Month: September 2021

Gargle test machines at nine gas stations in Lower Austria

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Refueling and testing is now possible almost simultaneously in Lower Austria: With vending machines at initially nine gas stations, the start of “Niederösterreich gurgelt” took place on Monday. The offer is free for the time being. The procedure of the PCR gargle test, which can be performed at the gas station, is simple and takes just two minutes. After successful registration on the cell phone, the test is taken from the machine, gargled according to the instructions. The gargle sample is then dropped into a drop-off box. The low-threshold PCR…

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: Chancellor Kurz announced his 5-point plan strategy for the Corona autumn

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was the last guest of this year’s “Sommergespräch” aired via ORF Television on Monday, 6. September 2021. For large parts of the conversation, the focus was on how the federal government intends to take action against the Corona virus in the fall. The chancellor will also discuss this with the heads of the federal states on Wednesday. In principle, Kurz is strongly in favor of vaccination. It is the way back to normality, he said. “The fact that it is here so quickly is something we should…

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1,429 new infections in Austria

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15 new intensive care patients. There are also eight new deaths linked to Covid 19 infection. From Sunday to Monday, 1,429 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. Compared to the previous week (1,120 cases), this is 309 cases more. Although this is below the average of the past seven days (1,491), it is the highest Monday value since the end of April. There are also eight new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,801 so far. The number of…

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Coronavirus worldwide: G-20 ministers want equitable global distribution of vaccine

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More than 220 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 4.5 million infected people have died. More than 5.4 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. Health ministers from the top 20 industrialized and emerging economies (G-20) plan to push for greater equity in the distribution of Corona vaccines worldwide. The conditions are in place to agree on a “Rome Pact” for this purpose, Italy’s health minister, Roberto Speranza, said Sunday evening (Sept. 5) in Rome. A mandatory point of the…

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Corona: Variant Mu has already left its mark in Austria

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The coronavirus variant Mu is spreading. It is now Colombia’s dominant viral strain and is behind most corona deaths, according to Marcela Mercado of the state health agency.Mu resistant to vaccination?The World Health Organization (WHO) recently classified Mu as a “variant of interest” and warned of possible resistance to vaccines. Mu causes deadliest corona waveMu is responsible for the deadliest wave of the Corona pandemic in Colombia to date, Mercado told a local radio station. Not only that, “It’s now in at least 43 countries and has shown itself to…

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Corona vaccine for infants expected in 2022

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Starting in 2022, there should also be Corona vaccines for infants. At least, that’s what German pediatricians expect.German pediatricians expect Corona vaccines for infants to be available starting in 2022. “We firmly expect that there will be vaccines for all age groups from next year, even licensed up to newborns,” Munich pediatrician Florian Hoffmann, senior physician at the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Children’s Hospital, told the Funke Mediengruppe newspapers. Vaccines for children under the age of twelve can be expected as early as the end of this year, he said.…

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Consultation on further measures against the spread of the coronavirus in Austria to be held on Wednesday

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On Wednesday, 8. September 2021, the government will consult with the provincial governors on further measures against the spread of the coronavirus. The number of new infections has recently increased significantly, also in the hospitals have to be treated in the normal and intensive care units again significantly more Covid-19 patients. Meanwhile, the pace of vaccination has slowed considerably, with initial vaccinations in particular making slow progress over the past few weeks. Figures from the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) show significantly higher incidences among the unvaccinated.…

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School starts in the Eastern part of Austria with “safety period”

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With a three-week “safety phase” the new school year begins today in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland for about 490,000 children and young people. During this time, three Corona tests per week must be taken in order to participate in the face-to-face classes, one of which must be a PCR test. Testing can be done at the school; alternatively, certificates from other authorized testing sites can be brought in. Outside of class, students must wear a mask.For about 38,000 children in these three provinces, it is the very first day…

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More than 1,700 new infections in Austria

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In addition, three new deaths related to Covid-19 were registered. From Saturday to Sunday, 1,774 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. There are also three new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,793 so far. The number of active cases increases by 527 to 17,714. The seven-day incidence is 123.01. There are currently 548 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, down six from the previous day. 155 patients are in intensive care – two more than the…

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