Day: December 13, 2020

Mass testing ends: less than one percent were positive

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The Corona mass tests came to an end on Sunday in many states. Less than one percent of the participants were positive. In Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Salzburg, Carinthia and Styria there was still the last opportunity to be tested on Sunday. In Upper Austria, mass testing will continue until Monday. The percentage of positive results has been low so far. In Carinthia it was 0.5 percent, in Styria 0.4 percent tested positive. In Vienna and Upper Austria the rate was 0.3 percent, in Lower Austria only 0.14 percent. The…

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Corona situation in hospitals eases up

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2,461 new infections with the coronavirus have been reported in Austria in the past 24 hours. This was below the average of the past seven days (2,719). The situation in hospitals also eased on Sunday. 3,444 Covid 19 patients had to be treated as inpatients, 155 fewer than the previous day. 577 sick people received intensive medical care, by 14 less than on Saturday. The number of Covid 19 infections requiring hospital treatment decreased by 9.4 percent last week. In absolute numbers, there were 358 affected people who could be…

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Corona innovation: Antibody rapid test via cell phone 

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Styrian chip manufacturer develops first digital Covid-19 antibody rapid test with German company, which does not require a laboratory. In the future, the digital test kit will make it possible to perform a Covid 19 antibody rapid test without an external laboratory. In other words, they will be able to find out whether they have already passed Corona and are immune. Developed by an interdisciplinary team consisting of German immunologists and Austrian sensor experts, the novel rapid test consists of a small white cassette with the heart, the electronic sensor…

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ENFiD-AUSTRIA’s LOCKDOWN PROJECT: “RECIPES for KEEPS 2020” – Virtual Global Book Launching on 13 December 2020

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“RECIPES for Keeps” is a lockdown project of the European Network of Filipino Diaspora – Austria (ENFiD-Austria) in lieu of its activities and events which were either cancelled or re-scheduled to 2021 due to the CoViD-19 pandemic. What started out as a simple cookbook for its members, became a collection of recipes developed while sheltering in place, consisting of 79 mouth watering recipes from 46 contributors from 5 continents across the world: Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, South America. For Ana Maria Langer, ENFiD Auditor, Cookbook Coordinator, who developed the…

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More than 2,600 new infections and 58 deaths in one day

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In the last 24 hours, there have been 2,641 new Corona cases and 58 deaths in Austria. According to the Ministry of Interior on Sunday, there have been 322,463 positive test results in Austria so far. As of today (9:30 a.m.), 4,473 people across Austria have died as a result of the virus and 281,106 have recovered. Currently, 3,444 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the Corona virus, and of these, 577 of the ill are in intensive care units. The new infections are divided among the provinces of…

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Survey shows low vaccination readiness in Austria

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Only just under every fifth person in Austria wants to be vaccinated against Covid-19 anyway. This is shown by the current “Austria Trend” by pollster Peter Hajek for APA and ATV. According to the survey, 17 percent would “definitely” go for vaccination, 29 percent “definitely not”. The work of the government continues to be rated extremely positively. In the Sunday poll, the ÖVP continues to be clearly ahead, with excellent scores for Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. In the question on willingness to vaccinate, a gradation between 0 (“definitely not”) and 10…

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Because of HIGH INFECTION RATES New Corona Rules announced

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The new rules over Christmas and New Year make one thing clear: We are in for a long road through a tough Corona winter. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP): “In the first months of the year, vaccination will not yet have an effect.” Details on mandatory outdoor testing and masks are to come next week. Less than two weeks after the Federal government’s announcement that Christmas holidays and New Year’s Eve may be celebrated by tens and regardless of residence, the government rowed back again in view of the still high…

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COVID 19 in Austria: Death rates still high

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The situation in intensive care units is slowly easing. Though death rate is still increasing.Austria has no longer overcrowded intensive care units. But Chancellor Sebastian Kurz maintaned that the situation has not eased much. Chancellor Kurz justified the tightening late on Friday evening for the holidays.The fact check shows: Intensive care unit utilization is falling, albeit slowly. Currently, 28.5 percent of beds are occupied, compared to 32.3 percent a week ago. However: Yesterday, the number of intensive care patients increased by 19.Also on the rise is the number of covid…

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Mass Testing in Vienna: only over ten percent of the population participated

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Today, Sunday, the Austria-wide mass testing initiated by the federal government ends in Vienna. Although the three test sites are still open until 6 p.m., it is already clear that only slightly more than ten percent of the population in the federal capital had themselves tested for the virus free of charge. Capacity was designed for a participation rate of up to 60 percent, or 1.2 million people. Including Saturday, according to the office of Health Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ), exactly 204,880 people had a rapid antigen test carried out…

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