Month: December 2021

Thursday: 8,882 new infections in Austria

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From Wednesday to Thursday, there were 8,882 new infections in Austria. Today’s new infections are below the average of 10,051 over the past seven days, with the number of active cases dropping to 130,066. In the past 24 hours, 386,226 new PCR tests were performed. This results in a positive rate of 2.30 percent. There are also 72 new deaths associated with Covid-19 infection to report. Thus, the pandemic has claimed 12,625 lives in Austria so far. There is still no relief in the hospitals. Currently, 637 patients are being…

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Germany: More deaths in federal states with low vaccination rates

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In Bavaria and other German states with a low vaccination rate, considerably more people are currently dying after a corona infection than in the better-vaccinated north of Germany. This is the result of statistical analyses by the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. The basis is the official data of the Robert Koch Institute and the health authorities. According to the data, more than three times as many Corona patients died in Bavaria in relation to the population in seven days (as of Dec. 1) as in Bremen, the state with…

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Vaccination street in Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral open daily from Dec. 6

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In St. Stephen’s Cathedral will be vaccinated daily from December 6.St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna is currently experiencing brisk attendance despite the lockdown: demand for the Covid-19 vaccinations administered here is higher than ever.This was reported by the Malteser Hospitaldienst, which coordinates the campaign with the Johanniter on behalf of the cathedral parish. Exactly 17,817 stings with the vaccine from BioNTech/Pfizer have been administered at St. Barbara’s Chapel since August, including 10,123 since the beginning of November and 2,872 last weekend alone. Because of the enormous demand, the campaign, which…

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Decision on lockdown end will be announced next week

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A decision on the end of the lockdown for vaccinated and recovered persons as of December 12 will be made by the Ministry of Health only next week.The forecasting consortium will provide an assessment of the coming days, it said. At present, infection incidence is declining, it said. How strong this development is pronounced and whether it is a sustainable trend reversal, however, will only be seen in the coming days, lets the Ministry of Health know. The development is being monitored and the next steps will be communicated next…

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Nearly 60 Omicron-infected persons recorded in the EU so far

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At least eleven EU countries have reported the presence of the coronavirus variant Omicron so far.As the EU health agency ECDC wrote in an Omicron update, there were 59 recorded infected people by midday Wednesday. The Stockholm-based agency listed 16 cases in the Netherlands, 14 in Portugal and nine in Germany, Italy, Denmark (4 each), Sweden, Austria (3 each), Belgium, Spain (2 each) and the Czech Republic (1). In addition, there was one case on the island of Réunion, which belongs to France. It remained unclear whether the ECDC reports…

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Biontech CEO: “Vaccination also protects against Omicron”.

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Biontech CEO Ugur Şahin expects the existing vaccine to provide protection against severe disease even with the new Omicron virus mutation. “We think it is likely that vaccinated people will have significant protection against severe disease caused by Omicron,” Biontech CEO Ugur Şahin told Reuters news agency on Tuesday. He expects that this protection will be even more pronounced once people have received their third vaccination. Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel had earlier warned to the Financial Times that existing vaccines against omicron are less effective. “There is no reason…

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Nearly 2.4 million Corona vaccinations in November

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Nearly 2.4 million Corona vaccinations were administered in November; the only month with more was June, with 2.6 million. Unlike the first half of the year, however, booster vaccinations are currently dominating the scene.In the Ministry of Health data, 1.6 million third-party vaccinations appear for November. However, almost 427,000 people were vaccinated against the coronavirus for the first time. Vaccination rates in the provincesJust under 67 percent of people in Austria have a valid vaccination certificate – the six million mark is likely to be exceeded here soon. A vaccination…

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10,367 new infections in Austria

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From Monday to Tuesday, there were 10,367 new infections in Austria. Today’s new infections are below the average of 10,724 over the past seven days, and the number of active cases also drops to 135,148. There are also 61 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report. Thus, the pandemic has claimed 12,553 lives in Austria so far. In the past 24 hours, 387,786 new PCR tests have been performed. This results in a positive rate of 2.67 percent. There is still no relief in the hospitals. In intensive…

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Corona vaccine protects 95 percent against severe course

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Scientific studies have long proven the high protection rates of the Covid-19 vaccine.But for the first time in Austria, AGES epidemiologists have now succeeded in proving the vaccine’s effectiveness in preventing severe disease in daily practice. The Covid-19 vaccine provides about 95 percent protection against hospital admission after SARS-CoV-2 infection, AGES expert Daniela Schmid said Monday night at an online physician education session. According to the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) infectious disease epidemiologist, it was possible for the first time to link disease, vaccination and hospital data…

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