UN: 1.4 million unintended pregnancies in pandemic

About 12 million women worldwide have had difficulty accessing contraception because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to United Nations estimates. That has led to about 1.4 million unwanted pregnancies, according to a report released yesterday (local time) by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). The pandemic has caused disruptions in family planning services in 115 low- and middle-income countries, it said. This, it said, was due to such things as travel restrictions, supply chain disruptions, shortages of medicines and congestion at health facilities. Especially for the lives of women in poorer…

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3,126 new corona cases and more than 1,600 hospitalized

3,126 new infections with the coronavirus have been added in Austria in 24 hours. Thus, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health reported on Friday the second highest value this year. On January 14, with numerous subsequent reports, 3,510 positive tests had been registered. Meanwhile, the number of hospital patients rose again to over 1,600, two weeks ago it was under 1,300. 348 patients were in intensive care units on Friday, 33 more infected died. Most new infections were reported in Vienna with 969, 632 were in…

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What the Covid-19 vaccines have in common – and what makes them different

The Corona vaccine from U.S. pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has a special feature: the drug only needs to be administered once. This sets it apart from the three vaccines approved so far in the EU, which require two doses. An overview of the differences and similarities between the agents. How do the vaccines work? The agents from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson are so-called vector vaccines. A virus that is harmless to humans introduces information from the pathogen that causes the disease into the body. In the case of…

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12,834 infections, 252 new deaths in Germany

Health departments in Germany reported 12,834 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day, 2,254 more than a week ago. This is according to figures released by the RKI on Friday. The number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (seven-day incidence) was also significantly higher than the previous day (69.1) at 72.4.Four weeks ago, on February 12, the seven-day incidence had been 62.2. In addition, 252 more deaths were recorded within 24 hours. Exactly one week ago, the RKI had recorded 10,580…

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Corona traffic light: further increases in infections expected

The Corona Traffic Light Commission expects the significant increase in coronavirus case numbers to continue. At the same time, with the exception of Vorarlberg, Austria is already at “very high risk” and thus remains largely red. Current corona incidencesA withdrawal of the relaxation of the visiting rules in the hospitals is to be considered, it was said from the committee after the weekly meeting Thursday afternoon. This is in case the increasing burden on intensive care units continues. South African variant now spreading in Upper Austria and ViennaThe South Africa…

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