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229 new coronavirus infections in Austria

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28 August 2020 – The number of new corona infections in Austria has decreased within the last 24 hours. With 229 infected persons nationwide, fewer new cases were reported compared to the previous day with 328 infections. According to data from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health, 3,263 people were considered actively infected on Friday. 146 people are in hospital, 27 of them in intensive care units.Most of the new infections were again in Vienna – but in the past 24 hours significantly less than 100.…

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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz: “2021 we will experience a normal life again”.

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz warns of further infection increase in autumn and winter and gives hope for 2021. “We are facing a difficult autumn and winter”, says Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, thus warning the population that there would surely be again “temporary tightenings” of measures against the further spread of the corona virus. The Chancellor wants to raise awareness of the fact that we must expect the situation to worsen in Austria as well – especially when it gets cooler and people are once again increasingly sitting together in closed rooms.…

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Update – Again 328 new Corona infections throughout Austria

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Thursday, 27 August 2020 – Most of the new cases were again registered in Vienna. Again, more than 300 new infections with the coronavirus have been reported in Austria. Within 24 hours 328 Covid-19 cases were added. Thus there were 3,311 active cases throughout Austria on Thursday morning, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health. 145 people are in hospital, 24 of them in intensive care units. Most new infections were again in Vienna with 130. Upper Austria recorded 60 additional cases, Tyrol…

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Coronavirus: Austria wants vaccine for eight million people

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The pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca has guaranteed Austria six million doses. EU negotiates with other companies. Vaccine for eight million inhabitants – that is the goal of the Austrian Ministry of Health, once a vaccine is available. However, it cannot go it alone, because the European Commission is negotiating preliminary contracts with manufacturers for all 27 EU countries. So far, AstraZeneca has signed a contract for 300 million doses plus another 100 million optional. Europe concludes preliminary agreements togetherAccording to the Ministry of Health, the EU member states, together with the…

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How the Corona Traffic Lights work in Austria

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Vienna. Today the Corona traffic light is scheduled to start its trial operation. The criteria and measures, how the lights would be implemented are still disputed between experts from the Ministry of Health and the federal states.Today, however, the Corona Commission must decide when the traffic light will be switched to yellow. In addition to new infection rates, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober wants to include the number of tests, contact tracing and the number of intensive care beds in the criteria. However, individual countries complain that there is no nationwide…

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According to virologists: Vienna is already in the middle of a second wave

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According to virologist Christoph Wenisch, the Austrian capital is already in its second corona wave. The number of new infections in Vienna continues to rise. In the last 24 hours there have been 178 new cases in the capital city. As of Wednesday, 7,374 positive tests have been confirmed in Vienna so far, 5,557 people have recovered. And also the number of active corona patients is growing daily. Meanwhile there are 3,155 active cases in all of Austria. However, there is still (officially) no talk of a second wave. At…

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Corona vaccine: Approval for AstraZeneca maybe this year

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Oxford/London. The approval of a British-Swedish corona vaccine can possibly be applied this year, according to researchers. Until then, sufficient data on the safety and efficacy of the drug could be available, Andrew Pollard of Oxford University told the BBC on Tuesday. He is involved in the development of the vaccine with a research group. It is a product of the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, which is among the most promising vaccine candidates. However, once approved, the vaccine would have to be produced in large…

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In Austria: Over 25,800 positive tested, about 1.1 million tests

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In Austria, 25,816 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. This is according to current figures from the Ministry of Health (as of 23.00 yesterday, 25. August 2020). A total of 1,110,089 tests were carried out and reported. The Ministry also currently has 3,085 active cases. Austrian Press always uses the figures from the Epidemiological Reporting System (EMS) as the basis for its reporting. The number of hospital patients remained relatively stable. 114 people have to be treated in hospital, the number of intensive care patients is unchanged at 23.…

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Again 221 new infections in only one day:Most new cases were again in Vienna.

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Vienna – 25.08.2020 – 211 new infections with the coronavirus were registered within 24 hours in Austria until Tuesday (9.30 am). The number of positive test results thus rose to 25,706 exactly six months after the first confirmed case in the country. 733 deaths related to SARS-CoV-2 have occurred since then, according to the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health, and 21,888 people have recovered. The number of confirmed current cases has fallen since the previous day. 137 Covid-19 patients are currently being treated in hospitals, two…

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