12 February 2021 Archives

Vaccination likely to prevent transmission of Corona

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About 150 million people around the world have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus in recent weeks, “so there is now a very large body of experience,” says Markus Müller, rector of the Medical University of Vienna. Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt, chairwoman of the national vaccination committee, is particularly pleased with new data on the vaccines. Because for all three vaccines that have been approved in Europe so far, these data show: the viral load is significantly reduced by vaccination. “So we can now say not only that everyone can be individually…

Vaccination makes infected less contagious

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According to a study from Israel, Sars-CoV-2-infected people reproduce fewer viruses after the first vaccination dose than unvaccinated people – and would thus be less contagious. If people become infected with the pathogen Sars-CoV-2 after a Corona vaccination, they apparently reproduce fewer viruses than unvaccinated people – and would thus be less contagious. This is true even after a single vaccination dose, write Israeli researchers in a study that has not yet been peer-reviewed. Clemens Wendtner of the Munich Clinic Schwabing sees the result as a “cause for hope”. It’s…

Tyrol’s Medical Chamber President calls for “all available vaccines”.

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The president of the Tyrolean Medical Chamber, Artur Wechselberger, has called on the federal government to use all available vaccines that are effective against the mutated virus in Tyrol. He lamented a lack of support from the federal government. He saw it as a challenge for the federal government to develop a strategy on how to deal with the Austrian vaccination concept when mutations call the effectiveness of vaccines into question. After all, the situation could repeat itself at any time in another province and with one of the other…

Virtual Panel Discussion on the “CoViD-19 Vaccination Dilemma”

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European Network of Filipino Diaspora Austria (ENFiD-Austria) organized a virtual panel discussion on “CoViD-19 Vaccination Dilemma on 28 January 2021 via zoom. Vienna, 28 January 2021 – In an act of unity, CoViD-19 vaccination started across the European Union on 27 December 2020. Yet, to date many are still in a dilemma as to whether to be or not to be vaccinated. Therefore, the European Network of Filipino Diaspora Austria (ENFiD-Austria) organized a virtual panel discussion on “CoViD-19 Vaccination Dilemma on 28 January 2021 via zoom. Chairperson, Ms Maria Zelda…

Massive Corona increase at the end of the week

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Corona numbers continue to rise rapidly after soft opening steps. On Friday, 1,731 new infections were reported. There were 32 deaths. Corona numbers in Austria remain at a high level. On Wednesday, there were 1,469 new infections, on Thursday, 1,577 new cases were reported Austria-wide and on Friday, 1,731 additional positive results were received by the authorities – an increase of almost 10 percent within 24 hours! The positive findings are distributed among the nine federal states as follows: ➤ Burgenland: 33 ➤ Carinthia: 127 ➤ Lower Austria: 319 ➤…

Highly contagious variant discovered in Brazil

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A new variant of the coronavirus has been discovered in the Brazilian Amazon. This mutant is probably three times more contagious than the original virus, Brazil’s Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello announced yesterday (local time). Despite the strong risk of infection, the minister assured: “Thank God, the analysis has shown that the vaccines are also effective against this variant.” However, the Ministry of Health did not provide data from this analysis so far. Pazuello said infections in the jungle city of Manaus had risen unexpectedly in recent months but were being…

I already had Corona – what can I do now?

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More than 400,000 people in Austria have survived the Covid-19 virus and are considered “recovered”, but do these people now have any advantages? Wearing an FFP2 mask is necessary wherever it is not possible to comply with the two-meter rule – indoors anyway, but also outdoors at markets, for example. This also applies to recovered or vaccinated persons. Also the distance rule does not spare recovered and/or vaccinated persons. If this regulation is disregarded, a fine of 90.00 euros can be imposed. There is a small “advantage” here for persons…