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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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Caritas President Michael Landau has made an appeal for social cohesion and confidence in the face of the Corona crisis, the recent lockdown and the Islamist terrorist attack in Vienna. “Charity does not go into the lockdown”, said Landau during a service on Sunday in St. Stephen’s Cathedral on the occasion of the church’s “World Day of the Poor”. The willingness to stand together, to tackle and not to forget the weakest had made Austria great in the past, the Caritas President stressed. “We should continue on this path in…

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The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the EU and other European countries has doubled to more than ten million within only three and a half weeks. By Friday, a total of 10,124,110 cases had been reported in the European Economic Area including the UK. This is almost 242,000 more than the day before. It was only on October 20 that the mark of five million proven infections was exceeded.According to the daily survey of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), most infections have now been registered…

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The news about a new corona vaccine gives hope. How does it work? And when could it be used in Austria? We get to the bottom of the most important questions. What is known about the effect of the vaccine so far?According to the German company Biontech and the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, the vaccine candidate BNT162b2 is said to offer a 90 percent protection rate. Serious side effects have not been registered to date. This information is based on interim results of the Phase 3 study, which is crucial for…

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Corona. Lockdown. All over again? Not quite, but the newly imposed lockdown light is still a huge psychological blow to all of us. When the Corona pandemic brought everything to a standstill in the spring, the summer was full of rays of hope. And it gave us courage. Now not only are all restaurants, bars and museums closing again, but we are also facing the darkest, dimmest and longest season of the year. A low mood or even depression is pre-programmed. Corona Lockdown light: How it affects the psycheGeneral frustration…

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