Month: December 2020

Breaking News: GB grants approval for coronavirus vaccine

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The British health authorities have granted emergency approval for the coronavirus vaccine of the German pharmaceutical company Biontech and its U.S. partner Pfizer. This was announced by both companies. This means that approval was granted there more quickly than in the EU and the USA. The vaccine will be available from next week, the Ministry of Health announced today in London. Biontech and Pfizer declared that the approval is “a groundbreaking scientific milestone”. According to the companies, vaccine doses could be delivered immediately – and Great Britain wants to start…

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Study shows: Austrians are satisfied despite corona crisis

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So far, the corona crisis has had no effect on the general life satisfaction of Austrians. This is shown by the preliminary data of a current EU study. So far, the corona crisis has had no effect on general life satisfaction. This was reported by Statistics Austria on Tuesday, citing preliminary data from a current EU study (EU-SILC 2020). No concrete data were mentioned. In last year’s study, Austrians had given their life satisfaction an average of 8 out of 10 points, only Finns and Irish were more satisfied. Crisis…

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17,270 new infections in Germany, more than 2500 corona deaths in the USA within 24 hours

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In Germany, more than 17,270 people were newly infected with the coronavirus within one day, as the Robert Koch Institute announced in the morning, citing information from the health authorities. This was a good 1,300 fewer new infections than on Wednesday a week ago, when the RKI reported 18,633 new infections. According to RKI data, a total of 1,084,743 infections have been recorded in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of corona deaths in Germany increased by 487 to 17,123, according to the data, and the number…

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First EMA decision still in December

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) wants to decide already in few weeks on a permission recommendation for two CoV vaccines, as the agency communicated on Tuesday. After the US pharmaceutical group Moderna, the German company Biontech and the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have now also applied for approval of their vaccine in the EU. The EMA must now examine the applications, by 29 December at the latest a result for the Biontech Pfizer vaccine should be available, by 12 January for that of Moderna. The final decision will be made…

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London: Restrictions decided after lockdown end

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The British Parliament yesterday evening voted for strict new pandemic-related restrictions after the end of the nationwide lockdown in England. The government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson received enough votes for its plan to reintroduce the three-tier system, despite considerable resistance from within its own ranks. This system continues to impose strict restrictions in areas with the highest coronavirus warning level. The curfew, which has been in force for a month, ends at midnight. Johnson’s Conservative government can now impose regional restrictions again, depending on the coronavirus numbers in each…

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UNO wants to help stranded sailors

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The United Nations wants to help hundreds of thousands of sailors who are stuck on their ships because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a resolution passed yesterday by 193 countries, the UN member states will call for seafarers to be classified as systemically relevant. This should ensure that the approximately 400,000 stranded seafarers can return to their home countries despite the worldwide travel restrictions and that the crews of the ships can be replaced. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had already drawn attention to the desperate situation of the stranded…

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Rules for time after lockdown are presented

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The government will decide today under what conditions schools and commerce will be allowed to reopen starting next week. Other measures of the coronavirus lockdown, which was tightened a good two weeks ago, are likely to remain in place for the time being. For example, restaurants and hotels will have to remain closed in view of the continuing high level of new infections. Hairdressers, beauticians and other “body related services” are also reportedly not allowed to offer their services for the time being. The form in which classroom instruction in…

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Government relaxes lockdown regulations on Wednesday

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The government will decide today under what conditions schools and commerce will be allowed to reopen starting next week. Other measures of the corona lockdown, which was tightened a good two weeks ago, are likely to remain in place for the time being. For example, restaurants and hotels will have to remain closed in view of the continuing high level of new infections. Hairdressers, beauticians and other “body-related services” are also reportedly not to open for the time being.The return of compulsory schooling and high school graduates to schools seemed…

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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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