Year: 2020

21,866 new infections in Germany

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In Germany, health authorities have reported 21,866 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within the last 24 hours. This is almost 3,400 more cases than on Wednesday, according to the RKI’s data from Thursday morning. Compared to last Thursday, the figure is slightly higher. At that time, the number of reported new infections was 19,990. A peak had been reached on Saturday with 23,399 recorded cases. The RKI counts a total of 727,553 confirmed infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic (as of…

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8,925 corona cases in the Czech Republic

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Czech Republic reports 8,925 new corona cases for November 11. For the same period the country recorded 247 deaths related to the virus. In total, there are 438,805 registered corona infections and 5,570 deaths associated with the virus in the Czech Republic so far. The Czech Republic has one of the highest infection rates in Europe. Last Wednesday a record number of new infections was set with 15,727 new infections within 24 hours. Hector Pascua, Source: News Agencies. Picture: pixabay.com

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Corona Lockdown light: How it affects the psyche – and what you can do against depression

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Corona. Lockdown. All over again? Not quite, but the newly imposed lockdown light is still a huge psychological blow to all of us. When the Corona pandemic brought everything to a standstill in the spring, the summer was full of rays of hope. And it gave us courage. Now not only are all restaurants, bars and museums closing again, but we are also facing the darkest, dimmest and longest season of the year. A low mood or even depression is pre-programmed. Corona Lockdown light: How it affects the psycheGeneral frustration…

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Formal green light for EU contract with Biontech/Pfizer

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The European Union can purchase up to 300 million doses of the promising corona vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer. The EU Commission formally approved the framework agreement with the two companies on Wednesday, as EU circles confirmed. The EU states will thus be entitled to purchase the vaccine as soon as it is approved. It is not yet clear when this will happen. The EU agreement provides for the purchase of 200 million vaccine doses from Biontech/Pfizer and the option of a further 100 million doses. Under an EU agreement,…

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More than one million corona cases in Italy

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Since the beginning of the epidemic in February, the neighbouring country has recorded more than one million infections. 623 people have died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Rome. In Italy, the threshold of one million coronavirus cases since the beginning of the epidemic in February was exceeded on Wednesday. The number of people infected since the outbreak of the pandemic in Italy on February 20 rose to 1,028,424 on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health announced. On Wednesday there was another sharp increase in the number of fatalities. 623…

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Health Minister Anschober expects corona vaccine for all in the second quarter of 2021

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Following the supply agreement between the EU and the pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Pfizer, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) is optimistic that it will be possible to vaccinate risk groups and health workers against the coronavirus in the first quarter of 2021. “I assume that the other interested population can then be vaccinated step by step from the second quarter onwards. We are currently preparing the vaccination logistics for this,” he explained in a press release on Wednesday. The Ministry of Health has emphasized that the vaccination should first be…

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Ministries report 7,514 new corona cases in Austria

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11. November 2020 – The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior have reported 7,514 newly registered coronavirus cases (as of 9:30 a.m. today) within the last 24 hours. In total, 172,380 people have tested positive in Austria since the beginning of the pandemic. 3,719 people have to be treated in hospital for the infection, 536 of them in intensive care. 1,564 people have died in connection with Covid-19 according to ministry figures. The most positive test results were recorded in Vienna with 1,427 – due to technical…

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AUSTRIA’s involvement against CORONA: What the miracle vaccine can do

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A novel vaccination is to provide 90 percent protection against the coronavirus. The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Biontech have developed a vaccine that is expected to offer 90 percent protection against corona disease. It has already been tested on 43,500 people. One of them is the Austrian virologist and top researcher Florian Krammer. He cheered: “For the first time we are seeing a vaccine that works. The vaccine uses a completely experimental approach, which involves injecting part of the virus’s genetic code into people, in order to train the immune…

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Main committee extends exit restrictions

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Today, the main committee of the Austrian Parliamentary extended the initial restrictions in force since November 3. This is necessary because according to the legal requirements, the initial restrictions can only be adopted for ten days at a time. All other measures of the partial lockdown have already been decided for four weeks until the end of November. In addition to the governing parties ÖVP and Greens, the SPÖ will also vote for the extension. Meanwhile, the Vienna City Councilor for Health Peter Hacker (SPÖ) will present “checkboxes”. These are…

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