Year: 2020

Corona vaccines are safe and effective

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The SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, which are about to be approved, have been tested on tens of thousands of people and have comparable efficacy to other vaccines, experts told journalists on Thursday. The SARS-CoV-2 vaccines would also be suitable for older people with concomitant diseases (comorbidities). Pregnant women, cancer patients, people with weakened immune systems and children were not included in the clinical trials and therefore should not be vaccinated, they said. “Vaccinations are a preventive measure and are administered to healthy individuals. Therefore, the requirements for clinical trials are particularly high…

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Trump will move out of the White House

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As soon as the electoral college has voted for Joe Biden, the outgoing President Donald Trump will leave the White House. A good three weeks after his election defeat, US President Donald Trump has announced his withdrawal in mid-December. Trump announced on Thursday that he would leave the White House if the electoral college voted for his opponent Joe Biden. “Sure I will. And you know I will,” he told journalists on the occasion of the holiday Thanksgiving. The meeting of the electoral college is scheduled for December 14. Democrat…

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South Korea experiences the third COVID 19 wave

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South Korea has just recorded the highest increase in cases since March. The restrictions are being tightened. South Korea is currently experiencing its third wave of infection. “Covid-19 has arrived, right next to you and your family,” said Health Minister Park Neung-hoo. The number of new infections recorded has risen by more than 500 per day for the first time in more than eight months. 583 new infections were registered within one day. Most of them were reported in the greater Seoul area. The total number climbed to more than…

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Black Friday – best discount day of the year

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Bargains. Record day: Black Friday is probably the cheapest bargain day of the year. The stores are closed because of the lockdown, though the online stores are stormed by mouse clicks. According to the Klarna study, every second Austrian wants to strike today for bargains. Interesting: Men want to spend 101 euros more than women. 51% want to get a part of the Christmas presents. Upper Austrians are the most willing to spend (334 Euro).Do good. Black Friday is a day on which the domestic economy can be helped with…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz sees Coronavirus vaccination start in January

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz stressed on Thursday that vaccination against the corona virus would be the “game changer in the fight against the pandemic”. “I am glad that we now have certainty that we will start vaccinating in Austria as early as January and can thus return to normality as early as next summer,” he said during a visit to the biotech company Polymun in Klosterneuburg. The next months would be still very challenging, but there is by the vaccine light at the end of the tunnel , repeated the Chancellor…

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Germany exceeds the mark of one million corona infections

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The total number of corona infections detected in Germany to date has exceeded the one million mark. The health authorities reported 22,806 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours (as of November 27, 00:00 hrs). Thus, the number of cases reported since the beginning of the pandemic has risen to 1,006,394, the RKI announced on Friday morning. On Friday a week ago, the highest number of new cases transmitted to the RKI was 23,648, the highest number of daily new infections. The number of deaths…

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Covid 19 Vaccination: now a recommendation

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Instead of treating the Covid 19 vaccine as an obligation, this will only be recommended by the federal goverment. The Ministry of Social Affairs has sent a corresponding decree in review this afternoon, comments can be submitted until December 10. This will improve the chances of compensation in the event of vaccination damage. Admittedly, the immunizations approved so far in Austria have proven to be largely safe, as can be seen from the figures given in the explanations of the regulation. According to these figures, only 88 people currently receive…

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Fucking becomes Fugging

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The 100-inhabitant community of Fucking in Upper Austria is known worldwide because of its name. Fucking has received so much attention over the years – and caused so many bad jokes and rather unwanted visitors from the residents. New name from 1 January 2021The Tarsdorf municipal council decided on November 17, 2020, the name Fucking will disappear from the place name signs, at the request of the population. “The local council has decided to rename the village Fucking to the place name Fugging with effect from 01 .01.2021.” According to…

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Corona Mass Test Vienna between December 2 and 13

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The federal capital wants to start its own COVID 19 tests among teachers, kindergarten teachers and police officers. The mega project is to be carried out between December 2 and 13. Vienna wants to start as soon as possible, so that there is a sufficient number of people to be tested”, said the responsible health city councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ). The reason: “Nobody will get tested if they have to expect to spend the holidays in quarantine”. The three test lines for the mass tests are to be set up…

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