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Again more than 4,000 new infections in Germany

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After a decline in numbers on Sunday and Monday, the health authorities in Germany again reported more than 4,000 new corona infections within one day, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) from Tuesday morning. According to the RKI, the total number is 4,122. On Thursday, the number of new infections had exceeded the 4,000 mark for the first time since April with 4,058 new infections. On Saturday there were even 4,721 newly detected cases. According to RKI, at least 329,453 people in Germany have been proven to be infected…

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Czech Republic prohibits meetings with more than six people

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In the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the Czech Republic is taking tougher measures. Starting tomorrow, gatherings with more than six people will be banned, as Health Minister Roman Prymula announced last night. Restaurants, bars and clubs will have to close until further notice. The consumption of alcohol in public will be prohibited. All schools will have to switch to distance learning for just under three weeks until the beginning of November. Masks are no longer mandatory only indoors, but also at public transport stops. Stores will remain open. Over…

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Corona traffic light: Now threatens us red

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34 districts stand country widely on orange: Now massive intensification threatens. The Corona numbers continue to rise. Meanwhile, the government – as reported – is intensively discussing further measures, including a “shutdown light”. Of 79 districts throughout Austria, only 26 are currently green, the rest are yellow or “intensively orange”. More and more Covid clusters like the one in Salzburg’s Tennengau region are requiring tough measures. The entire district of Hallein is now considered a high-risk area. It is therefore only a matter of time until more corona hotspot districts…

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E-LEARNING & CURFEW: This happens when the Corona traffic light jumps to red

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The figures continue to rise: “Additional measures are now being discussed. The focus is primarily on targeted regional measures,” the Ministry of Health and the Chancellery said on Monday. However, Health Minister Anschober de facto ruled out an imminent 2nd lockdown. These are the measures that will be discussed in the future: Homeschooling: If districts in Austria were to go to red, the school traffic light would switch to orange and then offer e-learning for upper school students. Two weeks of autumn vacations are also being discussed.Curfew and bars: The…

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EU to adopt traffic light recommendation

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The EU European ministers want to adopt a recommendation tomorrow on how to better coordinate national measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus traffic light is a map produced by the European Health Agency ECDC based on data from the member states. Decisive factors are the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and population in the last 14 days, the rate of positive tests and the test rate. The CoV traffic light is intended to assess the risk of individual regions. This should enable the EU countries to…

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New test can detect corona infection in 5 minutes

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US researchers have developed a rapid test that can detect corona within five minutes. The new process technology is based on the Crispr genetic scissors and should be able to detect a corona infection within five minutes. However, the data situation is still very thin – the study is based on only five samples. The method uses a short RNA molecule to find a viral gene that occurs exclusively in Sars-Cov-2. This lead RNA (crRNA) accumulates there. Then the gene of the virus is cut by the actual gene scissors,…

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Avoiding Contact: Corona threatens “epidemic of loneliness

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In order to protect themselves against infection with Corona, older people in particular avoid contact with family and friends. But isolation is a psychological test for many people.An important remedy against the spread of the corona virus is to keep your distance. But it has considerable side effects, especially for older people. The Hamburg-based futurologist Horst Opaschowski warns of an “epidemic of loneliness”.At least one and a half meters distance, is an important corona rule. Many people have moved much further apart. They live alone within their four walls and…

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AGES-Dashboard: Currently 13,670 active cases

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The number of active coronavirus cases in Austria is currently (as of 14.00 hrs today, 12 October 2020 ) 13,670 according to the figures of the AGES dashboard, which replaced the dashboard of the Ministry of Health on Tuesday last week. This was accompanied by a leap in the number of those currently infected, as around 2,000 convalescents had not yet been registered in the new system. In addition, new cases are no longer assigned to the time of registration, but to the date of laboratory diagnosis, which may have…

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Coronavirus can survive up to 28 days on cell phone displays

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Under laboratory conditions, the virus could still be detected on bank cards or cell phone displays almost a month later. On smooth surfaces such as cell phone displays and ATMs, the corona virus can survive up to 28 days under certain laboratory conditions. This is what the Australian science authority Csiro writes in the journal “Virology Journal”. The experiment was carried out in the dark, as direct sunlight can kill the virus quickly, according to studies. The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) states that it is not aware…

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