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Nürnberg cancels Christmas market

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 admin

The famous Christkindlesmarkt in Nürnberg is cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. This was announced by the northern Bavarian city today. “We find this decision very difficult. The Christkindlesmarkt with its great tradition belongs to Nürnberg,” said Lord Mayor Marcus König. Originally, the city had planned to have the traditional Christkindlesmarkt more decentralized and with a strict hygiene concept. But in view of the rising numbers, the city now considers this to be the wrong signal, said König. Curfew for Rottal-Inn CountyThe number of registered new CoV infections…

Detect symptoms: The difference between colds and corona

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 admin

Do I only have a cold or is it Corona? This question is currently occupying many people. A study shows which symptom can give an indication of corona.Right now the uncertainty is enormous. With a slight scratching of the neck, a runny nose and a feeling of tiredness or lack of energy, many people wonder whether it is just a cold or a corona. The symptoms can provide information. Even if both diseases show similar symptoms, the symptoms experienced by subjects already infected with Covid-19 were recorded in a study…

Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz national day speech: corona crisis in Austria

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 admin

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz spoke about “the crisis”, which “has dominated our public life for more than 8 months”. Sebastian Kurz: “It damages our economy and massively restricts our private life. Thanks to a joint effort, we have come through this crisis relatively well so far. But there are still difficult months ahead and I know that this is not easy for any of us”. The Chancellor found highly emotional words for the current situation – with thousands of new infections every day, hospitals visibly filled and hundreds of thousands of…

More than 18,000 new corona infections in Belgium

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 admin

Belgium, severely affected by the corona pandemic, reports a new record level of new infections. For Tuesday last week (October 20), the number was 18,217 according to new calculations, the spokesman of the crisis center, Yves van Laethem, told the press in Brussels on Monday. The figure for 20 October had initially been given as 15,432 over the weekend. For Belgium, the Sciensano public health institute put the average number of new infections per day for the period from October 16 to 22 at 12,491, an increase of 44 percent…

Coronavirus: 2,456 new infections throughout Austria

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 admin

In the last 24 hours there have been 2,456 new corona infections in Austria. So far, there have been 83,267 positive test results in Austria. As of today (26 October 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 992 people throughout Austria have died as a result of the corona virus and 59,036 have recovered. At present, 1,330 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the corona virus and 188 of these are in intensive care units.Corona new infections by federal states:Burgenland: 102Carinthia: 43Lower Austria: 232Upper Austria: 612Salzburg: 221Styria: 334Tyrol: 282Vorarlberg: 136Vienna: 494 hp, source:…

Austrian National holiday takes place in the living room this year

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 admin

This year’s national holiday does not take place at Vienna’s Heldenplatz, as usual, but in the living rooms of the Austrians. Both the traditional performance show of the Austrian Armed Forces and guided tours of the Hofburg, the Parliament and the Ministries will only take place online or will be cancelled. Only the wreath-laying ceremonies and the recruiting ceremony will take place at Heldenplatz as usual, but without an audience and with a minimal cast. The political celebrations will begin with a meeting of the Council of Ministers at 9.10…

Over 52,000 new cases registered in France

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 admin

The number of new coronavirus infections registered in one day in France today exceeded the 50,000 mark for the first time. A total of 52,010 people were diagnosed with a coronavirus infection within 24 hours, according to the health authorities of the country, which has a population of around 67 million, announced this evening. Since yesterday, 116 new deaths have also been reported. Over 20,000 new cases in ItalyAlso in Italy (60.4 million inhabitants), the competent authorities today reported a further increase in new CoV infections. According to this, 21,273…

Corona Explosion throughout Europe

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 admin

The number of infections is skyrocketing throughout Europe. More and more countries are going back into the partial lockdown. The coronavirus is currently spreading rapidly in Austria: With 3,614 new SARS-CoV-2 infections within 24 hours in Austria, the number of active cases in Austria rose to over 20,000 for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic. On Sunday, another 2,782 infections were added, a record for a Sunday. This means that there are already 21,974 actively infected persons. The number of hospitalized patients is also rising sharply. Nevertheless,…

Expert: Vaccine not earlier than July 2021

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 admin

Franz Allerberger, head of the “Public Health” department of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), is less optimistic about a vaccine against the coronavirus than Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens). He expects a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in July 2021 at the earliest, he said in the Ö3 program “Frühstück bei mir” today. Allerberger also does not believe that a specific drug is on the way. However, the AGES expert does not see any reason for concern: “It is a much more harmless disease than we feared ten months…