Federal government withdraws vaccine batch from circulation

The death of a 49-year-old nurse from Lower Austria after a coronavirus vaccination has repercussions. Because remaining stocks of the same batch are no longer vaccinated, numerous vaccinations had to be canceled at short notice on Sunday. The woman died ten days after vaccination with the Astra-Zeneca vaccine. Now the vaccination with the batch number ABV 5300 was stopped by the federal government. Vaccine from other batches can continue to be administered, the state says. However, because remaining stocks of the same batch are no longer vaccinated as a precautionary…

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Israel eases corona restrictions

A good two weeks before the parliamentary election, Israel is striving for another piece of normality. But only certain citizens can enjoy the new Corona freedoms. Restaurants and cafes in Israel have reopened, subject to conditions. For example, only guests with a so-called green pass are allowed to be served indoors. This digital ID card has been issued for two weeks to those whose second vaccination against the coronavirus was at least a week ago, as well as COVID-19 recovered people. All other people are only allowed to be in…

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2,199 new Corona infections in Austria

For the second time this year, the Interior and Health Ministries have reported more than 2,000 new Corona infections on a Sunday: there were 2,199, after 2,123 new cases last Sunday. A total of 1,447 Covid 19 sufferers were treated in hospitals, including 314 in intensive care units, a decrease of four and eight, respectively, compared to Saturday, but there was a 12 percent increase week-over-week. Week-on-week, the increase in hospital patients is 156 compared to last Sunday, with 35 intensive care patients added. The number of deaths increased by…

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COVID 19 – British variant now scattered in Austria

Within a few weeks, the British virus mutation has asserted itself in Austria and meanwhile dominates. Austria carries out a unique virus screening in Europe – already 43,849 positive samples were examined for suspected mutation (since the beginning of the year, a total of 90,289 cases were confirmed for SARS-CoV-2), meanwhile this is realized for every positive sample. The wild type, strain variant, has declined in Austria from 61.5 percent in calendar week 05 to 36.3 percent in calendar week 08. In parallel, the British variant has gained dominance during…

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Health Minister Rudolf Anschober warns of “pandemic within the pandemic”.

Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) warns of a “pandemic within the pandemic” in view of rising infection figures and more and more cases of Corona mutations. Within a few weeks, he said, the British virus mutation had become established. The so-called wild type, the strain variant, has declined from 61.5 percent in calendar week 5 to 36.3 percent in calendar week 8. The British variant dominates with a share of 58.4 percent. “For Austria, this dominance of the British variant is not good news. It is significantly more contagious than…

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New “record day” for Corona vaccinations

In the fight against the coronavirus, 31,180 people were vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 in this country on Friday, more than on any other day so far. This is according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Health. Of the newly vaccinated, 2,420 received the second dose needed for full immunization. In this regard, 5.99 percent of the Austrian population was at least partially vaccinated on Saturday. If the non-vaccinated portion of the population – those under 16 – is excluded, this would be 6.88 percent. As of midnight on Saturday,…

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Again 2,557 new infections and 25 deaths

In the last 24 hours, more than 2,500 new infections were reported again. More than 500 new infections in ViennaThe number of new Corona infections in Vienna remains high, but declined on Saturday compared to the previous day: within 24 hours, 524 positive tests have been reported to the provincial sanitary directorate and the medical crisis team, this included 36 follow-up reports from previous days. On Friday, there had been 814 new cases, 217 of which were follow-up reports. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the number of confirmed SARS-CoV-2…

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Home pharmacies run out of free tests

The Chamber of Pharmacists reports that the supply of free antigen tests is stalling. Some new supplies will not be available until next week. “Due to delivery problems with the free living room tests, larger contingents of the tests will only arrive in pharmacies in the course of the coming week,” writes the Austrian Chamber of Pharmacists in a press release. The reason is logistical delays on the world market and lengthy customs clearances. As a result, there are currently delays in subsequent deliveries of the tests to the 1,400…

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Chancellor Kurz promises “everyone over 65 will be vaccinated before the end of April”

After conference with provincial governors and recommendation of national vaccination panel, Chancellor Kurz gives new details. Johanna Mikl-Leitner, governor of Lower Austria, and Styrian governor Hermann Schützenhöfer already made the case for the use of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine in over-65s; since the beginning of the week, the vaccine from the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company has already been given to over-65s in Vienna. And since Friday morning it is a done deal. In the morning, the National Immunization Panel (NIG) had also spoken out in favor of the use of Astra Zeneca’s…

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