Year: 2020

British Prime Minister Johnson must be quarantined again

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The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has to go into domestic isolation for the second time because of the corona virus. He is the contact person of a person who tested positive for the corona virus, the government in London announced last night. Johnson is in good health and shows no symptoms of Covid-19. Johnson had already gone into self-isolation during the first corona virus wave when he tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in late March. He then had to go to hospital, where he spent a few days in intensive…

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Germany faces tougher contact restrictions

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In the fight against the coronavirus crisis, the German government is proposing strict contact and quarantine restrictions beyond the existing restrictions. In a draft of the draft resolution for today’s video conference of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) with the Prime Ministers, the German Press Agency states that children and young people should be encouraged to meet only with a steady friend in their free time. Private meetings with friends and acquaintances should generally be limited to a fixed additional household. According to the federal government’s ideas, in the future only…

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USA records more than eleven million cases

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The USA reached the mark of eleven million coronavirus infections. This was revealed yesterday from data from the University of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. One million cases were added in less than a week: Ten million had only been reached last Monday. Most recently, the number of new infections had again reached a record high of more than 177,000 in one day. Hospital admissions are also at a record high in about half of the 50 states. In the U.S., a good 246,000 people have died of the disease Covid-19…

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Contact regulations during the lockdown clarified

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The contact regulations during the lockdown starting on Tuesday were clarified by the government last night. According to the adapted “legal justification” of the “COVID-19 Emergency Measures Ordinance”, only one “individual” of a household may meet or visit members of another household, regardless of their number. However, these must be “closest family members” or “important reference persons”. In the evening, the Ministry of Health published an adapted version of the explanatory “legal grounds”. According to it – in contrast to what was communicated in the morning – it is not…

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Almost 34,000 new infections and 546 deaths in Italy

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In Italy, the number of new corona infections decreased from 37,255 to 33,979 within 24 hours. There were 546 deaths, two more than the day before. Thus, the number of deaths since the beginning of the epidemic in Italy on February 20 is 45,229. 195,275 tests were performed within 24 hours. The number of swabs taken at the weekend is usually lower than on weekdays. The number of confirmed active cases was 712,490. The number of people infected with SARS CoV-2 in quarantine was 677,021. The number of Covid 19…

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Biontech founder expects normal situation by the end of 2021

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The co-founder of the vaccine developer Biontech, Ugur Sahin, expects a return to normality by winter 2021, but to achieve this it is “absolutely essential” to achieve a high vaccination rate against the corona virus before autumn, he told the British television channel BBC today. However, he was optimistic that this could be achieved. The vaccine developed by Biontech and the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is one of the most promising products in the fight against the pandemic. “Hard Winter”Sahin announced that the developed vaccine would be delivered as early…

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Caritas President Michael Landau: Charity does not go into lockdown

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Caritas President Michael Landau has made an appeal for social cohesion and confidence in the face of the Corona crisis, the recent lockdown and the Islamist terrorist attack in Vienna. “Charity does not go into the lockdown”, said Landau during a service on Sunday in St. Stephen’s Cathedral on the occasion of the church’s “World Day of the Poor”. The willingness to stand together, to tackle and not to forget the weakest had made Austria great in the past, the Caritas President stressed. “We should continue on this path in…

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Current Corona Numbers: 5,665 new cases throughout Austria – intensive care patients increase

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30 percent more intensive care patients in one week – Anschober: “Lockdown is the only chance”. For six weeks, the number of people actively infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Austria increased: Also on Sunday, 5,665 new infections were reported, but the number of active cases decreased slightly for the first time since October 2 and fell by 677 persons to 76,453, because 6,259 persons were reported to have recovered. A further 83 people died, however, the number of deaths increased to 1,829, and the number of intensive care patients rose by…

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Lockdown brings mass testing

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The second hard corona lockdown, which starts in Austria on Tuesday, will be accompanied by mass testing. This was announced by Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) on Sunday. Similar to Slovakia, Kurz wants to test as many people as possible before the reopening on December 7, including teachers and, in an even bigger step, carry out mass tests before Christmas in order to make holidays as safe as possible, the Chancellor announced. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) was somewhat more reserved in his comments: “We are currently in the middle…

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