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“COVID 19 measures are not enough at the moment” – virologist warns

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Virologist Dorothee von Laer warns about the development of the coronavirus situation in this country. Currently, she said, we are “running into” an autumn wave “that could be massive.” “At the moment, the measures are not enough, the numbers continue to rise,” the virologist told Ö1-Mittagsjournal on Saturday. On the radio and in the news magazine “profil” she also warned of a possible new lockdown. The autumn wave could also bring occupancy in intensive care units, von Laer said. One should not underestimate the effect of the delta variant, the…

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Australia: Lockdown in Melbourne is extended

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The sixth lockdown in the Australian city of Melbourne will be extended. This was announced today by the authorities with reference to the still too high infection figures. Actually, the tightened measures for the almost seven million inhabitants of Melbourne and the state of Victoria should have been lifted on Thursday after four weeks. That was no longer possible because the number of new infections had risen by 92 within a day, said the head of the Victorian government, Dan Andrews. As a result, the nighttime curfew will remain in…

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Corona Virus in Austria: latest figures

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Corona numbers in Austria continue to rise. On Saturday, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health reported 1322 new infections in the past 24 hours. This is above the average of the past seven days (1305). In the hospital must be treated again more patients, Austria-wide 429 need now a care in the hospital, around nine more than on Friday. 109 seriously ill patients are in intensive care units. Within a fortnight, the number of Covid 19 patients in intensive care has thus more than doubled. Last…

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Saturday: 1,322 new infections in Austria

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There are also five new patients in an intensive care unit and one new death related to Covid. From Friday to Saturday, 1,322 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. Compared to the previous week (1,328 cases), new infections thus decrease by six cases. The 7-day incidence decreases slightly to 102.64. In addition, there is one new death related to Covid-19 infection, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,777 so far. The number of active cases currently stands at 14,711. In the past 24 hours, 82,333 new PCR…

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New lockdown ist inevitable – Austrian virologist believes

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“We won’t get around a lockdown,” says virologistDorothee von Laer. Vaccination for under-12s could provide a remedy. Innsbruck virologist Dorothee von Laer believes a new Corona lockdown is inevitable in the fall. The expert says so in an interview in the current issue of the news magazine “profil”. “If the wave does not flatten out soon, we will not get around a lockdown,” says von Laer. The reasons: low Corona vaccination rates, declining protection among the elderly and the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus. There is one big…

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World news: U.S. intelligence agencies remain unable to resolve differences over the exact origin of the COVID-19 virus

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U.S. intelligence agencies remain unable to resolve differences over the exact origin of the COVID-19 virus. The debate over whether an incident in a Chinese lab may have played a role must therefore remain unresolved, officials said Friday (Aug. 27) in a released summary. However, according to individual voices in the U.S. intelligence community, it is said to be certain, according to the Reuters news agency, that the coronavirus was not designed as a biological weapon, but most likely a small group of people in Wuhan were exposed to the…

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Back to school: How will schools be kept Covid-safe this term?

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Students do not necessarily have to have their coronatests administered in schools. External test certificates are also allowed, such as the gurgle tests in Vienna.These are the corona rules for the start of the schoolyearStudents do not necessarily have to take their required corona tests at school. Also allowed are antigen or PCR tests issued by other authorized testing agencies. This is provided for in the new Covid 19 school regulation issued by Education Minister Heinz Faßmann (ÖVP). This applies both to the three-week safety phase at the start of…

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57.9 percent of Austrians fully vaccinated

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As of August 26, 2021, 57.9 percent of Austrians were fully vaccinated in Austria. However, the vaccination campaign is progressing sluggishly.Although experts warn that the fourth wave is getting out of hand, only 20,092 Corona vaccinations had been given as of Thursday. In early June, more than 143,000 people were vaccinated on the peak day. In total, 5,473,749 people have already received at least a partial vaccination, according to E-vaccine passport data: That’s 61.3 percent of the population. Meanwhile, exactly 5,169,410, or 57.9 percent of Austrians, are fully immunized. Vaccination…

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Risk of hospitalization twice as high for delta

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The risk of hospitalization is about twice as high with the delta variant as with the alpha variant of the coronavirus, according to a study of 40,000 corona cases in England. The study was primarily devoted to the risk for the unvaccinated.The risk of hospitalization is probably about twice as high for infection with the delta variant of the coronavirus as for the alpha variant, according to a study. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Public Health England evaluated more than 40,000 corona cases in England from the end…

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