12 January 2021 Archives

Vienna rehearses mass vaccination

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 admin

A first large-scale vaccination campaign will take place in Vienna this weekend. Physicians in private practice, their office staff, employees in mobile care, paramedics in emergency services and midwives will receive their first vaccination from January 15 to 18, 2021 at the Messe Wien. In one hall, 14 vaccination lanes will be set up, 11,000 people are expected to receive their vaccination during these days. Registration will take place through the respective organizations. “We want to see how many people we can vaccinate in a short time, if the vaccine…

1,575 new infections in Austria

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 admin

To date, there have been 383,833 positive test results in Austria. In the past 24 hours, 1,575 new infections have been registered. As of today (January 12, 2021, 09:30), 6,819 people across Austria have died as a result of corona virus and 357,562 have recovered. Currently, 2,301 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the Corona virus, and 378 of the infected are in intensive care units. New infections since the last report are divided among the provinces of Austria as follows: Burgenland: 24 Carinthia: 84 Lower Austria: 247 Upper…

Corona related deaths in England and Wales in 2020

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In 2020, according to statistics, there were 608,002 deaths. At year’s end, half of the deaths had a link to Covid-19. As many people died in England and Wales last year as last died in 1918, the year of the Spanish flu. There were 608,002 deaths in the country’s parts between January and December, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday by the UK Statistics Authority. That’s more than in any calendar year since 1918, when 611,861 deaths had been counted. However, the figures are difficult to compare over such long…

Chancellor Kurz: majority of all nursing homes vaccinated in two weeks

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 admin

The majority of all old people’s and nursing homes will be vaccinated against the coronavirus within two weeks. In Lower Austria and Carinthia, this goal could already be achieved by the end of this week, said Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP). In a statement to APA, he expressed his delight that the accelerated vaccination strategy was working – and that the goal of coronavirus protection for the homes could thus be achieved much sooner than expected. About two-thirds of nursing home residents are currently being vaccinated in the first wave, Kurz…

Vaccination campaign picks up speed: Kick-off in Vienna General Hospital

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 admin

Admittedly, the first Corona vaccines have already been administered in Vienna’s hospitals . On a larger scale, however, the vaccinations will be carried out in hospitals from Tuesday. The general hospital (AKH) makes the prelude. About 7000 employees of the AKH or the Medical University are to be vaccinated, as a spokeswoman explained on Monday. The number of people who will get their turn each day varies. It is based on duty scheduling and allocation of vaccine doses, it was stressed. In any case, those affected should receive the first…