Month: December 2020

SPECULATIONS: Signs of renewed lockdown intensify

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Since Thursday, speculation has been rife again about a new hard lockdown starting on St. Stephen’s Day. Almost all the Austrian online news portals report about this scenario. On Friday at 3 p.m., the government will meet the provincial governors as well as experts to discuss possible tightening – after which further details are to be announced. A press statement is planned. In the Ministry of Health, one is concerned due to the new infection figures that have not continued to fall in recent days. Also the situation on the…

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After data cleanup, 218 deaths reported in Austria

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After a data cleanup, authorities have reported 218 Covid 19 deaths for the past 24 hours. The city of Vienna switched to reporting deaths synchronously with AGES data, so 135 deaths have been added since yesterday. In fact, 15 people died as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the past 24 hours, according to city data. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there are thus 4,982 deaths Austria-wide, reported the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior today (as of 9:30 a.m.). Until now, different values for Covid-19…

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Von der Leyen: Corona vaccination to start EU-wide on 27 December

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The Austrian government is optimistic that soon the first citizens can be vaccinated with the vaccine against the corona virus. Exactly when the first shipment will arrive, however, is an open question. Corona vaccination is picking up speed: EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced Thursday on the short-message service Twitter that vaccination will begin within the European Union on Dec. 27. “We protect our citizens together,” she wrote. The German government had previously said it expected that the first vaccinations against the corona virus in Austria could possibly…

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USA and Brazil report dramatically high numbers of new infections

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New Corona highs were reported Wednesday by the United States and Brazil. In the United States, 3,784 more Corona deaths and more than 250,000 new infections were counted within 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University. Brazil set a new record for new infections Wednesday with more than 70,000 cases and now counts more than seven million people sickened since the pandemic began. In terms of absolute numbers, the U.S. is the country most affected by the pandemic in the world. In total, around 16.9 million cases have been recorded…

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Vaccinations in Germany to start on December 27

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Vaccinations against the coronavirus are scheduled to begin in Germany on Dec. 27. Health Minister Jens Spahn informed the Conference of Health Ministers about the approval and supply of the vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer, the city of Berlin announced yesterday. “For the federal states, this results in December 27 as the start date,” it said. In particular, it said, vaccination should begin in nursing homes. Earlier, news agency Reuters had learned from insiders that the move was subject to approval on Dec. 23 by the EU and subsequent batch…

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Biden and Pence get vaccinated in public

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and current Vice President Mike Pence are getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. Pence will have the immunization administered publicly – along with his wife – on Friday to promote the safety of the vaccination. Biden also plans to make such an appearance next week to demonstrate the safety of the preparations. Trump has not yet made up his mindAlong with Pence, the U.S. government’s top health official, Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, will also get vaccinated at the White House. It is still unclear whether acting President…

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First Corona vaccinations perhaps as early as Dec. 24

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The first vaccinations against the coronavirus could possibly take place in Austria as early as December 24. This is the assumption of the federal government after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) brought forward its opinion on the approval of the Corona vaccine from the companies Biontech and Pfizer to December 21. Pfizer gave assurances in a video conference with Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) that it would start delivering the first doses of the vaccine immediately after approval, the chancellor’s office said. This would mean that, optimally, the first shipment could…

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France wants one million vaccine doses by the end of the year

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The first doses of vaccine against coronavirus are to be available in France the end of the year. France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex told the National Assembly Wednesday evening that 1.16 million units of an initial vaccine would be delivered by the end of the month. Another 677,000 doses would then be added in early January, and another 1.6 million in February. Castex said everything possible would be done to coordinate the vaccination campaign with other EU countries. He had previously announced that one million people at particular risk would…

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First vaccine doses go to Simmering

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The first CoV vaccinations could be given in Austria this year, in nursing homes in Vienna and Lower Austria. A pharmaceutical wholesaler in Vienna-Simmering is to receive the first 10,000 vaccine doses Austria-wide – the refrigerators are prepared. Three special refrigerators are ready at the pharmaceutical wholesaler Herba Chemosan in Vienna-Simmering. There, the vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer must then be stored at a minimum of minus 70 degrees. “Between 160,000 and 170,000 doses go into one of these refrigerators,” CEO Andreas Windischbauer described to “Wien heute.” “There you can…

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