More than 200,000 new infections in the UK for the first time

In Great Britain, driven by the Omicron variant, more than 200,000 new Corona infections have been recorded within one day for the first time. Within 24 hours, 218,724 cases were reported, the government said Tuesday. In addition, 48 deaths were recorded, it said. The national health service NHS warned of an overload of hospitals because of the many quarantined employees. At least six hospitals reported “critical incidents” Tuesday, meaning the situation could affect priority care. Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to take action to fill staffing gaps in the hardest-hit…

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Study: Antibodies significantly increased after fourth vaccination

The fourth vaccination dose with the preparation from Biontech and Pfizer increases the number of antibodies against the new CoV variant Omicron fivefold within one week, according to an Israeli study. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett presented this finding today during a visit to Shiba Hospital near Tel Aviv, along with study leader Gili Regev. “The fourth vaccination is safe and effective,” Bennett said. However, the amount of increase in antibodies does not automatically indicate the extent to which actual protection against infection or disease improves. Already 10,000 vaccinated four…

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40 percent of confirmed Corona-infected people symptom-free

The proportion of those testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 who are symptom-free is 40 percent. That’s the conclusion of a meta-analysis of international studies involving nearly 30 million people. Origin of corona transmissionQiuyue Ma and co-authors from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Peking University recently published their findings in JAMA Open, an online publication of the American Medical Association. “Asymptomatic infections are potential sources of covid-19 transmission, and the aim was to determine the percentage of asymptomatic infections among those tested and those with confirmed covid-19 disease,” the researchers…

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Omicron: Only 40 percent of Austrians are protected

According to a model calculation by the Complexity Science Hub, only four out of ten people in Austria are protected from Omicron by vaccination or recovery. This is equivalent to the immune protection of the population at the end of June. Evidence of mild symptomsOmicron has significantly reduced the immune protection of the population. According to a model calculation published on Tuesday by the Complexity Science Hub, only four out of ten people in Austria are protected from Omicron disease by vaccination or recovery. By comparison, a good seven out…

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40 percent of those confirmed infected without symptoms

The number of Covid 19 cases registered so far was already around 290 million worldwide at the turn of the year. But all statistics are likely to reflect only part of the pandemic. Indeed, 40 percent of those testing positive for Sars-CoV-2 have no symptoms. This is the result of a meta-analysis of international studies involving almost 30 million people. Conclusion: asymptomatic infected individuals contribute quite significantly to the spread of covid-19. Qiuyue Ma and co-authors from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Peking University recently published their findings…

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Corona explosion! 5496 new infections in Austria

Coronavirus continues to rise in Austria. More than 5,400 cases were reported within one day. In the past 24 hours (as of Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.), 5496 new infections have been recorded in Austria. The previous day, there were 3319, on Tuesday a week ago at all “only” 2416 new Corona cases. Thus, the number of new infections has doubled within a week. An increase of 25 Corona patients was recorded in normal hospital wards. Four fewer patients than the previous day are in need of intensive care. Thus, 316 Corona-infected…

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Commemorating the Death of a Martyr: 125th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal

by Sarah Jozelle Magistrado ROJAS Vienna, 29 December 2021 Complying with the CoViD-19 protocol for in person gatherings, the Philippine Embassy (PE) in Austria, headed by the recently arrived Consul General Ivan Frank M. Olea, organized the biggest face to face meet up with members of the Filipino community since the pandemic started in March 2020: the Commemoration of the 125th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Dr Jose Rizal and Christmas Get Together on 29 December 2021 at its premises in Ares Towers, Donau City Straße 11, 1220 Vienna. The…

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18 degrees today: Comeback of winter on Wednesday

Vienna. Temperature records are tumbling, spring fever as far as the eye can see – so far, the year 2022 is shining with dream weather. “This is certainly special and not an annual occurrence,” reports Clemens Biermair from the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics. Also today, the temperatures remain high, especially in the east, values up to 15 degrees are expected. Nevertheless by tomorrow at the latest, the sun will give way to precipitation, a powerful cold front will return to Austria. Already tonight it will hit the west,…

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Coronavirus worldwide: Thailand to maintain stricter entry rules, cruise season disrupted in Brazil

More than 292 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 5.4 million infected people have died. More than 9.2 billion vaccine doses have been administered so far. Thailand will not relax entry rules tightened before Christmas until at least the end of the month. That’s what Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Tuesday (Jan. 4), according to the Bangkok Post. The government had decided on Dec. 21 to initially suspend until Jan. 4 the quarantine-free “Test&Go” model, under which fully vaccinated tourists…

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