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20-square-meter rule also applies to supermarkets

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Starting Monday, stricter rules will also apply to supermarkets as part of the opening up of the retail sector. In the future, 20 square meters of space must be available per customer, instead of the previous ten square meters. Because of the principle of equality, the same rules must apply to all retailers, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health said yesterday. The tightening therefore affects all retailers, not just those that are allowed to reopen on Monday after the longer closure break. Body-oriented service providers, such as hairdressers, are…

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Health Minister Anschober: Selected pharmacies provide free COVID 19 Tests

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Starting next Monday, free rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 will be available in the first “pilot pharmacies.” This was announced by the President of the Chamber of Pharmacists, Ulrike Mursch-Edlmayr, on Friday. The list of participating pharmacies – the offer is to be continuously expanded – will be available on the Chamber of Pharmacists’ website starting next Monday. As Mursch-Edlmayr explained, 20 percent of pharmacies currently offer rapid tests, which previously had to be paid for. In the future, these will be available free of charge, although registration will be…

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Oxford: Astra Zeneca vaccine also effective against British mutant

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The vaccine developed by Astra Zeneca and Oxford University is also effective against the British Covid 19 mutant: this was reported by the British university on Friday, citing new data. The pathogen variant, first identified in Kent, England, is transmitted more rapidly than those previously known. Previously, it had been announced that the vaccine also works well in older people. This has been confirmed by new study data from the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company, says a representative of the regulatory agencies, citing new study data. In many countries, the vaccine is…

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Slovakia reports dramatic spread of mutation B.1.1.7

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Health authorities and experts in Slovakia are sounding the alarm that the B.1.1.7 mutation of the coronavirus, first detected in the United Kingdom, is spreading dramatically. Conservative populist government leader Igor Matovic reported on Facebook today that the mutation accounted for about 71 percent of all positive test results Wednesday. Regionally, higher levels were also reported. The university hospital in the second-largest city of Kosice in eastern Slovakia announced today that the proportion of the mutation in its most recently tested samples had already risen to more than 90 percent…

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1,388 new corona infections in Austria

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At the end of the week, the number of new infections is again slightly lower than in previous days. The lockdown is over on Monday and at the end of the week, the new infection numbers go down at least a little bit. After there were more than 1,500 new infections in the past days, there are 1,388 new Corona infections in Austria from Thursday to Friday. In addition, there are 37 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection. There are 32 fewer Corona patients in normal hospital wards, though…

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Vienna to offer free gargle PCR tests at home in future

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The City of Vienna is taking the next step in creating test offers. In cooperation with the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, the Viennese start-up Lead Horizon, the distribution partners Rewe and Post, and the Ministry of Health, the already well-known PCR gargle tests will – as planned – be available to all Viennese for home use free of charge starting in March. The name of the project, which will initially be available in a pilot phase to 60,000 employees of Viennese companies and organizations: “Alles gurgelt”. The effort involved is…

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Nearly 13,000 new infections and 855 deaths in Germany

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German health departments have reported 12,908 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. In addition, 855 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours, according to figures released by the RKI on Friday. Exactly a week ago, the RKI had recorded 14,022 new infections and 839 new deaths within 24 hours. The peak of 1244 new reported deaths had been reached on January 14. The highest number of new infections registered within 24 hours, 33,777, was reported on December 18, but included 3,500 subsequent reports. The…

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How common are the COVID 19 variants? A risky opening steps from February 8?

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AUSTRIA: According to geneticist Andreas Bergthaler, who also advises the government, the data to date show an east-west divide for the British “B.1.1.7” variant and large regional differences. The scientist is concerned, for example, about the Tyrolean cluster with the South African variant (“B.1.351”) – recently, numerous cases occurred in the district of Schwaz. In a random sample of almost 500 positively tested persons in TIrol, a B.1.1.7 proportion of around five percent was recently found, with 15 percent “B.1351”. However, these are regional highlights and can certainly not be…

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Johnson & Johnson applied for vaccine approval in the USA

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Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has filed for emergency approval of its coronavirus vaccine in the US. Subsidiary Janssen Biotech submitted the application to the FDA regulatory agency yesterday, the US group said. Review of the application could take several weeks. So far, coronavirus vaccines from German company Biontech and its U.S. partner Pfizer, as well as U.S. company Moderna, have been approved in the United States. The J&J vaccine has an average efficacy of 66 percent, according to the company. Severe illnesses are prevented by the drug at…

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