – yesterday. This is the number of new positive cases that were recently reported during the “first wave” and the lockdown. Unfortunately, there can be no talk of a stabilization or even a drop in new infections. On Monday – on the weekend there is less testing and less registrations – there were 556 new infections. On Tuesday – the day the traffic light commission takes as…

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UPDATE: US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania tested positive for Corona

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According to US President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus. He announced this on Twitter today. After the confirmed coronavirus infection of a close advisor, Trump had isolated himself with First Lady Melania. “The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process,” Trump had written on Twitter last night. There have been corona infections in Trump’s environment before. However, Hicks is the person closest to the president who is known to be infected. According to unanimous media…

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UPDATE: 873 new infections in Austria, number of intensive care patients increasing

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Most new cases are in Vienna with 402, followed by Upper Austria with 152 cases. The number of intensive care patients increased by a quarter within one week. In Austria, 873 persons have been tested newly positive for the coronavirus in the past 24 hours (as of 9.30 am). Most of them were in Vienna with 402, the Ministry of the Interior reported on Thursday. A total of 8,370 active cases were counted. So far there have been 45,686 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 802 people throughout…

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European Medicines Agency (EMA) begins review of Oxford vaccine

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is starting a review of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine developed by the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford. This is the first time this has been done in the European Union for a coronavirus vaccine. The EMA warned today against jumping to hasty conclusions: This does not yet mean that the vaccine can be considered effective and safe. This has yet to be shown in the review. In view of the urgency, this review will be carried out in an…

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Currently 1,447 corona cases in Austrian schools

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The number of new infections is also increasing at schools. Most of the cases were again recorded in Vienna. 1,218 students and 178 teachers have tested positive for the coronavirus in Austria as of Thursday, as the Ministry of Education has announced. That is about 0.1 percent of the 1.1 million students and 123,000 teachers. In addition, there are 51 positive cases among the administrative staff. Most reported cases were in Vienna with 557 currently corona-positive students and 64 teachers, followed by Upper Austria (164/24), Lower Austria (159/23), Tyrol (102/16),…

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Survey shows: 81 percent of Austrians support compulsory masks

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A survey has shown that four out of five Austrians are in favor of compulsory masks in parts of public life. The approval is thus almost as high as during the lockdown. Most Austrians are in favor of making masks mandatory in parts of public life. In the latest survey conducted as part of the Austrian Corona Panel Project at the University of Vienna, 81 percent stated that in their opinion, an obligation to wear a mask should currently apply in stores and public transport. This is a similar number…

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Again more than 10,000 new infections in France

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In France, the number of reported new infections has again risen above the 10,000 mark. The health authorities yesterday announced 12,845 cases, bringing the total to 563,535. The number of deaths rose by 63 to 31,956, according to the data. The situation in Paris also deteriorated again recently. According to city authorities, the highest warning level could soon be declared in the French capital. Deputy Mayor Anne Souyris told the channel Franceinfo that two of the three criteria for the highest CoV warning level were met in Paris: The number…

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Eleven new travel warnings in Germany

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Due to high coronavirus infection rates, Germany has classified Iceland and individual regions in nine other European countries as risk areas in addition to the whole of Belgium. The Robert Koch Institute updated its risk list accordingly last night and included parts of Great Britain for the first time, including Wales and Northern Ireland. In France, the regions Pays de la Loire and Burgundy (Bourgogne) were added. This means that in Germany’s largest neighboring country, only the border region of Grand Est, which was once particularly hard hit by the…

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