Day: November 19, 2020

“Christmas present”: Biontech vaccination starts in December

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The Mainz-based biotech company Biontech and its US partner Pfizer have cleared the decisive hurdle for a possible approval of their corona vaccine in the USA. After a final analysis of the pivotal study, the vaccine has shown a 95 percent protection against Covid-19, the two companies announced on Wednesday. This protection was also achieved in people over 60 years of age, who are considered a particularly vulnerable group. The data on the safety profile of the drug are convincing, the companies added. They now plan to submit the necessary…

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Drivers license will be available on smartphones next year

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From spring 2021 it will be possible to carry your driving license stored on your cell phone. Corresponding changes in the law were initiated on Wednesday in the Council of Ministers. The next step is the digitalization of the registration certificate. The idea of extending the drivers license to other areas, such as the registration certificate, is being considered. The background to this is that Austrians have to carry a large number of ID cards with them in order to present them at checks if necessary. In order to implement…

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Despite Corona pandemic: 50,000 spectators at rugby game

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It was the world’s largest sporting event since the outbreak of the Corona crisis. There were only a few masks to be seen. In Australia, almost 50,000 people attended a rugby game in the port city of Brisbane. On Wednesday (local time) 49,155 fans watched the decisive game of the final series “State of Origin” at Suncorp Stadium as Queensland won 20:14 against New South Wales. The stadium was thus almost sold out, only a few people wearing masks could be seen on pictures. According to the organizers, it was…

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Current corona figures: Again almost 7,000 cases in Austria

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Austria, 19 November 2020 – How many people are hospitalized, which districts are most affected? The daily updated overview of all relevant corona figures for Austria. Two days after the start of the second lockdown, almost 7,000 cases were again reported in Austria, and the number of new infections from Wednesday to Thursday was 6,995. The number of patients requiring hospital treatment with Covid-19 increased only slightly. 22 more patients than on Wednesday had to be treated. The intensive care units registered one more patient than the day before. According…

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Santa Claus writes letters to the children this year

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Santa Claus also falls victim to the lockdown this year. To make sure that the children do not have to do without the wise words of the old man with the white beard and small gifts, the Wiener Hilfswerk is starting a free letter campaign. Normally, on December 6th, St. Nicholas is at the door. But not this year. “Children are only children for a certain period of time, so no year should be lost,” says Eva Bertalan from the Hernals Neighborhood Center. So she and her colleagues from the…

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Sad Corona Record in Austria: More than 100 deaths in 24 hours

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Austrian Health Ministry and Interior Ministry report that more than 100 people have succumbed to the virus within 24 hours! Exactly 109 people died. Altogether there are now already 2054 human lives to mourn, who died from the consequences of a corona infection.According to the said ministries, the number of newly infected persons as of Thursday was 7091. In addition, the number of patients continued to rise: 4592 sick persons have to be treated as inpatients, 67 more than the day before. 682 corona patients in the intensive care unit.…

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Possibly first case in Samoa

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There may be a first case of coronavirus in the island state of Samoa in Polynesia. A sailor tested positive for the virus after returning to Samoa from Europe via New Zealand, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said today. A second test, however, had turned out negative. The man is in isolation in a hospital. In a speech to the nation, Malielegaoi called on the citizens to calm down. The government’s plan for dealing with Covid-19 is being implemented. A cabinet meeting was scheduled for the afternoon. Samoa was one…

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More than a quarter million corona deaths in the USA

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Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, more than a quarter of a million people in the USA have died after infection with the virus. This was revealed on Wednesday evening (local time) from data at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In no other country in the world is such a high number of deaths known. Since the end of September alone, 50,000 people have died. The USA is at a “dangerous point” in the pandemic, Admiral Brett Giroir, who is a member of the Corona working group in the…

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New infections in Germany slightly above the previous week’s level

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In Germany, health authorities have reported 22,609 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours. This is a good 5,000 more cases than on Wednesday (17,561), according to information from the RKI on Thursday morning. Compared to the figure from a week ago, slightly more cases were reported. Last Thursday, the number of new infections reported was 21,866. The peak was reached last Friday with 23,542 reported cases. The RKI counts a total of 855,916 confirmed infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the…

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