Month: December 2020

3,241 new infections in Austria

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To date, there have been 319,822 positive test results in Austria. As of today (December 12, 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 4,415 people across Austria have died as a result of Corona virus and 277,883 have recovered. Currently, 3,599 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the Corona virus, and of these, 591 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: 75Carinthia: 175Lower Austria: 643Upper Austria: 637Salzburg: 274Styria: 491Tyrol: 248Vorarlberg: 120Vienna: 578 hp, Source: sozialministerium.at.

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Ministry of Health expects vaccination to start in January

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The Ministry of Health expects the fixed Covid-19 vaccination strategy to be implemented as prepared. A first delivery of vaccine from Biontech/Pfizer is expected at the beginning of January, and then the vaccine will be started in nursing homes and homes for the elderly as planned, Covid-19 special representative Clemens Martin Auer stressed today. The only question, he said, is marketing approval from the EU – but where Auer expects it to be granted as expected. It is not yet possible to say exactly when the first shipment of vaccine…

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No more red zones in Italy – Appeals for tough lockdown in Germany

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Italy – Due to falling coronavirus numbers, restaurants and bars in many regions of Italy will be allowed to reopen from tomorrow. Around five weeks after the establishment of three risk zones and a partial shutdown, the time of the red zones is then over for the time being. Lombardy in the north and Calabria in the south, which were initially severely affected, are now even back in the low-risk yellow zones. Health Minister Roberto Speranza had also ordered in Rome that Abruzzo, as the last red zone, will change…

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Online boom in the purchase of Christmas gifts

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Online shopping is booming in times of Corona – and of course also when it comes to Christmas presents: 32 percent of people in Austria are getting their presents exclusively via the Internet this year, which is eleven percentage points more than in 2017, according to a survey conducted by Unique Research for “profil”. A further 25 percent shop both online and in stores – making a total of 57 percent who use the Internet for all or part of their gifts. According to “profil,” 23 percent want to do…

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Chancellor Kurz warns: Austria would face a tough time in 2021

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After a conference with the provincial governors, the Turkish-Green government on Friday evening tightened the Corona measures around Christmas and New Year’s Eve in Austria. Thus, according to Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (December 25) a Christmas party in a small circle with a maximum of ten people is allowed. From the 26th, however, the contact and curfew restrictions already apply again. On New Year’s Eve, the curfew will be lifted between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., but the contact restrictions will continue to apply. A…

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First Corona vaccine now approved in the USA

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The drug from German pharmaceutical company Biontech and its U.S. partner Pfizer has become the first Corona vaccine to receive emergency approval in the United States. The vaccine can now be used in people 16 and older, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday evening (local time). FDA chief Stephen Hahn spoke of a “significant milestone in the fight against this devastating pandemic.” According to media reports, the White House had previously used threats to push the FDA for immediate emergency approval. According to the report, U.S. President-elect…

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+Manuel Sarmiento: a tribute

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It is with great sadness that I learned of the passing of a good friend – MANUEL SARMIENTO. The Philippine Press/Austrian Press extends its deepest condolences to Ka Manny`s family at this difficult time. Ka Manny your friends mourn with you and celebrate the extraordinary life of your remarkable contribution to the upliftment of the rights of the Filipino workers. Below are some postings on the Facebook Wall of Manuel Sarmiento, extending their condolences and at the same time paying tribute to Ka Manny’s Legacy as a leader. “Still in…

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USA approves Corona vaccine from Biontech

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A Corona vaccine has been approved in the US for the first time. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency approval to the vaccine from Mainz-based biotech company BioNTech and its partner Pfizer on Friday evening. This is valid for people 16 years and older, the FDA announced. The first vaccinations are expected within days. U.S. President Donald Trump promised an even faster deployment. “The first vaccination will be administered in less than 24 hours,” Trump said in a video on Twitter. He said he was proud to…

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Masks reduce CoV infection risk by 45 percent

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Mask protection reduces the risk of coronavirus infection by nearly half – by an average of about 45 percent – according to a study. “That’s 55 instead of 100 new infections,” Mainz-based economist Klaus Wälde, one of the authors of the study published in the journal PNAS, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur. “Or more graphically, instead of 20,000 new infections a day, we would have about 38,000 without masks.” His conclusion: “Everyone should wear masks to protect themselves and others from infection.” Wälde, along with three other economists, had studied Jena’s special…

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