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Romania in CoV emergency

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In Romania, the next wave of the coronavirus pandemic has arrived with full force. With a 7-day incidence of 539.2, the country is currently among the worst affected in the world. The development in the death toll is particularly dramatic, as the health care system is completely overloaded. The background is low vaccination rates, and a government crisis is also paralyzing the fight against the pandemic. More than 17,150 new infections within 24 hours had reported the Romanian health authorities on Wednesday. 1,799 coronavirus patients are being treated intensively throughout…

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Delta subspecies discovered: Israel faces new measures

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Following the emergence of a new subspecies of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus in Israel, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has convened for an emergency meeting with health policymakers. Israel will take measures to “preserve the positive results of the fight against the virus,” a statement released yesterday by Bennett’s office said. Among the measures under consideration would be changes in entry regulations. Bennett called for stepping up epidemiological investigation of the new variant subspecies AY 4.2, and the government leader also called for cooperation with other countries…

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Traffic light commission: More countries turn red

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At today’s meeting of the traffic light commission, the number of red-turned-states will probably triple. Salzburg is likely to be joined by Lower and Upper Austria. That’s because these three states have a risk score above 100, which is considered the threshold for very high risk of infection. This is the result of the Commission’s working paper. If the risk figure is adhered to, Vienna, Tyrol and Vorarlberg also slip back, namely from yellow to orange and thus into high risk. Only Burgenland still has a value of 44.3, which…

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Austrian Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein announces tightening of measures

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More than 3,700 new Corona cases were registered in Austria on Tuesday. The number of new infections has thus once again skyrocketed. On November 1, the 3G rule in the workplace will be implemented. The government hopes that this will ignite another vaccination turbo – the number of jauckerl administered daily had recently been declining more and more. In the “ZIB2” Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) explained Tuesday night the current Corona situation in Austria. In doing so, he also had a gloomy forecast in his luggage. “We have had…

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3-G obligation at the workplace comes into effect on November 1

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Anyone who has contact with other people at work must provide proof of 3-G. Those who refuse to do so may also be terminated. Anyone who goes to work from November 1 will have to provide proof of 3G. And this will apply if physical contact with other people cannot be ruled out at the place of work. The regulation therefore applies to all those who come into contact with other people in their day-to-day work – e.g. in the office or in the canteen – but not to truck…

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Corona explosion in Austria: 3,727 cases in one day

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Drastic pandemic increase in Austria: more than 3,700 cases registered in the last 24 hours. Upper Austria is the new problem child. Corona numbers are rising again in Austria ahead of the fall vacations, and from a high level. In an average of one week, there are now more than 2,300 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants. And this also affects the 7-day incidence, which is already at 183.3. This means that the value has risen significantly in recent days. The figure is highest in Upper Austria (264.4) and Salzburg (253.3),…

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Austrian Chancellor Schallenberg consults with countries over rising infection numbers

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Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) has invited the provincial governors for Friday to a virtual consultation because of the sharp rise in new corona infections. Already on Wednesday, there had been a meeting in the Chancellor’s Office for this purpose with the chairman of the Conference of Provincial Governors, Tyrol’s Governor Günther Platter (ÖVP). On Wednesday, there had again been a significant increase in new infections, with a total of 3,727 cases reported. Schallenberg is “concerned” about this development, as it said in a written statement. Despite the now-fixed 3G rule…

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45.9% of the Viennese have migration background

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20 years ago the percentage of foreigners in Vienna was 17 percent, today it is already 37 percent! Integration as a Herculean task! The new data collected by Statistics Austria from the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) speak a clear language: almost half (45.9%) of the Viennese already had a migration background in 2019, which is almost twice as many as the Austrian average (23.7%). 36.7% of Viennese (19.8% Austria-wide) were born abroad. Looking at this exact figure of 701,700 immigrant Viennese, those born in Serbia make up its largest group…

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The number of corona infections in the United Kingdom, Netherland and Russia has risen to its highest level

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The number of corona deaths in the United Kingdom has risen to its highest level since March. The UK Statistics Authority reported 223 deaths on Tuesday (Oct. 19), according to the German Press Agency. So far, the British government is not considering reintroducing corona restrictions. In England, mandatory masking indoors or proof-of-vaccination or testing rules have been the exception since “Freedom Day” in July. Nearly 79 percent of vaccine-eligible citizens aged 12 and older are fully vaccinated. Following relaxations of Corona measures, the Netherlands has seen a sharp increase in…

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