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Russia started with mass vaccinations

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Russia has started large-scale vaccinations against the coronavirus in its capital Moscow. The vaccine “Sputnik V” developed by Russian scientists was administered to more than 25,000 volunteers in a total of 70 clinics over the weekend. The state media celebrated the start of the vaccination campaign and compared it with the Soviet Union’s advance into space. One of the headlines was: “The launch of the Sputnik! The “Sputnik” was the first artificial earth satellite in the cosmos in 1957. Mayor: 25,000 vaccinated so farThis makes Russia one of the first…

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2,741 new corona infections in Austria

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The number of new infections is usually lower at the weekend. 2,741 new infections with the coronavirus have been registered in Austria in the past 24 hours according to Sunday figures. This represents a decrease of more than 700 compared to the Saturday figures, although fewer test results are reported on Sundays than on weekdays. Compared to last Sunday’s figure (4,047 new infections), there was a decrease of 1,306 according to the figures from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior (as of 9:30 a.m.). Thus, 303,430…

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Italy deploys 70,000 police officers between Christmas and New Year

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The Italian authorities intend to take tough action to comply with the anti-Covid bills adopted over the Christmas holidays. For example, 70,000 security forces are to be deployed between Christmas and New Year, announced Minister of the Interior Luciana Lamorgese yesterday in an interview with the TV station Sky. Among other things, they are to check that the restrictions on the freedom of travel in force between December 21 and January 6 are being observed. Borders, airports and train stations are also to be strictly controlled, the Minister said. A…

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Travel restrictions: Vice Chancellor Kogler considers extension

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Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler is considering extending the Christmas travel restrictions beyond January 10th. In the “Kurier” the Green leader means: “If we succeed that in Austria the infection measures sink due to strict measures, then one should not turn again there, where these measures do not apply”. Kogler refers here to summer disco tours to Slovakia or trips to Switzerland, while looser rules apply there. In the summer much was to be assigned to Croatia, means Kogler: There it went also completely strongly around Austrian holiday-makers, who made party…

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This decree determines our lives from Monday

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The hard lockdown will soon be over, but strict corona rules will remain. You must abide by these measures from 7 December. Friday, at 12:30 pm, the main committee of the national parliament met. The only item on the agenda was the 2nd COVID-19 Protection Measures Ordinance (2nd COVID-19-SchuMaV). This is to seal the changes to the initial restrictions after the lockdown. So far the exit restriction is valid the whole day over, starting from 7 December only between 20 o’clock and 6 o’clock in the morning. The exceptions remain…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz appealed to comply with the COVID 19 measures at the end of the tough lockdown

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On the day before the end of the tough lockdown, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) appealed to the population to comply with the measures still in force. Only in this way could the positive development continue, said the head of the VP. The good news for Kurz is that the lockdown has taken effect. In recent weeks, the average daily number of new infections has been cut in half. The remaining measures are “without alternative”. This development has led to the fact that the acutely imminent overflow of intensive care units…

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In Vienna, from Sunday onwards, family members can be brought along without an appointment to the mass test at the Messe Wien

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The City of Vienna has announced a change in the access rules for the mass tests: Starting tomorrow, Sunday, people who are registered for a test in the exhibition hall can bring their family members to the test, although they do not have their own appointments, announced health city councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) in the late afternoon. However, the new regulation only applies to the test location Messe Wien, which has a relatively low capacity utilization. “From tomorrow, anyone who is registered can take their relatives with them to the…

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More than 1.5 million corona deaths worldwide

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Worldwide, more than 65.19 million people have been proven to be infected with the coronavirus. This is the result of a Reuters census based on official data. More than 1.5 million people died with or as a result of the virus. Since the virus first became known in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, it has spread to more than 210 countries and territories. By far the most cases of infection are in the USA, followed by India, Brazil, Russia and France. hp, Source: reuters.com. picture: pixabay.com

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50,000 dead and more than one million infected in Iran

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In Iran, more than 50,000 deaths and more than one million infections have been registered since the outbreak of the Corona pandemic at the end of February. According to the Ministry of Health on Saturday, there have been 321 deaths and 12,151 new infections within 24 hours. This puts the total number of corona deaths in the past nine months at 50,016 and the number of infections at 1,028,986, said Ministry spokeswoman Sima Lari on state television, as reported by the APA. In order to stop the drastic increase in…

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