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Booster vaccinations essential in fourth wave, experts say

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 admin

Booster vaccinations across the board can reverse the trend of rapidly rising corona numbers, according to a German corona model calculator. “We see clearly infection-reducing effects in the simulations once about 30 percent of the population has received the booster,” Kai Nagel of the Technical University of Berlin told German media. The prerequisite for this, he said, is to create appropriate vaccination capacities in Germany. “Optimally, we would again, as in the summer, vaccinate at least one percent of the population per day with the booster. If we can achieve…

New record: 14,416 new infections in Austria

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 admin

The number of new Corona infections reached a new record high in Austria on Wednesday. Within one day, 14,416 new infections have been added, more than ever before since the beginning of the pandemic. That’s well above the average of 12,164 cases over the past seven days. The seven-day incidence also rose sharply to 953.2 cases per 100,000 population. The previous day it was 919.4. 41 more deaths have been reported since Tuesday. The strongest increase was again in the province of Upper Austria, where a record 4,423 new infections…

Without 2G proof Lockdown offenders face these penalties

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 admin

Police have been checking for 2G proof in public spaces since Monday.On Monday, November 15, 2021 the lockdown for people who are neither vaccinated nor recovered is in force in Austria. This is controlled by the police throughout Austria. How high the penalties are and when controls are also possible in private spaces. Just last week, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) announced that the control pressure would increase “massively” in the “next few days. In addition to 4,000 police officers on patrol duty, 800 police officers are joining the control…

Italy rules out Austrian-style lockdown

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 admin

The Italian government has ruled out a lockdown for the unvaccinated . Infection numbers are under control, so tightening restrictions is not necessary, Regional Minister Mariastella Gelmini said yesterday. “The government has made decisions that allow our country to stay open. In our country, 84 percent of citizens are vaccinated with two doses. The government is following with great attention the evolution of the risk of contagion and is pushing for the third dose. The decisions taken allow us to be reasonably calm about the situation, but it is clear…

Entry regulations to be tightened

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 admin

In view of the worsening pandemic situation, Austria is tightening its entry regulations. As of Monday, a 2.5 G certificate is required for entry into the country. Antigen and antibody tests are no longer valid – except for commuters. For commuters (work, school, study, family purposes, life partner) the 3-G rule applies. This is according to the entry regulation, which was amended yesterday. For commuters, the previous privileged duration of PCR tests will be reduced from seven days to 72 hours. Antigen tests will only be valid for 24 hours…

Intensive care physician calls for total lockdown in Austria

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 admin

More and more experts are calling for a lockdown for all in Austria due to the increasing number of covid-19 intensive care patients. “It’s not going to work out otherwise,” said Rainer Thell, senior physician in charge of the emergency department at Donaustadt Hospital, formerly SMZ Ost, in an interview with APA. “It can not be that in Salzburg people die, no courageous decisions are made that are obvious,” he criticized. “Now you can still relieve Salzburg and fly patients out to Vienna and Lower Austria.” Because there are still…

Hoax! Covid vaccines will lose approval at the end of the year!

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 admin

Corona vaccine manufacturers are regularly the subject of misinformation. Most recently, for example, claims spread by the thousands on social media that vaccines from BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna as well as AstraZeneca would soon no longer be allowed to be vaccinated in the EU. The dates mentioned are December 22, 2021, January 6, 2022, and January 29, 2022. Is there any truth in this claim? But this is a hoax. Corona vaccines continue to be used in the EU beyond those dates. Verification of the claimsAll Corona vaccines were approved in the…

Vienna Mayor Ludwig suggests nighttime curfew also for vaccinated people though general lockdown must be prevented

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 admin

In the current situation, nothing can be ruled out, said Michael Ludwig (SPÖ). However, he still wants to prevent a general lockdown. The number of new corona cases remains dramatic. In view of the current situation one can exclude “nothing at all”, stressed mayor Michael Ludwig on Tuesday. As reported, a further tightening is to come into force in Vienna this week. In it the 2Gplus rule (vaccinated or recovered plus PCR test, which may not be older than 48 hours) for the night catering and events over 25 persons…

Austro-Filipino Soldier shows heart for those in need

November 16, 2021November 17, 2021 admin

With a special action, Carinthian militia soldier John Patrick Platzer not only shows heart, but also wins the hearts of his fellowmen. Since 2019, his initiative has been helping those in need. In the fall of 2019, the 32-year-old John Patrick Platzer founded the initiative “Soldiers with Heart” for children and young people. It started with a fundraising campaign for the SOS Children’s Village in Moosburg. Platzer and his comrades did not let up and continued their fundraising initiatives, in which professional and militia soldiers from all over Austria participate,…