Day: December 1, 2020

Current figures from Italy and the USA

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In Italy, the authorities report 785 coronavirus deaths, over a hundred more than the day before. In addition, 19,350 new infections are registered. After the infection rate in Italy accelerated in the first half of November, hospital admissions rose to thousands per day. The number of intensive care treatments increased by one hundred per day. In the U.S., the number of confirmed infections increased by 152,022 to 13,447,627 within one day. Accordingly, the number of deaths increased by 1251 to 267,302. hp, from news agencies. picture: pixabay.com

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Entry restrictions planned for Christmas vacations

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According to media reports, the Austrian government plans to introduce strict entry restrictions for the Christmas holidays. All those entering Austria from countries with a 7-day incidence of more than 100 (per 100,000 inhabitants) will have to spend ten days in quarantine. Corresponding reports have been confirmed to the APA from circles of officials. All neighboring countries would be affected. The measure is to come into force before Christmas and is to last at least until 10 January. Those affected should be able to leave quarantine after five days at…

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The government wants to decide on Wednesday about easing the corona lockdown

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One will have to take opening steps “carefully”, said Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) before the consultations on Tuesday. He wants to repeat the mass tests that will start this week – for particularly affected regions, professional groups and for entire states. Kurz had already announced a week ago that the first thing to do is to open schools and the retail sector. “The mass tests will of course be repeated,” Kurz emphasized. “In theory, it would be perfect to test the entire population two or three times.” This would “virtually…

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Just over 3,000 new corona infections – 141 deaths

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With 3,033 new infections on Tuesday, the trend is further decreasing in a week-on-week comparison after two weeks of lockdown, almost twice as many, namely 5,805 persons recovered, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health. However, there were 141 more deaths, a new record – meaning that 3,325 people throughout Austria died with the coronavirus. With 54,667 active cases, the number of active cases has again decreased significantly, and the number of intensive care patients has also decreased slightly. This fell by ten…

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Virtual visit of Santa Claus

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Santa Claus will also come to many children via screen this year. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, parishes often rely on alternative visits to St. Nicholas in digital form, for example as a live visit via video platforms and messenger services. The latest guidelines of the Austrian government also make it possible for St. Nicholas to come home. However, he is not allowed to enter the apartments, but only to the front door. “The message of Saint Nicholas is always up to date, especially this year. To stand up for…

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Unemployment in Austria – 457,197 people in November without a job

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457,197 people were without a job in November this year. This is an increase of 24.9 percent or 91,247 people compared to last year. Compared to October, there was an increase of 33,447 people, an increase of around 3,300 people compared to the previous week. Of the 457,197 people without a job, 390,858 were registered as unemployed with the Public Employment Service (AMS) – an increase of 30.5 percent or 91,331 people within a year. A further 66,339 people were in training, according to the Ministry of Labor on Tuesday.…

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Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna filed for EU vaccine approval

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After the US pharmaceutical company Moderna, the German company Biontech and the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have now applied to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval of their coronavirus vaccine in the EU. The conditional marketing authorization application was submitted yesterday, Biontech and Pfizer announced today. The EMA must now review the applications. It is not clear how long this will take. If the EMA recommends a conditional approval, the vaccine could still be used in December, Biontech announced. The final decision will be made by the EU Commission,…

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Government discusses opening steps tonight

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The ÖVP-Green federal government will discuss the upcoming loosening after the hard lockdown in the late afternoon. These will be decided tomorrow in the ministerial meeting and presented to the public around noon. In view of the still too high number of infections, only very small opening steps can be expected. The first step would be to open schools and the retail sector, announced Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) a week ago. It is not yet known in detail in which form the attendance classes will be resumed. There are…

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Chancellor Kurz warns of test refusal due to quarantine fear

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Anyone who does not want to be tested because he fears that he will have to go into quarantine if the result is positive cannot expect understanding – at least not that of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. He took part in a discussion round on Puls24 on Monday evening, where he expressed sharp criticism of such ideas. Specifically, the question the chancellor was asked at the Citizens’ Forum was related to K1 people. In short, he said that anyone who did not allow himself to be tested in such a situation…

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