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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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The vaccine developed by the German company Biontech and the US company Pfizer shows a protection of 95 percent. The application for emergency approval is to be submitted in the USA shortly. Production will start this year. BioNTech, a biotech company based in Mainz (Germany), and its U.S. partner Pfizer have cleared the decisive hurdle for a possible approval of their corona vaccine in the U.S. After a final analysis of the pivotal study, the vaccine has shown a 95 percent protection against Covid 19 infection, the two companies announced…

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In the worldwide race for a corona vaccine, another research project has reported a decisive success. In an interim analysis, the corona vaccine of the US biotech company Moderna showed an efficacy of 94.5 percent in protecting against Covid-19. Moderna expects to be able to apply for emergency approval in the USA in the coming weeks, the company announced on Monday. Over 90 percent protectionModerna is the second major U.S. pharmaceutical company to present positive data from the pivotal study with a corona vaccine within one week. Last Monday, the…

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The co-founder of the vaccine developer Biontech, Ugur Sahin, expects a return to normality by winter 2021, but to achieve this it is “absolutely essential” to achieve a high vaccination rate against the corona virus before autumn, he told the British television channel BBC today. However, he was optimistic that this could be achieved. The vaccine developed by Biontech and the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is one of the most promising products in the fight against the pandemic. “Hard Winter”Sahin announced that the developed vaccine would be delivered as early…

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