Around 6,000 people vaccinated in Austria so far

Around 6,000 people have now been vaccinated against the coronavirus in Austria, the Ministry of Health reported in a statement. This is the first “symbolic” delivery of the Biontech-Pfizer vaccine, which began vaccinating across Europe on Sunday. The total of 9,750 for each EU country were used in Austria in retirement and nursing homes and health care facilities. Another 53,000 vaccine doses will be delivered to Austria by the end of this week, the ministry said. In the coming weeks of January, 63,000 vaccine doses will be delivered each week.…

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2,550 new infections Austria-wide

To date, there have been 357,902 positive test results in Austria. As of today (December 30, 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 6,149 people across Austria have died as a result of coronavirus and 330,990 have recovered. Currently, 2,407 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to coronavirus, and of these, 395 of the ill are in intensive care units. The new infections since the last report are divided among the provinces of Austria as follows:Burgenland: 53Carinthia: 178Lower Austria: 299Upper Austria: 397Salzburg: 311Styria: 413Tyrol: 278Vorarlberg: 185Vienna: 436 Source: sozialministerium.at

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Death toll in Russia more than twice as high as reported

The number of coronavirus deaths in Russia is more than twice as high as previously announced, according to government figures. More than 115,000 people have died with the virus in the country since the pandemic began, Vice Gov. Tatyana Golikova told state television today. More than 70,900 of those deaths were due solely to Covid-19, she said, while another 45,100 had tested positive for the virus. The official government website on Wednesday continued to talk about “only” 56,400 coronavirus deaths. The site only lists cases where coronavirus is listed as…

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4,000 police officers on duty: What are the restrictions on New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve under the sign of the baby elephant. Parties in private households remain a problem.Lockdown instead of party, curfew instead of fireworks, baby elephant instead of crowds on the New Year’s Eve path – the celebration at the end of the year will not be as usual. Contrary to initial announcements, the exceptions to the lockdown do not apply to Dec. 31. Public celebrations have been canceled, gatherings are not allowed. Nighttime walks are only permitted with members of one’s household, life partner, close family members or individual…

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Mega queue: Viennese rushed on “Eistraum”

Because of the huge traffic jam, the “Eistraum” registration has been increased from four to eight checkpoints. It has jammed yesterday nevertheless: With marvelous weather thousands Viennese pilgrimaged on Tuesday to the city hall place, in order to turn on the ice pirouettes. A spokesman for the city’s marketing department was delighted: “It was the busiest day since the opening on December 24.” The queues were admittedly also longer than ever before despite the increase: ice fans queued all the way back to the Burgtheater. A number of visitors were…

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Increased police presence on New Year’s Eve: Pyrotechnics checks as well

Police will have an increased presence on New Year’s Eve and will also monitor compliance with the provisions of the Pyrotechnics Act. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) announced. Nearly 4,000 police officers will be on duty on New Year’s Eve. “The year 2020 has placed special and extraordinary demands on all of us. Let us therefore end it in a prudent and considered manner,” Nehammer appealed. In principle, there is a ban on the use of pyrotechnics in the local area – even on New Year’s Eve. However, mayors are…

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Earthquake in Croatia also felt in Vienna

An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale was registered not far from Zagreb on Tuesday. The center of the quake was at a depth of ten kilometers, Italian media reported. The Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) registered an earth tremor of magnitude 6.1 in the Sisak area at 12:19 pm. It was still unclear whether there were any victims. The earthquake was also strongly felt outside the country’s borders. APA received reports that the earthquake was felt in Carinthia and Styria. In Graz, for example, not only…

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Virus mutation also detected in the USA for the first time

The new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus has been detected for the first time also in the USA. The mutation was diagnosed in a 20-year-old patient in the state of Colorado, as the governor there Jared Polis announced yesterday on Twitter. The man is in quarantine in Elbert County, he said. He had not been traveling, he said. Today we discovered Colorado’s first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the UK. Biden: U.S. may face toughest phase in pandemicU.S. President-elect Joe Biden…

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Over 1,000 Corona deaths within 24 hours in Germany

In Germany, the number of reported deaths related to the coronavirus has exceeded 1,000 for the first time, reaching an all-time high. Within one day, German public health departments transmitted 1,129 new deaths to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), according to RKI figures released early Wednesday. In addition, 22,459 new infections were reported. Last Wednesday (Dec. 23), 24,740 new infections and the previous high of 962 deaths had been reported. The RKI had communicated before the Christmas days that the current figures were only conditionally comparable with the values of…

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