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Green passport is now no longer valid for all vaccinated people

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Starting Sunday, August 15, 2021, the rules of the game surrounding the Green Passport in Austria will change once again. This time, the validity of the Corona vaccination will be affected. According to the authorities, this time all Austrians who have only received one vaccine from Biontech/Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca will be affected. ValidityIn the future, a partial vaccination will no longer be sufficient for the Green Passport, and access to restaurants and events will only be granted after a completed vaccination series. In other words, only after the second…

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Over 1,000 new infections in Austria

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New infections have exceeded 1,000 for the first time since May. Austria is at the beginning of the fourth wave of coronavirus. New infections continue to rise sharply. 1,005 new corona infections were registered from Thursday to Friday. This is the first time since May that the threshold of 1,000 new infections within 24 hours has been exceeded. There are no new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,753 so far. The number of active cases increases by 468 to…

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Russia has seen a peak in Corona deaths since the beginning of the pandemic

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Russia has seen a peak in Corona deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, with more than 800 deaths per day. 808 people died within one day in connection with the virus, the authorities announced on Thursday (Aug. 12). They have been reporting high death tolls on many days for weeks – despite a drop in the number of new infections. On Thursday, nearly 22000 new cases were reported nationwide. At times in July, there were nearly 7000 more new infections. In Russia, with its population of about 146 million,…

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Nationwide incidence is 30.1 – 3,675,800 people have recovered in Germany

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The incidence is to be supplemented in the evaluation of the pandemic by other values such as hospitalizations, yet it remains the supporting factor. And it has been rising steadily for weeks. The seven-day incidence continues to rise. According to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Friday morning, it was 30.1 – the previous day the value was 27.6, a week ago it was 20.4. The health offices in Germany reported the RKI last within one day 5578 Corona new infections. This is according to figures reflecting the…

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Will the third Corona vaccination be necessary for all people?

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As of October 17, booster vaccinations against the corona virus will begin.Whether and when this will actually be necessary for all healthy people, however, cannot yet be conclusively assessed based on the current study situation, according to the Ministry of Health. “The National Vaccination Committee is constantly monitoring developments here,” it is stressed to the APA. Currently, it is particularly important that people who have not yet been vaccinated are immunized and that as many as possible complete their vaccination protection in order to protect themselves in the best possible…

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Indoor mask requirement could be extended again

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At present, masks are compulsory in all places of daily use in Austria, such as grocery stores, public transport, drugstores and pharmacies.This could be extended again in the fall. A general indoor mask obligation is being examined, Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) told “oe24.TV.” “We are constantly checking whether an expansion is necessary here,” he told APA. Because the number of new infections with the coronavirus is rising continuously. In the past 24 hours, ministries in Austria reported 850 new cases. “We are at the beginning of the fourth wave…

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Sydney in lockdown for seven weeks

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In the Australian state of New South Wales with its metropolis of Sydney, the CoV figures continue to rise despite a lockdown that has lasted for almost seven weeks. Within 24 hours, 390 new infections had been recorded, the highest number since the pandemic began, health authorities said today. Two people had died in connection with Covid-19, regional government chief Gladys Berejiklian said. The metropolis of Sydney and large parts of New South Wales have already been in lockdown since the end of June. People are now only allowed to…

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Biontech or Moderna: Differences in the effect against Delta?

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A new study shows a greater decline in efficacy with Biontech/Pfizer than with Moderna. Experts stress, however, that the last word has not yet been spoken. All Covid 19 vaccines protect well against severe disease, including the Delta variant. This is undisputed among experts. Recently, for example, a survey by the news magazine Profil showed that the majority of Corona patients in intensive care units are unvaccinated. And international experience shows: Those who have a severe course of disease despite double vaccination (or single vaccination in the case of Johnson…

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Fourth Corona infection wave in Austria

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The fourth Corona infection wave has started significantly earlier than the third wave last summer. According to AGES figures, the seven-day incidence three weeks before the start of school last year was only ten infections per 100,000 inhabitants; this year it is already 51. The number of severe courses is also significantly higher: on Wednesday, 51 patients with a Corona infection were in intensive care, a year earlier there were only half as many (25). A similarly high seven-day incidence to the current one occurred last year only on September…

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