September 2021 Archives

What does it mean to get infected or sick despite Corona vaccination?

September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 admin

Although even vaccinated people can become infected with the coronavirus, the shot helps them. In any case, they are less likely to get sick. Received the full Corona vaccine and still infected or even sick: the number of such vaccine breakthroughs is increasing and unsettles many people. But such infections are not a sign that the shots are not working, as experts point out. Vaccinated people would still have a significantly lower risk of falling ill or even dying. In fact, in view of such infections of vaccinated people, it…

RKI reports 10,453 new infections – Over four million corona cases in Germany

September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 admin

According to the Robert Koch Institute, more than four million corona infections have been detected in Germany. Once again, public health departments report more than 10,000 new infections. The incidence of hospitalization in Germany continues to rise. In addition, more than four million infections with Sars-CoV-2 have now been detected. Since the start of the Corona pandemic, more than four million people in Germany have been confirmed to be infected with the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen. So far, public health departments have reported 4,005,641 infections, according to data from the Robert Koch…

Delta does not cause severe courses in children

September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 admin

The delta variant of coronavirus does not cause more severe courses of covid-19 in children, according to initial findings. A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the proportion of severe courses of disease in children is currently not significantly different from that in January, when the alpha variant of the coronavirus was prevalent in the United States. In addition, the data suggest high efficacy of vaccine protection in adolescents. The rate of Corona-related hospitalizations among children and adolescents aged 17 years and younger…

More than 1,700 new infections in Austria

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 admin

From Thursday to Friday, 1,715 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. There are also five new deaths related to Covid-19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,790 so far. The number of active cases increases by 450 to 17,187. The seven-day incidence is 118.97. There are currently 554 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, up eleven from the previous day. 153 patients are in intensive care – four more than the day before. In the past 24 hours, 98,137 PCR tests have…

President of Austrian Medical Association considers lockdown in autumn “necessary”

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 admin

In a Zeit im Bild 2 interview (ORF 1) Medical Association President Thomas Szekeres pleads once again that vaccination in Austria must be pushed further. Several million Austrians are still unvaccinated, he said. “The only way to get out of the pandemic is to vaccinate.” Mask, 1G and distanceIf it doesn’t work out with the vaccinations – “I’m an optimist and hope it works out” – it will be necessary to take further measures, he said. The physician leader advocates both mandatory masks indoors, safe distance and 1G rule at…

PER EMERGENCY APPROVAL India approves the world’s first DNA vaccine

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 admin

“ZYCOV-D,” is said to be not only easy to use – the DNA vaccine is also safe and well tolerated, according to various studies. In its fight against the corona crisis, India has become the first country in the world to approve a DNA vaccine. It works similarly to the mRNA vaccines from Biontech/Pfizer or Moderna and could be a real milestone in containing the pandemic. The vaccine from the company Zydus Cadila is expected to ship as early as mid-September. As dramatic as the consequences of the health crisis…

CORONA EXPERT: 90 percent immunity is needed to overcome the pandemic

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 admin

There are still many people in Austria who do not want to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The virologist Dorothee von Laer, who works in Innsbruck, now explained that there is probably only one alternative to a general vaccination requirement in the country. And that would be to “let the virus pass through” – meaning that almost everyone who has not yet been vaccinated or recovered would then be infected with it. The still-rising incidences are a concern for the virologist at the Medical University of Innsbruck. In the last…

Italy’s head of government favors compulsory vaccination

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 admin

A possible general vaccination requirement brought into play by head of government Mario Draghi is causing criticism in Italy. The head of the right-wing nationalist party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), Giorgia Meloni, said Friday (Aug. 3) in an interview with the newspaper La Stampa that she opposes mandatory vaccination. Earlier, Matteo Salvini, the former interior minister of the right-wing Lega, spoke out against the duty. The head of the Social Democrats, Enrico Letta, on the other hand, expressed positive views on compulsory vaccination. Draghi had affirmed at a press…

Start of booster vaccinations in Austria

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 admin

Vienna. From week to week, Austria falls further behind the EU average in the vaccination rate. For the past week, the country has stagnated at a rate of about 58 percent fully vaccinated.And has thus clearly fallen below even the government’s worst-case scenarios. Burgenland (66.4 percent) and Lower Austria (61.4) are the best of all the provinces, but have also failed to reach the goal of vaccinating 70 percent of the population before school starts. However, the low vaccination rate puts the unvaccinated – including children, for example – at…