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Chile to vaccinate children six and older against coronavirus

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In Chile, children as young as six years old are to be vaccinated against the coronavirus in the future. On Monday next week, the vaccination campaign for children between the ages of six and eleven will begin, Health Minister Enrique Paris said Wednesday during a visit to the city of Arica in the north of the country. The children are to be vaccinated with the CoronaVac vaccine produced by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac.Earlier this week, the Public Health Institute had granted the vaccine emergency approval for children six years and…

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AstraZeneca vaccine: list of “very rare” side effects supplemented

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has added Guillain-Barre syndrome to the list of “very rare” adverse reactions to AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine. The likelihood that there is a causal relationship between vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine and the occurrence of the nerve disease is “at least reasonable,” according to a statement issued by the EMA yesterday. The likelihood of developing Guillain-Barre syndrome after AstraZeneca vaccination is very low, the EMA stressed. Fewer than one in 10,000 people are affected, it said. By the end of July, 833 cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome…

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Austria: Increasing number of younger covid patients in intensive care units

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Nearly two-thirds of intensive care covid patients are currently under 60 years as – a few are even younger than 30. Not only in Vienna, where almost two-thirds of the Covid patients requiring intensive care are not yet 60 years old and four are even younger than 30 (cut-off date: September 7), the average age is falling among Corona patients admitted as inpatients and requiring an intensive care bed. A look at data in five other states shows this. Of the four Covid patients – three men and one woman…

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Austria: Corona stage plan in detail

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On Wednesday, the federal government presented a “phased plan” for Corona protections. This depends on the occupancy of intensive care units and will apply from September 15. New Corona rules to take effect Sept. 15The first steps of the Corona step-by-step plan will already be put in place from September 15, including a tightening of the mask requirement. The following is an overview of the details. Corona stage plan from September 15 in detail STEP 1: Beginning Sept. 15 or 10 percent occupancy (200 beds), the FFP2 mask requirement will…

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“Autobahn” Vignette 2022 – now more expensive and has the color apricot

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The Highway Vignette tariffs are adjusted every year to the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices and have been raised by 1.4% for the coming year. This means that in 2022 you will have to pay 93.80 euros for the annual vignette for passenger cars (this year: 92.50 euros), while that for motorcycles will cost 37.20 euros (this year: 36.70 euros). The apricot vignette is valid from December 1, 2021 and must be stuck on by February 1, 2022 at the latest. The current apple-green sticky vignette may still pick on…

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Wednesday: Over 2,000 new infections in Austria

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From Tuesday to Wednesday, 2,268 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. Compared to the previous week (1,848 cases), this is 420 cases more. In Austria’s hospitals are currently 645 people in connection with a covid disease, which is 31 more than the previous day. 180 patients are in intensive care – nine more than the day before. In addition, there are three new deaths related to covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,815 so far. The number of active cases rises to…

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Government announces new rules: First measures already from Wednesday

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There will be no more lockdown for vaccinated citizens. This has already been announced by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Monday evening in the ORF summer talk. Instead, there will be tough measures only for the unvaccinated – to protect them and the health system from being overburdened. For example, there will be a FFP2 mask obligation for unvaccinated in the trade. After a meeting with state governors, the federal government today, Wednesday, unveiled the whole “toolbox” – all the measures that are planned. Essentially, a phased plan will apply, based…

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Austria: Incidence among unvaccinated under-18s at 331.53

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The Corona pandemic is increasingly a concern for the younger and unvaccinated population. For example, the incidence among unvaccinated under-18s is ten times higher than among those who have been vaccinated, according to recent AGES statistics.Among 18- to 59-year-olds, it is five times higher, and among the 60-plus generation, it is nearly four times higher than among fully immunized people in that age group, the latest data from the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) show. Seven-day incidence in unvaccinated continues to riseIncidence continued to rise in all age…

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Fourth wave of corona infections in Austria

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The fourth wave of infections in Austria started even much earlier than the second one last fall. With an average of 1,600 new infections daily, the seven-day incidence is currently at the level of mid-October 2020. The number of patients in intensive care units is also comparable. Those affected are predominantly the unvaccinated. The government is likely to focus its measures on them. This year, the number of new infections has already risen noticeably in July and August. Last year, the seven-day incidence of 130 reported by AGES – corresponding…

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