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More than 18,000 new corona infections in Belgium

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 admin

Belgium, severely affected by the corona pandemic, reports a new record level of new infections. For Tuesday last week (October 20), the number was 18,217 according to new calculations, the spokesman of the crisis center, Yves van Laethem, told the press in Brussels on Monday. The figure for 20 October had initially been given as 15,432 over the weekend. For Belgium, the Sciensano public health institute put the average number of new infections per day for the period from October 16 to 22 at 12,491, an increase of 44 percent…

Coronavirus: 2,456 new infections throughout Austria

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 admin

In the last 24 hours there have been 2,456 new corona infections in Austria. So far, there have been 83,267 positive test results in Austria. As of today (26 October 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 992 people throughout Austria have died as a result of the corona virus and 59,036 have recovered. At present, 1,330 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the corona virus and 188 of these are in intensive care units.Corona new infections by federal states:Burgenland: 102Carinthia: 43Lower Austria: 232Upper Austria: 612Salzburg: 221Styria: 334Tyrol: 282Vorarlberg: 136Vienna: 494 hp, source:…

Austrian National holiday takes place in the living room this year

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 admin

This year’s national holiday does not take place at Vienna’s Heldenplatz, as usual, but in the living rooms of the Austrians. Both the traditional performance show of the Austrian Armed Forces and guided tours of the Hofburg, the Parliament and the Ministries will only take place online or will be cancelled. Only the wreath-laying ceremonies and the recruiting ceremony will take place at Heldenplatz as usual, but without an audience and with a minimal cast. The political celebrations will begin with a meeting of the Council of Ministers at 9.10…

Over 52,000 new cases registered in France

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 admin

The number of new coronavirus infections registered in one day in France today exceeded the 50,000 mark for the first time. A total of 52,010 people were diagnosed with a coronavirus infection within 24 hours, according to the health authorities of the country, which has a population of around 67 million, announced this evening. Since yesterday, 116 new deaths have also been reported. Over 20,000 new cases in ItalyAlso in Italy (60.4 million inhabitants), the competent authorities today reported a further increase in new CoV infections. According to this, 21,273…

Corona Explosion throughout Europe

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 admin

The number of infections is skyrocketing throughout Europe. More and more countries are going back into the partial lockdown. The coronavirus is currently spreading rapidly in Austria: With 3,614 new SARS-CoV-2 infections within 24 hours in Austria, the number of active cases in Austria rose to over 20,000 for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic. On Sunday, another 2,782 infections were added, a record for a Sunday. This means that there are already 21,974 actively infected persons. The number of hospitalized patients is also rising sharply. Nevertheless,…

Expert: Vaccine not earlier than July 2021

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 admin

Franz Allerberger, head of the “Public Health” department of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), is less optimistic about a vaccine against the coronavirus than Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens). He expects a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in July 2021 at the earliest, he said in the Ö3 program “Frühstück bei mir” today. Allerberger also does not believe that a specific drug is on the way. However, the AGES expert does not see any reason for concern: “It is a much more harmless disease than we feared ten months…

AGES: Over 30,000 active cases

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 admin

The number of active coronavirus cases in Austria (as of 14:00 today) is 30,290, according to the figures of the AGES dashboard, which recently replaced that 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…

High COVID 19 infection rates in Hungary, Croatia and Slovakia

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 admin

Hungary has reported a new negative record in the number of new infections with the coronavirus. Within one day 3,149 new coronavirus cases were registered, the official statistics said today. One day before, the number of cases was 1,820. With the new record, the number of identified SARS-CoV-2 cases increased to a total of 59,247 and the number of victims to 1,425, as 35 people died of or with a coronavirus infection within one day. A total of 16,242 people were considered cured. In the hospitals, 2,449 patients were treated,…

Appeals of the state leadership before the national holiday

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 admin

In view of tomorrow’s national holiday, the head of state of Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen appealed downwards to comply with the coronavirus rules. Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) called for further measures if the increase in the number of infected persons was not to be slowed down. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) appealed to reduce contacts during school vacations and to refrain from Halloween parties. Van der Bellen asked in a letter circulated in the media for understanding not to be able to celebrate the national holiday as…