Month: July 2021

Amnesty: One person dies of corona every eleven seconds

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Amnesty International is calling on governments and companies in wealthier nations to ensure “equitable access to vaccines” in the fight against the Corona pandemic. There is still “one Covid 19 death every 11 seconds – mostly in low-income countries,” Amnesty International International Secretary General Agnès Callamard stressed in a release from the human rights organization on Thursday. Hardly any vaccines for low-income countriesEighty-five percent of the vaccine doses were administered in high- and middle-income countries, according to Amnesty. Only 0.3 percent of doses were given in low-income countries, according to…

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New wave expected: Vaccination appeal by Kurz

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Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) has urgently appealed to all citizens to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. This is because the infection figures would soon rise again in Austria as well, he said yesterday evening (local time) in New York. “The virus will not disappear, it will stay. It will keep us busy for years to come,” Kurz said. He made it known at the same time that he received his second AstraZeneca vaccine dose a few days ago. “For anyone who has been vaccinated, the pandemic is over. For…

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Sydney numbers rise despite lockdown

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Despite a tough lockdown, Sydney is battling another surge in coronavirus cases. Health officials today reported 112 new infections in the Australian metropolis in one day – a new high in this wave of infections. The first CoV death this year was reported yesterday. The virus has now spread to several neighborhoods in the city of five million, despite a lockdown that has lasted for more than two weeks. New South Wales state government leader Gladys Berejiklian blamed the negligence of residents who met despite the lockdown. For more than…

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Italy is European Football champion

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The Italian national soccer team won the second European Championship title in its history on Sunday night and at the same time prevented England from winning the first. In the final match in London, the “Squadra Azzurra” won 3:2 on penalties. Luke Shaw’s opening goal 117 seconds into the match – the fastest ever in a European Championship final – was answered by Leonardo Bonucci’s equalizer in the 67th minute. Extra time was goalless, and in the penalty shootout three England players failed to score, including the specially substituted duo…

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1.3 million vaccine doses are now available in Austria

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More vaccine has been delivered to Austria than ordered. 1.3 million doses are in interim storage, waiting to be vaccinated. More than 9.5 million doses have been delivered to Austria since vaccine deliveries from the EU quota began. However, only 8.2 million have been ordered by the vaccination centers. The question arises: what happened to the remaining 1.3 million doses? “They have already been distributed to the intermediate storage facilities in the federal states and are waiting to be called off,” the Ministry of Health announced. The provinces would only…

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Rising corona numbers in some countries

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Due to an infection increase of 800 percent, clubs and discos in the Netherlands have to close again. Catalonia and Great Britain are experiencing a similar situation. The much more contagious delta variant is still on the advance! In the Netherlands, for example, the Corona infection figures are currently exploding, and the government reacted immediately: Discos and clubs have to close again, while restaurants are (still) allowed to stay open until midnight. The Netherlands relaxed the Corona measures only 14 days ago. But within just one week, there was an…

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Rising trend in corona infections in Austria

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In the past 24 hours, according to figures from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior (as of 9:30 a.m. Sunday), 159 new infections with the coronavirus have been recorded, more than the average of the past seven days (125) and more than twice as many as last Sunday’s 75. The seven-day incidence of infections per 100,000 inhabitants is also on the rise, approaching the ten-case threshold at 9.8 cases. Thus, 2,000 Corona cases were active in Austria on Sunday, 84 more than on Saturday. The number…

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159 new corona infections in Austria

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From Friday to Saturday, there were 159 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared to the previous week (75 cases), this is an increase of 84 cases. This brings the 7-day incidence to 9.83. In addition, there is no new death associated with Covid 19 infection. The number of active cases increases to 2,000 with 75 new recoveries. In the past 24 hours, 25,810 new PCR tests were performed, bringing the positive rate to 0.62 percent. The positive news, despite slightly increasing numbers, is that there are three fewer Corona patients…

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Double infection possible: Researchers report fatal infection

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Apparently, it is possible to become infected with different variants of the coronavirus at the same time. Belgian scientists are tracking down a disturbing finding: There are covid patients who contract different variants of the virus at the same time. These are still isolated cases because studies are lacking. But experts believe co-infections are an underestimated phenomenon. In Belgium, a 90-year-old woman died after being infected with two different variants of the coronavirus at the same time. According to scientists, the unvaccinated woman lived alone at home, where she was…

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