WHO: British variant spread in 70 countries

The new variants of the coronavirus are spreading in more and more countries: As the World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday, the coronavirus mutation initially registered in Great Britain has now been detected in 70 countries. That was ten countries more than a week earlier. The WHO also recorded a larger distribution area for the mutant initially detected in South Africa. The number of affected countries rose by eight to 31 within a week. For the mutation that first appeared in Brazil, the WHO now stated that eight countries were…

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Biontech wants to supply EU with more vaccine doses than planned

German vaccine manufacturer Biontech wants to supply the EU with as much of its product as possible than was actually planned. “Of course, we are working to also make up for the reduction in deliveries of ampoules and even deliver more than 100 percent of the doses in the first quarter,” CFO Sierk Poetting told the Stuttgarter Zeitung and Stuttgarter Nachrichten newspapers (Thursday editions). Biontech and its U.S. partner Pfizer are currently supplying less vaccine to the EU than planned because of rebuilding work at a Belgian plant. However, the…

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Nearly 159,000 vaccinations entered in E-vaccination passport

158,985 patients have received one or, in some cases, both partial coronavirus vaccinations to date, according to an entry in the e-vaccination passport. This is according to data from the electronic vaccination passport, which the Ministry of Health published for the first time today on its website. According to the data, 5,126 of those vaccinated have already received both partial vaccinations. 153,859 have therefore received the first partial vaccination, according to the entry in the e-vaccination passport. It was reported that the infrastructure for nationwide registration in the electronic vaccination…

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Prescription for Corona vaccination by general practitioners has arrived

Over 80-year-olds can now be vaccinated by their family doctor, and over-65s will also be able to do so from February 1. The Ministry of Health on Wednesday published the long-awaited regulation for Corona vaccinations by general practitioners. This means that people over 80 may be vaccinated as of the regulation’s entry into force, and over-65s as of February 1. The fee is also regulated: the responsible health insurance provider must transfer 25 euros to the doctor for the first partial vaccination and 20 euros for the second. The vaccination…

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Vaccination dashboard, an update

An adapted version of the Austrian Immunization Dashboard will be rolled out Wednesday evening. The Ministry of Health will then also present the number of partially and fully immunized individuals according to the e-vaccination passport, as announced during an online presentation to media representatives this morning. So far, the ministry’s overview of figures at info.gesundheitsministerium.gv.at shows the doses requested by vaccination centers and the vials of serum delivered to them; a theoretical number of vaccinated persons was last calculated from the second figure. This estimate of just under 190,000 persons…

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1,671 new corona infections in Austria on Wednesday

As of Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 1,671 new Corona infections have been reported in Austria. 38 people died from or with the virus in the last 24 hours. In the provincial comparison of new corona infections, Lower Austria pulls ahead again somewhat with 393 new infections. Upper Austria is also scratching the 300 mark with 290 new infections, while Vienna is in third place with 264 new infected persons. Corona infections by federal stateThe new infections since the last report are divided among the federal states of Austria as follows:…

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Digital freeway vignette: ÖAMTC warns against overpriced online portals

The Austrian Car and Motor Touring Club (ÖAMTC) reports that for some time now there has been an increase of online providers offering digital freeway vignettes for Austria and other European countries at considerably higher prices. Vignette 2021 apple green and more expensiveAnyone who needs a vignette should pay close attention to where they purchase it. Because there are expensive online portals that offer them, where the customer pays considerably more: up to 67 percent more can make up the price difference here. “The sites basically do not sell the…

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More than 100 million corona infections now worldwide, 13,202 new infections in Germany

The number of confirmed Corona infections worldwide has risen to more than 100 million. This is according to a data analysis by Reuters news agency on Wednesday. Covid-19 has now been detected in nearly 1.3 percent of the world’s population. Some 668,250 cases have been reported daily since the beginning of the year. The worst-affected countries – the U.S., India, Brazil, Russia and the U.K. – together account for more than half of all cases, but represent only 28 percent of the world’s population. The hardest-hit region is Europe, which…

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Apple most valuable brand in the world

The US company Apple is the most valuable brand in the world. This is the result of a study published on Tuesday by the brokerage firm Brand Finance. According to the study, Amazon and Google, also based in the U.S., follow in second and third place. “A brand is first of all an intangible asset, we try to give it a value,” the director general of Brand Finance, Bertrand Chovet, told the AFP news agency in this regard. The basis for this, he said, is on the one hand the…

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