Day: November 22, 2020

5226 New infections with the coronavirus

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Within 24 hours, 5226 new infections with the coronavirus have been reported in Austria. As usual on a Sunday, these were significantly fewer than on the previous days. However, the number of deaths, with 60 others, was also well below the triple-digit figures for Friday and Saturday. The occupancy rate in the normal and intensive care units of the hospitals also fell slightly, according to the 9:30 a.m. data from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health. According to these data, 4,458 Covid 19 patients were undergoing…

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Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler: no assurance of possible loosening after the lockdown

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Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) does not want to make any promises regarding possible loosening after the lockdown due to the second corona wave. “I assume that we will reach the goal”, he said on Sunday in the ORF “Pressestunde” with regard to the currently planned end of the measure. Kogler described the opening of the schools as particularly important. He said that the mass tests announced by the government should not be carried out in an uncoordinated and indiscriminate manner. “In these times, nothing is fixed,” Kogler said about…

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Because of the situation in Austria’s hospitals: Fireworks ban on New Year’s Eve possible

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The tense situation in local hospitals is now causing the authorities to consider a ban on fireworks on New Year’s Eve. In Upper Austria there is already a corresponding push. New Year’s Eve is still about six weeks away, but in Upper Austria a possible ban on fireworks is already being discussed. Similarly as for example in the Netherlands or some provinces of Belgium the end for firecrackers could come also in this country this year. The background is that the tense corona situation in the domestic hospitals should not…

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Spain wants to offer corona vaccination voluntarily and free of charge from January

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It is expected that already by the middle of next year about 70 percent of the approximately 47 million citizens of Spain will be vaccinated. According to government estimates, Spanish citizens will be able to be voluntarily vaccinated against the coronavirus as early as January. “At some point in January” it will be possible to start the vaccinations, said Health Minister Salvador Illa on Saturday in interviews with various Spanish media. A vaccination obligation would be legally possible in Spain, “but in the opinion of many experts probably even counterproductive”.…

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Intensive care units up to 91 percent full

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Upper Austria is the hotspot for hospital utilization with corona patients. From Saturday to Sunday, 10 people (total: 687) with the most severe corona disease progression were once again admitted to intensive care units in Austria – most of them in the most severely affected province of Upper Austria. The situation there is particularly dramatic, with intensive care beds already being used to almost 91 percent capacity. In comparison: Austria-wide this figure is 60 percent. With 88 per cent extent of utilization Tirol is in second place of the Lands…

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Economic Research Institute says: educated people live healthier

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It is well known that there is a connection between social status and people’s health. The Economic Research Institute (Wifo) has now looked at how the unequal use of the health care system in educational groups affects the future development of costs. The Wifo study showed that the health of people with a higher level of education is significantly better than that of other educational groups, regardless of gender. Accordingly, Wifo calculated that the costs are 13 percent lower over the course of a lifetime, at least for women with…

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Portugal tightens measures

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In view of rising infection rates, Portugal is expanding its CoV restrictions. Schools and government offices must remain closed from November 30 to December 7, as the government in Lisbon decided yesterday. Two public holidays in the country on December 1 and 8 are to be used to significantly advance the fight against the pandemic, as head of government Antonio Costa said at a press conference in Lisbon. He called on the private sector to also release their employees during the period mentioned. The government also wants to prohibit citizens…

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Mass testing: Austria’s Health Minister Anschober concretizes procedure

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On Saturday, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) specified the procedure for CoV mass tests. For example, there is to be a kind of testing weekend for the population. However, in the mass tests planned from December 5, Anschober sees the uncertainty of antigen tests as “one of the central problems”, as he said in an interview with the daily newspaper “Die Presse” (Saturday edition). “Therefore, we will retest if the results are positive”, said the Minister on the question of more meaningful PCR or LAMP tests and a certain percentage…

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+15,741 New infections in Germany

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As expected, the health authorities reported comparatively few cases to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) with 15,741 new corona infections within 24 hours. Compared to the value of one week ago, this is 1,206 fewer infections, according to RKI data from early Sunday morning. Last Sunday, the number was 16,947. The peak was reached on Friday with 23,648 reported cases. On Sundays and Mondays, the numbers are comparatively low because, according to the RKI, fewer samples are taken at the weekend and therefore less testing is done overall. After the…

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