Month: January 2021

1,575 new infections in Austria

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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…

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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…

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

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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…

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

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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…

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Moderna vaccine shipments started in Europe

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U.S. pharmaceutical company Moderna today began shipping its coronavirus vaccine in Europe. The company made the announcement in Frankfurt, Germany. A large international logistics company will distribute the active ingredient, which is produced in a pharmaceutical factory in Switzerland, to the individual national states, it said. For each country, there will be a central warehouse to which the contractually agreed vaccine doses will be delivered. In the warehouses, the respective state authorities would take over and organize further distribution, Moderna said. The company did not provide further details. The EU…

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WHO calls for global vaccination start in 100 days at latest

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Coronavirus vaccination for health workers and people at particular risk should begin in all countries around the world within the next 100 days. This was demanded by the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in Geneva today. Ghebreyesus repeatedly criticized “vaccination nationalism” – the fact that wealthy countries have secured virtually all the vaccine doses available, while low- and middle-income countries have hardly launched any vaccination campaigns. Another problem in many places is that many countries are unable to store sensitive vaccines such as those produced…

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Corona vaccination schedule for Vienna – who, when and where

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As of January 18, all Viennese can register for a Corona vaccination. A detailed overview of the procedure. The health department of the city of Vienna gives Stadtpolitik Wien the details of the vaccination schedule. On January 18, a pre-registration platform will be activated on impfservice.wien. Already at the end of January, the vaccination of Viennese outside the institutionalized sectors will begin in 12 vaccination centers and a new vaccination street. In the upcoming rollout of vaccinations, the city will receive about 20,000 doses per week, which will be vaccinated…

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Obligation to register when entering Austria from Friday

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Starting Friday, an entry regulation comes into force. One must register online before traveling. This also applies to Austrians. The Foreign Ministry sent out a corresponding information to Austrians abroad on Monday afternoon. The quarantine obligation after entry remains in effect until further notice. Only after five days one can free oneself. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, commuters, transients, and persons arriving for urgent family matters that cannot be postponed, such as a funeral, will neither have to undergo the ten-day quarantine nor register. Individuals entering from a…

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German tourism commissioner: travel hardly possible before May 2021

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Vacation travel during the Easter vacations will continue to be very limited in the view of the German government’s tourism commissioner, Thomas Bareiß (CDU), because of the pandemic. “I think that travel is something that is still very difficult to imagine for the next two or three months,” he said today on RTL and ntv’s “Frühstart” program. He does not expect things to improve until the second quarter, he said. “From Pentecost onward, it will be better again. And I hope that then the summer will be a very big…

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