Day: March 16, 2021

No deaths so far linked to coronavirus vaccination

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To date, there has been no death linked to coronavirus vaccination, the Federal Agency for Safety in Health Care (BASG) reports in its weekly report. To date, 48 deaths in temporal proximity to a Covid 19 vaccination have been reported to the agency – 46 at BioNTech/Pfizer, one at Moderna and one at AstraZeneca. Eight cases – six at BioNTech/Pfizer, one at Moderna and one at AstraZeneca – are under investigation. In three patients, a link to vaccination could be ruled out based on the autopsy report. In 16 individuals,…

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2,425 infections, 33 deaths: hospital figures rise sharply

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As corona numbers rise, the AstraZeneca cause overshadows the pandemic in the country. As of Tuesday, there are 2,425 new infections and 33 deaths. Many countries stop vaccinating with AstraZeneca for now – Austria, on the other hand, continues to vaccinate; some countries go back into hard lockdown – Austria, on the other hand, continues to lock down; and while vaccination is going on diligently elsewhere, thousands of doses are reportedly left in storage in Austria. Meanwhile, corona numbers continue to rise steadily, with health authorities reporting 2,425 new corona…

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No evidence of covid protective effect by Vitamin D. Zinc, Vitamin C

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New study data clearly show that many agents – other than those thought – are ineffective for covid 19 infection. Zinc, vitamin C, or vitamin D make no difference in covid 19 courses or as corona prophylaxis. That’s what studies from the United States show. Researchers have also been disappointed in plasma from people who have already survived the disease. The search for ways to influence the course of SARS-CoV-2 infection or covid-19 with drugs has brought a wide variety of agents into discussion over the past year. Some important…

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Virologist for extended Easter holidays

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With around 500 new infections per day and rising hospital numbers in Vienna, virologist Andreas Bergthaler speaks of a tightrope act as far as the incidence of infection is concerned. He can imagine an extension of the Easter vacations to ease the situation. In the “Wien heute” interview, Bergthaler thinks it is a proposal worth considering to extend the Easter vacations to take pressure off. “It would probably cause little harm and fall in a window of time where we expect numbers to be very high right now.” Fundamentally, however,…

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Wachau study: immunity higher than thought

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The results of the so-called Wachau study are available – and they provide hope. The immunity rate of the population is likely to be higher than expected – at around 25 percent – and the antibodies appear to have a long lifespan. The screenings were conducted for the fourth time in mid-February by Danube Private University (DPU) in Krems in Weißenkirchen in der Wachau (Krems district). Almost 60 percent of the inhabitants – 824 to be exact – took part in the study, plus 463 formerly infected Lower Austrians outside…

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