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Corona data from Vienna’s hospitals: vaccination works

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The City of Vienna has calculated the occupancy of intensive care units by vaccination status for the Corona Commission. It turns out that it is mainly a pandemic of the unvaccinated – and the elderly. The numbers here are not absolute, but relative to the respective population size. For example, about 420,000 people aged 60 or older live in Vienna. Of these, about 175 unvaccinated patients/100,000 people were in normal wards in calendar week 48 (11/29 to 12/5). This adds up to about 735 hospital patients in the last week.…

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Laboratory director: Biontech vaccine offers only partial protection against omicron

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Biontech/Pfizer’s vaccine apparently offers only partial protection against the Omikron variant of the coronavirus. That was announced by laboratory director Alex Sigal of the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa based on preliminary results. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) considers it “highly unlikely” that Omicron could completely undermine vaccine protection. Biontech CEO Ugur Sahin expects reliable data on this on Wednesday or Thursday. He said there was a very large drop in the neutralization of omicron. The neutralization of Omicron had “decreased very much” compared to a previous…

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4,233 new infections in Austria

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In addition, there are 77 new deaths related to Covid-19. 670 intensive care patients currently. A hard lockdown has been in effect again in Austria for two weeks. Infection numbers continue to decline. From Monday to Tuesday, there were 4,233 new infections in Austria. Today’s new infections are further below the average of the past seven days of 6,763. In addition, this brings the number of active cases down further to 96,128. In the past 24 hours, 358,700 new PCR tests were performed. This results in a positive rate of…

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Lockdown for vaccinated people ends Dec. 12

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In a press conference on Tuesday, Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced that the lockdown for vaccinated people will end on December 12. Further details are not known at this time. Lockdown end in Austria for vaccinated from 12 DecemberAs planned, the lockdown for vaccinated people in Austria will end on December 12. This was announced by Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) at a press conference on Tuesday. For unvaccinated, however, the lockdown continues to apply. It is no longer a question of whether, but how the lockdown will be ended, the Chancellor…

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Vienna’s Christmas markets open on Dec. 13

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On Tuesday, Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) announced in a press conference how things will continue after the lockdown ends. According to the announcement, Christmas markets in Vienna will also be allowed to open on December 13. Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig proposes to open gradually after the lockdown from December 13, continuing to focus on security. Ludwig announced this on Tuesday at a media briefing following consultations with a panel of experts on the Corona situation. Christmas markets are also to be allowed to open. Christmas markets should be allowed…

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Number of positive PCR tests at schools continues to fall

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The number of positive PCR tests at schools continued to decline last week. According to data from the Ministry of Education and the City of Vienna, 3,089 tests were successful in the week from Nov. 29 to Dec. 3 (week before: 4,022) – and this despite the fact that, after Vienna, Lower and Upper Austria also tested twice instead of once with the more meaningful PCR test for the first time. Of the ministry’s 917,000 “Everything Flushes” tests, 0.19 percent were positive (week before: 0.39). Number of class closures also…

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Stricter entry rules for Great Britain in force

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Because of Omicron: Stricter entry rules for Great Britain in forceFrom today, Tuesday, anyone wishing to enter the United Kingdom must present a negative Corona test before he or she can enter the country. The rule applies to all adults, as well as children and adolescents over the age of twelve. The PCR or antigen test must not be older than 48 hours. The measure is intended to slow the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, according to the U.K. Department of Health. Previously, the government had already…

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Wednesday and Thursday bring fresh snow to Austria

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After the heavy snowfalls over the weekend in the south of the country, the weather situation calms down only briefly, and winter has our country firmly in its grip. Snow is expected across the country on Wednesday and Thursday. A first front brings some fresh snow on Tuesday, then on Wednesday or Thursday even large amounts of fresh snow announce themselves again. Only towards the weekend the weather calms down again, according to the experts of the Austrian Severe Weather Center. First weak front on TuesdayUntil Monday evening, largely calm…

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Very high protection against corona infection confirmed

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FFP2 masks offer extremely high protection against corona infection. However, it depends on the correct way of wearing them, as researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen report according to a study. If an infected and an uninfected person meet in an indoor space at a short distance, the risk of infection is a good one per mille (0.1 percent) even after 20 minutes. The prerequisite is the correct fit of the FFP2 or KN95 mask, writes the team around Institute Director Eberhard Bodenschatz in…

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