Month: August 2021

Swiss researcher warns of new ‘super variant’

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“Covid-22 could become even worse than what we are experiencing now,” says Swiss scientist Sai Reddy, with regard to new Corona variants. Vaccinations would therefore have to be adapted in the future as well.Warning against superspreader eventsA scientist working in Switzerland warns of a new Corona super-variant. This could form as a combination of existing variants, Sai Reddy, assistant professor at the Department of Biosystem Science and Engineering at ETH in Basel, said in an interview. “It is very likely that a new variant will emerge where we can no…

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16 of 18 Vienna covid intensive care patients unvaccinated

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Of the 18 Covid patients requiring intensive care in Vienna hospitals at the beginning of this week (cutoff date: August 23), 16 had not been vaccinated against the coronavirus.The 18 covid patients include seven men and 11 women. One had received a partial vaccination, and another was fully immunized but immunosuppressed. The city of Vienna made the announcement Thursday afternoon in response to an APA query. Vienna Covid intensive care patients: Average age 54.7 yearsImmunosuppression is present, for example, in people whose immune system has been weakened by appropriately necessary…

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Corona chief expert Fauci gives forecast on end of pandemic

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US immunologist Anthony Fauci is positive about the future and predicts an end to the pandemic at a very specific time. Some of Fauci’s colleagues paint a somewhat bleak picture as far as the Corona pandemic is concerned, but the U.S. immunologist has now made people sit up and take notice with a positive message. He expects that the U.S. could return to a “certain normality” as early as spring 2022. The prerequisite is that enough people get vaccinated. At a press conference, he said, “I want to appeal to…

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Violent rise – This is what the Corona forecast predicts

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For days, daily Corona infections have far exceeded 1,000 new cases. Now a new Corona forecast paints an even bleaker picture. As recently as Aug. 17, there were 866 new Corona infections, a three-digit level. Since then, however, things have gone steeply upwards: 1,221 cases on the following Wednesday heralded a sad series of four-digit infection figures: 1,226 new infections on Thursday, then 1,258, 1,328, 1,121, 1,077 cases measured by Tuesday. Then Wednesday saw an even new high of 1,574 new Corona cases recorded, followed by 1,438 new cases on…

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1,438 new infections in Austria

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Yesterday, with 1,574 new infections, the highest value since the beginning of May was reported. In addition, more than 400 Covid-19 sufferers had to be treated in hospitals on Wednesday for the first time in eleven weeks. From Wednesday to Thursday, 1,438 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. Compared to the previous week (1,226), this is 212 infections more. In Austria’s hospitals are currently 415 people in connection with a covid disease, which is two less than the previous day. 95 patients are in intensive care – that is…

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Corona vaccination launched in supermarket in Vienna

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In Vienna, the Corona vaccination is now also available in supermarkets: the Rewe Group offers at three locations to be immunized easily and quickly. The campaign kicked off on Wednesday at Millennium City. The rush there in the morning was huge – but not because of numerous people wanting to be vaccinated, but because of the great media interest. “It has never been less complicated to get vaccinated in Vienna,” assured City Health Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) at the presentation. Marcel Haraszti, CEO of Rewe International AG, also emphasized: “It…

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Study: Protection against coronavirus infection diminishes just a few months after full vaccination

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BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines lose protective efficacy over time. A large-scale English study has now shown the extent to which the protective efficacy of AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech corona vaccines diminishes after several months. At the same time, the researchers call for rapid plans for booster vaccinations.Protection against coronavirus infection diminishes somewhat just a few months after full vaccination, according to one study. As a reference point, the British researchers took the protective effect determined in their study one month after the second dose of vaccine, which, according to them, was…

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Johnson & Johnson submits data on vaccination booster

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U.S. pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson presents studies on an additional dose of vaccination with its coronavaccine. According to the data, a second vaccination would greatly increase the immune response.A booster vaccination of Johnson & Johnson’s Corona vaccine significantly boosts immune defenses, according to the U.S. pharmaceutical giant. In two clinical trials, the number of antibodies increased ninefold after a second dose of vaccine compared with 28 days after the first dose, the company said Wednesday. The data would support the use of a second vaccine dose as a so-called…

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Forecast: twice as many intensive care patients in two weeks

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In its latest analysis, the Covid 19 Prognosis Consortium predicts that the trend in new infections will continue to rise, resulting in a significant increase in the number of intensive care patients. Experts estimate that their number will have more than doubled from 87 yesterday in two weeks. For September 8, they predict 180 critically ill patients, in addition to 626 patients in normal wards. Thus, more than 800 Covid 19-infected people would be in the hospital again then. Intensive care unit utilization will rise from 4.2 percent to 8.9…

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