Month: March 2022

Thursday: More than 52,000 new infections in Austria

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There are also 31 new deaths linked to Covid 19 infection. Yesterday, nearly 60,000 new infections were registered in Austria after new (daily) highs had already been reported in the preceding days. Epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer, a member of the Gecko crisis team, said yesterday on ZiB2 that an increase in numbers was “predictable.” Fifty-two thousand forty-five new cases were registered in Austria from Wednesday to Thursday within 24 hours. This is well above the average of 44,832 over the past seven days. Four hundred thirty-three thousand four hundred seven people…

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Corona traffic light in Austria remains red

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Slowly, the responsible Commission must develop a new color because the Corona traffic light is getting more red. According to the committee’s working document published by APA, all federal states show an increasing trend in the number of infections over the past two weeks, which means they are moving further away from the orange zone of high risk. The test-friendly federal capital is still holding up best. Things are slowly getting tight in the normal wards, too. According to the forecast, 18 percent of the beds in Burgenland will already…

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WHO warns against lifting COVID 19 protective measures

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Because coronavirus numbers are rising again worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns against ending protective measures too soon. These include wearing masks and keeping a distance. If the standards were lifted, the virus would have more opportunities to circulate, Maria von Kerkhove, WHO Covid 19 specialist, said today in Geneva. The problem, she said, is that much less testing is now being done worldwide. That makes it harder to monitor the spread of variants, she said. WHO never comments on the coronavirus management of individual countries. It only calls…

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New omicron combination discovered in Israel

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A previously unknown variant of coronavirus has emerged in Israel. It combines the omicron variant BA.1 and the even more contagious subtype BA.2 but does not appear to cause severe symptoms, the Ministry of Health announced today. The new variant was discovered by PCR testing in two arrivals at Tel Aviv’s airport. Those affected had a fever, headache, and muscle pain but did not require special medical care. According to Israel’s coronavirus adviser, Salman Zarka, combining two virus variants is common. “At this stage, we are not worried that the…

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UN Supreme Court: Russia must stop the war

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Russia to end military violence in Ukraine immediately. On Wednesday, the United Nations’ highest court in The Hague upheld a lawsuit filed by Ukraine against Russia. Ukraine accused Russia of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention and wanted the court to end the violence. The judges and justices were also expected to declare no legal basis for the war. Russia had boycotted the March 7 hearing in the case. Rulings by the UN’s highest court are binding, to be sure. But the court has…

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Vienna could adopt its Corona measures on Thursday

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Vienna will discuss the current Corona situation on Thursday, a spokesman for Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) told APA on Wednesday. City Health Councillor Peter Hacker also harshly criticized the federal government’s actions – which has announced the relaxation of quarantine rules and the reduction of tests – at the club meeting of the Vienna SPÖ. “I am speechless at the moment and also a bit stunned how an experiment is being carried out here on more than eight million Austrians,” Hacker said on Wednesday afternoon. For example, he said it…

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Kyiv: More than 100 children killed so far

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According to Kyiv, more than 100 children have been killed since the Russian attack on Ukraine began nearly three weeks ago. “A bloody line was crossed today,” the Ukrainian Defense Ministry tweeted today. “Every minute a child leaves Ukraine to escape the war. Russia will be held accountable and will pay for everything,” the Defense Ministry said at the same time as it published the casualty figure. Earlier, Ukrainian authorities had reported hundreds of school facilities were destroyed. The figures cannot be independently verified. The UN Office of the High…

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New record: almost 60,000 new infections in Austria

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There are also 28 new deaths associated with Covid 19 infection. Wednesday has often brought a new high, but it even breaks the 50,000 mark this week. From Tuesday to Wednesday, 58,583 new infections were registered in Austria. This is well above the average of 44,458 over the past seven days. Currently, 416,899 people in Austria are actively infected with the coronavirus. This is also a new record, as never before have so many people in Austria been infected with Covid-19 at the same time. The seven-day incidence is 3,496.3.…

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Ukraine refugees: Busy time at Vienna’s Austria Center

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129,000 Ukrainian refugees had reached Austria by Tuesday – around 85 percent are traveling to other countries, the Interior Ministry said in a background interview. Nevertheless, a lot is going on in Vienna’s Austria Center. After the federal states, the Vienna police have also started the registration process. On Tuesday, about 4,000 people were registered. While the counseling center in Vienna’s Austria Center is busy, a registration center is being set up at the Messe Wien. Only months ago, people waited in queues for their Corona vaccination. Now primarily, women…

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