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According to a study by the World Health Organization (WHO), the drug Remdesivir from the U.S. company Gilead Sciences has no substantial effect on curing Covid-19 patients. This was reported by the “Financial Times” yesterday. This is the result of a clinical study. The WHO did not want to comment on the report and pointed out that the results of the study were not yet public. Among others, US President Donald Trump had been treated with Remdesivir after his infection with the corona virus. According to a US study published…

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Health Minister Rudolf Anschober announced the new entry regulation. The entry restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic as well as the testing and quarantine obligation are formulated in a new and more precise way than before. The new regulation will officially come into force tomorrow and replaces the previous entry regulation. A new feature of the ordinance is that entries from non-risk areas must prove on entry that they have stayed exclusively in Austria or in a safe state or territory within the last ten days. Immigrants who have been…

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The Ministry of Health issued rules for holding Christmas markets last night. The decree, which comes into force on November 13, clarifies what is meant by occasional markets – namely “sales events at which, seasonally or not, dealers, operators of catering establishments or showmen meet in a certain place to sell goods, food or beverages or to provide services”. By “not regular” the Ministry understands markets that take place at intervals of more than once a month and not longer than ten weeks. Prevention concept necessaryIf 250 people are expected…

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Japanese researchers have used a supercomputer to simulate how aerosols spread in closed indoor spaces. What was less important in summer will be more in focus in the fall: Protection from indoor aerosols. As Japanese scientists from the Riken Research Institute and the University of Kobe have now discovered, there are other factors to consider besides wearing a mouth and nose protector. With the help of a supercomputer they have carried out simulations with different factors. For example, they took into account the humidity and the arrangement of people in…

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Germany extends the border controls to Austria again by half a year. This was decided by the German Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer (CSU), in coordination with Austria, the German Ministry of the Interior announced today in Berlin. The decision was made for “migration and security policy reasons”, it was said. The controls have been in place since the fall of 2015, after tens of thousands of refugees and other migrants from Greece had made their way to Western Europe via the Balkan route. They have nothing to do…

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