Month: April 2022

New Omicron variant XE: How dangerous is the mutation from BA.1 and BA.2?

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After the Omicron variants, BA.1 and BA.2 are before the Omicron variant XE. It has now surfaced in the UK. This is what is known about it so far. It is essential to know that the symptoms of Omikron BA.2 can resemble those of a Corona variant. And that’s not all: Hundreds of cases of a new coronavirus variant have now been reported in the UK, which goes by the name XE and is a mutation of the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 variants. How dangerous is it? Novel Omicron variant…

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“Numbers of COVID infection in Vienna will decrease enormously after Easter“

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For several days, the number of new infections with the coronavirus has been falling in Vienna. Health Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) assumes a “rattling down of the numbers after Easter” for the fall; he calls for a new vaccination campaign. Since April 1, the new testing strategy has been in effect with the reduction of free Corona tests. There was a peak on the last day of free tests with over 450,000 tests in Vienna, but still fewer infections. In recent days, tests and positive cases are steadily decreasing. “Without…

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Lungs, brain – now Corona attacks these organs too

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This virus stops at nothing: scientists have discovered thatSars-CoV-2 can also infect and damage the liver. At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, researchers at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) had already described Sars-CoV-2 as a multi-organ virus that infects and damages numerous other organs in addition to the lungs. Scientists have shown that SARS-CoV-2 directly affects the liver, leading to inflammation and altered metabolic programs in an internationally conducted study. The data were published in the journal Nature. “Elevated liver values in Covid 19 patients had already been…

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Spring is back – but only for a short time

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Frosty nights are still expected in the coming weeks. That can even happen well into May; there’s a reason Mamertus, Pancras, Servatius, Boniface, and Sophie are called the Ice Saints from May 11 to 15. It gets milder However, there is no need to brood about the cold for the current week. Today, Tuesday, the weather situation is still unstable – although not as cold as last weekend. Daytime highs between 8 and 17 degrees are expected, but this is in the south. On Wednesday, it will then generally be…

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Philippines – COVID-19: Updates to Entry Protocols and Travel Ban

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The Philippine Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) released Resolution No. 165 allowing fully vaccinated foreign nationals to enter the Philippines without need for an Entry Exemption Document (EED), but subject to updated immigration arrival protocols as of 1 April 2022. All fully vaccinated individuals, regardless of nationality, will now be allowed to enter the country for tourism, business, and health purposes. Without the need for an EED, it is expected there will be faster resumption of business visits and deployment plans of visa-required nationals…

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Negative record: Only just over 500 vaccinations on Sunday

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Only 26 first-time stings in 24 hours at all. A historic low in Corona vaccination occurred Sunday. According to the Department of Health’s dashboard, only 502 vaccine doses were given within 24 hours. This is especially evident in first-time vaccinations. Only 26 people in all of Austria received their first Corona vaccination on Sunday. Not even on the first day of Covid vaccination, December 27, 2020, did a few people get their first sting. The remaining vaccination doses are distributed among 77 seconds and 399 third stings. This low vaccination…

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Covid-19: New Omicron variant XE discovered in the UK

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UK health authorities have yet to determine how much more contagious the new Omikron variant XE is compared to previous strains of Covid-19. A new strain of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been discovered in the United Kingdom. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), it is too early to determine the rate of spread of the XE variant. Insufficient evidence The United Kingdom reported a surge in Covid cases in recent weeks. As of March 22, there were 637 new cases of the XE mutant. UKHSA data…

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12,305 new Corona infections in only 190,901 tests

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Twelve thousand three hundred five new Corona infections were detected across Austria within 24 hours on Monday. Only about 190,900 tests determined the number of new infections after their number had already fallen continuously since the limitation as of last Friday. The new cases are well below the previous seven-day average of 21,725, with a seven-day incidence of 1,693.5 cases per 100,000 population. At the same time, 17 additional Covid-19-related deaths occurred. The new deaths brought the number of victims claimed by Covid-19 since the outbreak in Austria to 16,002.…

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Corona: Vaccinated plus recovered as a super immunity

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Vaccinated plus recovered: The increasingly common combination is said to help 90 percent against infection. Those who make it through – Vaccinated plus recovered – have acquired what is known as super immunity. “The vaccinated who were also infected are the ones who are the best off,” says virologist Dorothee von Laer. “Those who have been vaccinated plus recovered have more than 90 percent protection against infection,” she said. Who assumes that the protection remains upright for six to 12 months. Should one nevertheless be positive again, a mild course…

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