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Valentine’s Day: Austrians are particularly generous this year

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Despite Corona, Austrians are more generous on Valentine’s Day than last year. On average, 72 euros per capita are spent on gifts. The trade is pleased.Valentine’s Day 2021 is just around the corner. Many Austrians are planning to surprise their loved ones with Valentine’s Day gifts this year as well. Together with Mindtake Research and idealo.at, the trade association has analyzed facts and figures on buying behavior in times of the Corona pandemic. Flowers most popular as a gift for Valentine’s Day“On average, 72 euros per capita will be spent…

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USA reports 1.5 million vaccinations per day

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The U.S. is making good progress on new President Joe Biden’s goal of reaching 100 million CoV vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. An average of 1.5 million people have been vaccinated daily over the past seven days, Biden’s CoV coordinator Jeff Zients said yesterday. According to the latest figures from the CDC, about 32.9 million Americans have received at least one dose of vaccine so far – and 9.8 million have already received both necessary doses. The 100 million goal had been criticized in part as not…

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Vienna: New test lanes at Ferry-Dusika station and in Oberlaa

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The federal capital Vienna continues to massively increase its corona testing capacities: No less than two new test roads go into operation this week, as the office of Health City Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) told the APA. Already from today, Thursday, people can be checked for infection at the Ferry-Dusika station. From Saturday, this is also possible at the Therme Oberlaa, specifically in the parking garage belonging to it. Both new test streets are designed as walk-ins. This means that if the Viennese travel by car, they must park their…

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Over one million Corona tests since Monday

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A veritable run on Corona tests has brought the lockdown, which has been relaxed since Monday, along with the start of school in eastern Austria: over one million, exactly 1,096,621 Corona tests were reported by the provinces to the crisis team in the past five days. In total, just under eleven million tests have been carried out in Austria since the start of the Corona pandemic, the Federal Chancellery said. The trend continues to rise sharply. Monday was peak test dayThe enormous influx was caused by the prerequisite of a…

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Germany extends lockdown until March 7

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In Germany, the lockdown continues for just under another month. The federal and state governments have decided to extend it to March 7. What was already suspected during the day is now fixed. The Corona lockdown in Germany will be extended until March 7. This was agreed by Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the heads of government of the states in their deliberations on Wednesday. Hairdressers are to be allowed to reopen from March 1, subject to conditions, while the states are to decide for themselves whether to open schools…

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How widespread the new variants are

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According to WHO, the South African mutant B.1.351, which showed partially lower vaccine efficacy in initial tests, has been confirmed in 44 countries, the Brazilian B.1.1.28 in 15 – both mainly also in Western Europe, but the Brazilian one not yet in Austria. Increased transmissibilityAccording to the World Health Organization, 86 countries worldwide, including Austria, have reported the B.1.1.7 variant, which was first detected in the United Kingdom, and suspected cases were being investigated in several others. In the United Kingdom, the proportion of cases with the mutation among samples…

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WHO recommends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

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Despite reports of weaknesses in AstraZeneca’s CoV vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) and experts recommend its continued use. Initial studies from South Africa showed significantly less efficacy in preventing relatively mild symptoms of the disease, Alejandro Cravioto, chairman of an expert panel advising the WHO, said today in Geneva. But there is no evidence that the vaccine does not protect against severe courses of covid-19, he said. Even where the viral variant occurs, therefore, there is no reason not to use the vaccine, Cravioto said. WHO concurred with the…

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Corona: Every sixth person over 85 vaccinated

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According to data published for the first time, 37,740 people over the age of 85 have been vaccinated so far – i.e. every sixth person in this age group. In total, according to the Electronic Vaccination Record (as of Monday evening), 221,637 people have received at least the first vaccination. That represents 2.5 percent of the population. Most of those are under 65. Residents of nursing homes and homes for the elderly, as well as those over 80, are at the top of the government’s vaccination schedule. However, priority is…

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1,469 new corona infections in Austria

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Since Monday, retailers and body-related service providers have been open again. On Tuesday, it was announced that measures to contain the South African mutation in Tyrol will be strengthened. As of Friday, people are only allowed to leave Tyrol with a negative test result. The events are coming thick and fast. How the openings affect the new infections will only be seen in a few days. The daily new infections are nevertheless too high. From Tuesday to Wednesday, slightly more cases were registered again, with 1,469 infections. 43 more deaths…

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