Category: Austrian News

The Corona numbers in Austria remain at a high level! Although the number of new infections on Monday (March 8) was below 2,000, but yesterday (Tuesday) was again a significant increase with 2,411 cases. And the trend of high numbers continues on Wednesday. The Dashboard of the Health Ministry shows that in the last 24 hours a total of 2,528 new infections and 19 deaths were recorded throughout Austria. Also, the number of Corona patients in hospitals has increased by 17, but the number of patients in intensive care units…

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On May 20, 2021 the Austrian-Filipino Vincent Bueno will be representing Austria at Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with his power ballad “Amen”. He was internally selected by the Austrian broadcaster ORF for Eurovision 2020, but after the cancellation of last year’s contest, the broadcaster has decided to give him a new opportunity to sing for Europe. Vincent will sing in the second semifinal (first half) on Thursday, May 20, 2021, for the ticket to the grand final on May 22 – to be seen live on ORF 1. The official…

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The British coronavirus mutation (B.1.1.7) is now the dominant variant in Vienna. According to the medical crisis team, around 70 percent of infection cases are currently attributable to this type, it said Tuesday. There are also “16 active cases” of the South African mutation (B.1.351), it said. So far, a total of 97,146 coronavirus infections have been reported in Vienna, according also to a dispatch from the crisis management team. Of these, 374 positive tests were added to the past 24 hours – although this also includes 22 follow-up reports…

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Katharina Reich, chief medical officer at the Ministry of Health, and Maria Paulke-Korinek, head of the vaccination department, today concretized the further vaccination schedule. According to the details, 470,000 and 124,000 doses of Covid-19 mRNA vaccines will be delivered to Biontech and Pfizer and Moderna, respectively, in March. In addition, there will be 350,000 AstraZeneca doses. All of these are to be vaccinated as soon as possible. The first shipment of the vector vaccine from manufacturer Johnson & Johnson is expected in the second quarter, if approved by the European…

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From Monday to Tuesday, there are 2,411 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared to Tuesday of the previous week, this is about 500 more new Corona cases. This also means that the 7-day incidence in Austria continues to rise. In addition, there are 25 new deaths related to Corona infection. In addition, 82 patients are newly under treatment in a normal ward. There are seven new patients in intensive care units in Austria. The figures from the federal statesLower Austria: 505Styria: 398Vienna: 374Upper Austria: 323Salzburg: 234Carinthia: 215Burgenland: 185Tyrol: 137Vorarlberg: 40…

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From Sunday to Monday, there are 1,910 new Corona infections in Austria. The Monday figure always tends to be slightly lower than the other infections during the week. So the current new infection numbers show a clear trend of where things are headed this week. Compared to the previous week (1,401 infections), today’s number is significantly higher, so the 7-day incidence is also up. Because there are also “only” 1,880 new recoveries, this means the number of active cases is also increasing. The figures from the federal statesVienna: 583Lower Austria:…

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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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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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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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