Day: February 14, 2021

Great Britain has vaccinated 15 million people

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The British government has reached its self-imposed goal of vaccinating at least 15 million residents against Corona by mid-February. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday called it a “milestone.” “This country has achieved an extraordinary feat,” the head of government tweeted Sunday. Nadhim Zahawi, the secretary of state in charge, tweeted, “15,000,000! Great team.” Johnson had issued this figure at the beginning of the year as a stage goal for Feb. 15. Officials say – as of Friday – more than 14.56 million people have received a first dose. But…

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Czech Republic again imposes state of emergency for 14 days

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Due to the dramatically high number of coronavirus infections, the Czech Republic has once again declared a state of emergency. It will be in effect for 14 days starting tomorrow, the minority government under Prime Minister Andrej Babis announced today. This is in response to a request from the representatives of all 14 administrative regions, including the capital Prague. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been more than one million confirmed CoV infections and 18,143 deaths in the country of just over ten million people. According to the…

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Health Minister Anschober expects rising infection figures

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The situation is stable, but from next week the effect of the lockdown relaxed last Monday will gradually diminish, while at the same time the growing number of mutations will show consequences, analyzed Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens). “Starting next week, we have to assume that this consequential effect will gradually decrease and that the strongly increasing proportion of mutations with a higher risk of infection will lead to a gradual increase in the number of infections in the coming weeks.” This is also indicated by the now slowly rising…

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Corona figures in Austria remain in four figures

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Corona virus continues to spread in Austria. Over 1,100 new cases were reported in just one day. According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, a total of 1,184 new infections and 16 deaths were registered throughout Austria in the last 24 hours. So far, there have been 433,487 positive test results in Austria. As of February 14 (9:30 a.m.), 8,211 people across Austria have died as a result of the virus and 411,199 have recovered. Currently, 1,311 people are receiving hospital treatment for the Corona virus. Of these, 258…

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Entry ban for Tyroleans to Germany in force

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The ban on Tyroleans entering Germany came into force today, Sunday. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer reiterated that the entry rules will be strictly controlled. “Anyone who is not one of the few exceptions cannot enter the country,” the CSU politician told Bild am Sonntag. He said he expected delays. “Due to the controls, there may be waiting times here and there. The federal police will not simply wave through the traffic.” Controversial is the regulation for commuters. According to the new text of the entry quarantine regulation, Bavaria wants…

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Ice Age in Austria: -29.4 degrees at the Dachstein

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Vienna. Minus 29.4 Degrees, it was in the night to Saturday on the Dachstein (Styria). This is the lowest temperature measured so far this winter by the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics. At Sonnblick in Salzburg it was only 25.3 degrees. At low altitudes, however, the previous lowest values of this winter were not undercut for the time being: Minus 24.2 degrees were already measured on January 11 in St. Jakob im Defereggental (East Tyrol), minus 23.5 in Lienz, also on January 11. Blue sky. However, it was still…

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