Month: November 2020

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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What happens if you are positive in the mass test

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With regard to the mass tests for the coronavirus planned for December 5th in Austria, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) sees the uncertainty of antigen tests as “one of the central problems”. “Therefore, we will retest if the results are positive”, the Minister assured on the question of more meaningful PCR or lamp tests and a certain percentage of false positive antigen tests. As with the tests of up to 200,000 teachers on 5/6 December, the entire population should also be able to be tested on a weekend, Anschober said…

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Researchers discover new corona symptom

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Almost a year after the outbreak of the corona pandemic, more and more symptoms are being attributed to Covid-19. If an infection initially seemed to have a similar effect to a common flu, the list of symptoms is becoming longer and longer. Head, nose, throat, lungs, heart, kidneys, stomach, intestines and even toes can be symptoms of corona. Atypical corona symptomResearchers have now discovered a sign that only occurs in men and can be particularly painful. The atypical Corona symptom became noticeable for the first time when a Turkish man…

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22,964 new corona infections in Germany

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In Germany, health authorities have reported 22,964 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours. Compared to the value one week ago, a good 500 more cases were reported. Last Saturday, the number of reported new infections was 22,461. The peak was reached on Friday with 23,648 reported cases. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the RKI has counted a total of 902,528 confirmed infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany. After the number of new daily infections rose sharply in October and early November, the figure has…

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Putin offers vaccine

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At the G20 summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered the international community broad access to the “Sputnik-V” vaccine developed in Russia. His country supported the G20 summit’s decision to make the vaccine available to the entire population of the planet, the 68-year-old said on Saturday at the meeting, which was organized by host Saudi Arabia as a video conference. Russia is ready to make its self-developed vaccines – three different vaccines – available to needy states. Competition among the vaccine manufacturers is inevitable, Putin said. But first of all, the…

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Nearly 800 offences punished by police

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Since the start of the tightened lockdown on Tuesday, the police have penalized 796 violations of the measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic in Austria up to and including yesterday. In 617 cases there were charges and in 171 cases organ mandates according to the Covid 19 measures law, the Ministry of the Interior announced today. Eight further organ mandates were imposed under the Epidemic Law. In Vienna yesterday, among others, the operator of a punch stand was reported. The punch was sold from a store at the Graben in…

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6,611 new corona cases in 24 hours, over 100 deaths

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On Saturday there were again numerous new corona infections. 6,611 people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. From Friday to Saturday there were a total of 6,611 new corona infections throughout Austria. 104 people died in connection with the virus. The new infections by federal states: Burgenland: 194 Carinthia: 444 Lower Austria: 919 Upper Austria: 1,569 Salzburg: 612 Styria: 802 Tyrol: 686 Vorarlberg: 461 Vienna: 924 On Friday, health authorities reported 6,708 new infections and 108 corona deaths. hp with reports from sozialministerium.at

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