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After Pfizer, Biontech and Moderne, AstraZeneca, together with the University of Oxford, also submitted data on its vaccine. In the search for a corona vaccine, a third vaccine project has reported a study success. Following the duo BioNTech and Pfizer as well as the US group Moderna, the British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, together with the University of Oxford, also presented positive data on the efficacy of its vaccine. AstraZeneca announced on Monday that the vaccine could achieve an efficacy of around 90 percent against Covid-19. No serious side effects have…

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The test results are promising, that is why the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Biontech have already applied for emergency approval for their coronavirus vaccine in the USA. In Europe, too, a procedure for approval has been underway since the beginning of October – albeit somewhat differently. An emergency approval like in the USA does not exist in Europe. Here, a so-called rolling review process is currently underway for the vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer, with manufacturers submitting information from the vaccine studies since the beginning of October. The data will…

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In the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) plans to deliver two billion doses of vaccine to a total of 92 low-income countries. The logistical preparations are already underway, UNICEF announced today. One billion injections are also to be shipped. “As work on the development of Covid-19 vaccines continues, UNICEF is stepping up efforts with airlines, freight companies, shipping lines and other logistical associations to deliver life-saving vaccines as quickly and safely as possible,” said UNICEF’s Director of Supply, Etleva Kadilli. “Historic mammoth task”This should…

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Can constant hand disinfection also be harmful? No, says a hygiene expert. His advice on the use of disinfectant dispensers is therefore clear. The increased use of disinfectants since the beginning of the corona pandemic is completely harmless in the opinion of a hygiene expert.Only in very rare cases could there be a tolerance of disinfectants for bacteria, says Johannes Knobloch, head of hygiene at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). This means that the bacteria do not die off so quickly. “We have never seen this with viruses before,”…

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It is well known that there is a connection between social status and people’s health. The Economic Research Institute (Wifo) has now looked at how the unequal use of the health care system in educational groups affects the future development of costs. The Wifo study showed that the health of people with a higher level of education is significantly better than that of other educational groups, regardless of gender. Accordingly, Wifo calculated that the costs are 13 percent lower over the course of a lifetime, at least for women with…

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On Saturday, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) specified the procedure for CoV mass tests. For example, there is to be a kind of testing weekend for the population. However, in the mass tests planned from December 5, Anschober sees the uncertainty of antigen tests as “one of the central problems”, as he said in an interview with the daily newspaper “Die Presse” (Saturday edition). “Therefore, we will retest if the results are positive”, said the Minister on the question of more meaningful PCR or LAMP tests and a certain percentage…

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Almost a year after the outbreak of the corona pandemic, more and more symptoms are being attributed to Covid-19. If an infection initially seemed to have a similar effect to a common flu, the list of symptoms is becoming longer and longer. Head, nose, throat, lungs, heart, kidneys, stomach, intestines and even toes can be symptoms of corona. Atypical corona symptomResearchers have now discovered a sign that only occurs in men and can be particularly painful. The atypical Corona symptom became noticeable for the first time when a Turkish man…

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The co-founder of the vaccine developer BioNTech, Ugur Sahin, considers a delivery of the corona vaccine possible before the end of this year. It is “within the realm of possibility that we may be able to deliver the vaccine in December,” Sahin said in an interview with the news agency AFP on Thursday. “But everyone really has to work very, very closely and intensively together. The vaccine developed by BioNTech and the U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is one of the most promising products in the fight against the pandemic. Sahin…

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From spring 2021 it will be possible to carry your driving license stored on your cell phone. Corresponding changes in the law were initiated on Wednesday in the Council of Ministers. The next step is the digitalization of the registration certificate. The idea of extending the drivers license to other areas, such as the registration certificate, is being considered. The background to this is that Austrians have to carry a large number of ID cards with them in order to present them at checks if necessary. In order to implement…

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