Month: August 2021

India: Ten million Corona vaccinations in a single day

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For the first time, more than ten million people in India have been vaccinated in a single day. According to health ministry data released Saturday, the mark was surpassed the previous day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the milestone as a “momentous achievement” for his country. Modi’s government has faced criticism since the Corona deaths of more than 200,000 people in a largely unchecked wave of infections in April and May. Five billion vaccinations against Corona administered worldwideThe government had set a goal of vaccinating about 1.1 billion adults by…

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RKI reports 8416 new infections Seven-day incidence climbs to 74

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The number of new infections is again higher than last Sunday, with 8416 registered cases. The seven-day incidence also continues to rise steadily: according to the Robert Koch Institute, it climbs to 74.1. The authority also receives reports of 12 new deaths within 24 hours. The seven-day incidence has continued to rise. According to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) this morning, it is 74.1 – the previous day the value had been 72.1, and a week ago 54.5. The health authorities in Germany reported 8416 new Corona infections…

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Coronavirus worldwide: Louisiana hospitals too full of covid patients for hurricane evacuation

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More than 215.3 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. About 4.5 million infected people have died. More than 5 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. Coastal hospitals in Louisiana cannot be evacuated despite the approach of dangerous Hurricane Ida because there are too many Corona patients in the state. This was stated by Governor John Bel Edwards. Currently, 2450 patients are being treated as inpatients for Covid 19 disease in the state of 4.6 million people, he told CNN on Saturday…

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“COVID 19 measures are not enough at the moment” – virologist warns

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Virologist Dorothee von Laer warns about the development of the coronavirus situation in this country. Currently, she said, we are “running into” an autumn wave “that could be massive.” “At the moment, the measures are not enough, the numbers continue to rise,” the virologist told Ö1-Mittagsjournal on Saturday. On the radio and in the news magazine “profil” she also warned of a possible new lockdown. The autumn wave could also bring occupancy in intensive care units, von Laer said. One should not underestimate the effect of the delta variant, the…

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Australia: Lockdown in Melbourne is extended

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The sixth lockdown in the Australian city of Melbourne will be extended. This was announced today by the authorities with reference to the still too high infection figures. Actually, the tightened measures for the almost seven million inhabitants of Melbourne and the state of Victoria should have been lifted on Thursday after four weeks. That was no longer possible because the number of new infections had risen by 92 within a day, said the head of the Victorian government, Dan Andrews. As a result, the nighttime curfew will remain in…

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Corona Virus in Austria: latest figures

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Corona numbers in Austria continue to rise. On Saturday, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health reported 1322 new infections in the past 24 hours. This is above the average of the past seven days (1305). In the hospital must be treated again more patients, Austria-wide 429 need now a care in the hospital, around nine more than on Friday. 109 seriously ill patients are in intensive care units. Within a fortnight, the number of Covid 19 patients in intensive care has thus more than doubled. Last…

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Saturday: 1,322 new infections in Austria

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There are also five new patients in an intensive care unit and one new death related to Covid. From Friday to Saturday, 1,322 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. Compared to the previous week (1,328 cases), new infections thus decrease by six cases. The 7-day incidence decreases slightly to 102.64. In addition, there is one new death related to Covid-19 infection, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,777 so far. The number of active cases currently stands at 14,711. In the past 24 hours, 82,333 new PCR…

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New lockdown ist inevitable – Austrian virologist believes

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“We won’t get around a lockdown,” says virologistDorothee von Laer. Vaccination for under-12s could provide a remedy. Innsbruck virologist Dorothee von Laer believes a new Corona lockdown is inevitable in the fall. The expert says so in an interview in the current issue of the news magazine “profil”. “If the wave does not flatten out soon, we will not get around a lockdown,” says von Laer. The reasons: low Corona vaccination rates, declining protection among the elderly and the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus. There is one big…

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World news: U.S. intelligence agencies remain unable to resolve differences over the exact origin of the COVID-19 virus

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U.S. intelligence agencies remain unable to resolve differences over the exact origin of the COVID-19 virus. The debate over whether an incident in a Chinese lab may have played a role must therefore remain unresolved, officials said Friday (Aug. 27) in a released summary. However, according to individual voices in the U.S. intelligence community, it is said to be certain, according to the Reuters news agency, that the coronavirus was not designed as a biological weapon, but most likely a small group of people in Wuhan were exposed to the…

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