Year: 2020

Slovakia wants to test almost the whole nation in four days

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Over the next two weekends, the Slovakian government plans to test almost the entire population of the country for the coronavirus. The national corona crisis staff has approved the plan after a pilot phase was successfully completed last weekend, head of government Igor Matovic announced on Monday evening. From last Friday to Sunday, four districts on the Polish border that were particularly hard hit by the pandemic were initially tested. In the next two phases, all residents over ten years of age in the rest of the country will be…

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More than 1,000 new infections in Denmark for the first time

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In Denmark, for the first time since the beginning of the CoV pandemic, more than a thousand new infections have been recorded within one day. As the Danish health authority announced yesterday, 1,056 new cases were registered within 24 hours. At the beginning of the week, new restrictions had come into force in Denmark. Since then, alcohol may no longer be sold in Denmark after 22.00 hours. Meetings with more than ten participants are prohibited. From Thursday onwards, the obligation to wear masks, which is already in force in public…

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WHO chief warns against overloading intensive care units

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In view of rapidly increasing numbers of coronavirus infections, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of overloading intensive care units, especially in Europe and North America. “Many countries in the northern hemisphere are currently seeing a worrying increase in cases and hospital admissions,” said WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a briefing in Geneva yesterday. In some places intensive care units filled up quickly. Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 40 million infections have been detected worldwide. More than one million people have died…

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Enormous increase in new corona infections in Austria

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A sharp increase in Covid-19 infections over the long weekend has further aggravated the situation in Austria as well as in almost all of Europe. While there were still around 18,000 actively infected persons on Friday, this figure rose by 5,000 to over 23,000 by the national holiday on Monday. 2,456 new corona infections were registered in the past 24 hours. In a seven-day comparison, the particularly critical utilization of intensive care beds rose by 30 percent to 188. “The higher the infection figures are, the more restrictive measures are…

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Corona: What works? Progress in the search for therapies – But not yet a miracle cure

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Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, pharmaceutical companies and researchers worldwide have been working on therapies against Covid-19, and there is now greater clarity about some of them. However, a miracle cure has not yet been found. Dexamethasone (and corticoids)The steroid dexamethasone has shown promise in early studies in patients requiring oxygen – the only drug proven to reduce mortality. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Medicines Agency therefore advocate its use. According to the studies, however, it could possibly only work in the most severe cases.…

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AGES: Over 32,000 active cases

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The number of active coronavirus cases in Austria (as of 14:00 today) is 32,052, according to the AGES dashboard, which recently replaced the dashboard of the Ministry of Health. This was accompanied by a leap in the number of people currently infected, as convalescents are registered more slowly in the new system. More than two million testsIn addition, new cases are no longer assigned to the registration date, but to the date of laboratory diagnosis, which may have taken place days before. This makes the curve of the epidemic course…

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Nürnberg cancels Christmas market

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The famous Christkindlesmarkt in Nürnberg is cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. This was announced by the northern Bavarian city today. “We find this decision very difficult. The Christkindlesmarkt with its great tradition belongs to Nürnberg,” said Lord Mayor Marcus König. Originally, the city had planned to have the traditional Christkindlesmarkt more decentralized and with a strict hygiene concept. But in view of the rising numbers, the city now considers this to be the wrong signal, said König. Curfew for Rottal-Inn CountyThe number of registered new CoV infections…

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Detect symptoms: The difference between colds and corona

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Do I only have a cold or is it Corona? This question is currently occupying many people. A study shows which symptom can give an indication of corona.Right now the uncertainty is enormous. With a slight scratching of the neck, a runny nose and a feeling of tiredness or lack of energy, many people wonder whether it is just a cold or a corona. The symptoms can provide information. Even if both diseases show similar symptoms, the symptoms experienced by subjects already infected with Covid-19 were recorded in a study…

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Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz national day speech: corona crisis in Austria

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz spoke about “the crisis”, which “has dominated our public life for more than 8 months”. Sebastian Kurz: “It damages our economy and massively restricts our private life. Thanks to a joint effort, we have come through this crisis relatively well so far. But there are still difficult months ahead and I know that this is not easy for any of us”. The Chancellor found highly emotional words for the current situation – with thousands of new infections every day, hospitals visibly filled and hundreds of thousands of…

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