Day: February 25, 2021

World’s first approval for Johnson & Johnson vaccine

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Bahrain is the first country to grant emergency approval to Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine. The approval followed a thorough study, the National Health Authority announced today. The vaccine, which unlike other agents requires only one injection, is intended for use in people at higher risk of complications, such as the elderly or chronically ill. The vaccine could be approved in the U.S. this week; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers the vaccine safe and effective. — source: orf.at/picture:pixabay.com

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Explosion of new infections – Around 600 in Vienna alone

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The number of confirmed Corona cases in the federal capital in the last 24 hours is 593. As of Thursday, February 25, 2021, 90,761 positive tests have been confirmed in Vienna since the start of the pandemic, according to the provincial health directorate and the city’s medical crisis team. The 593 positive tests reported today include 62 follow-up reports from the past few days. The number of deaths related to the virus is 1,667, meaning that three people have lost their lives again, while 84,627 people have recovered. Yesterday, 47,050…

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Nearly 2,400 new corona infections in Austria

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After there were already more than 2,000 new infections in Austria on Wednesday for the first time in a month, the number rose again on Thursday. In the past 24 hours, there have been 2,391 confirmed new infections in Austria. There are also 23 new deaths linked to Covid-19. In hospitals, the number of Covid patients treated has at least decreased. There are 27 fewer patients in the normal ward and 5 fewer patients in the intensive care unit. source: sozialministerium.at

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Biontech vaccine prevents infection by up to 90 percent

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Good news from Israel: the vaccine not only provides a high level of protection against disease, but also against the transmission of Sars-CoV-2 It’s been the big sticking point since the first Corona vaccines were approved: how well can they prevent transmission of Sars-CoV-2? The clinical trials were focused entirely on the question of how well the vaccines protect against disease with covid-19 – and they do, to a very high degree of up to 95 percent. However, it remained unclear whether vaccinated people could nevertheless pass on the virus…

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UPDATE: Corona vaccination in Austria – schedule is being adhered

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Vaccinations against the corona virus have now been taking place in Austria for eight weeks, yet things are still not going quite so smoothly with the vaccinations in the country. Most people in old people’s and nursing homes have already received a vaccination against the virus, but the vaccine itself is still in short supply. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) reassures and assures that the vaccination schedule is being adhered to and that people will soon receive a vaccination more quickly. “Such a system, which we have set up here,…

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Study: Researchers calculate serious effects of virus mutations

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The researchers from the bioinformatics company Innophore, acib (Austrian Center of Industrial Biotechnology) and the University of Graz are using screening methods based on artificial intelligence (AI). This approach could enable vaccine manufacturers to adapt vaccines more quickly to the most serious mutations. Mutations – changes in the genetic material of an organism – can occur spontaneously or be caused by external influences. Some give the organism advantages such as better adaptation to changing environmental conditions. In the case of viral mutations, this can sometimes have a direct impact on…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says when lockdown will make sense again

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (VP) was on “Bild live” in Germany Wednesday night. He spoke about lockdown scenarios and further openings. “As many restrictions as necessary, as much freedom as possible” – Sebastian Kurz (VP) outlined the Austrian government’s pandemic management in a live talk with Germany’s Bild newspaper Wednesday night. In conversation with deputy editor-in-chief (and Kurz biographer) Paul Ronzheimer, the chancellor talked about the first opening steps Austria has dared to take (earlier than Germany) with the opening of trade, schools and body-related service providers. Kurz also explained his…

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