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AGES analysis – Last Friday’s figure was 1.31 – 1.4 percent increase in infections per day – fewer travel-associated infections. Vienna. The effective reproduction rate of the coronavirus – how many people on average are infected by one affected person – has dropped to 1.14 in Austria for the period from August 14 to 26. In the previous reference period it had been 1.31. This communicated the agency for health and food security (AGES) Friday evening. Apparently the travel-associated infections decrease. Also the daily rate of increase in new infections…

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Researchers found out that aerosols emitted by corona infected people can contain intact virus particles. So we should ventilate the room more often. The danger of aerosol transmissions from the corona virus is probably greater than initially thought. As Professor André Prévôt of ETH Zurich explains in the “Tages-Anzeiger”, ventilation can be a very simple measure against this. The aerosol researcher even compares airing with washing hands or keeping your distance. He says: “It’s a pity not to take advantage of the opportunity.” Prévôt calls for a ventilation strategy for…

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In the middle of the sidewalk a man kneels and spreads his hands on the pebble-covered ground. Then he does push-ups under the watchful eyes of several policemen. His offense: In Corona times, he was riding his motorcycle on the island of Sulawesi without a mask and – unluckily for him – had passed a security checkpoint. The punishment followed on foot – because in Indonesia humiliating gymnastic exercises in public are the means of choice in the fight against Corona rule breakers. But in the world’s largest island state,…

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The experts of the German Institute also point out the necessary planning of administration prior to approval.The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) considers the use of a vaccine against the coronavirus in autumn to be possible. “Preliminary forecasts make the availability of one (possibly several) vaccine by autumn 2020 seem possible,” says a publication by the German authority published on Wednesday entitled “The pandemic in Germany in the next few months”. At the same time, however, the publication warns that it would be dangerous at this point in time to trust…

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Aerosols have long been considered a dangerous carrier of the coronavirus. Researchers now hope to have detected complete live viruses on the tiny suspended particles for the first time.Those who do not want to be infected with the corona virus should wear a mask and keep their distance. This measure is not only recommended by virologists, but has now been prescribed by authorities in Germany. Anyone who does not adhere to it is committing an administrative offence. The corona rules exist because only a few weeks after the outbreak in…

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On Wednesday, the health Campaign formed by the trade unions, the Chamber of Labour and the Medical Association handed over to Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) a six-point demand programme for a future-proof system of health and long-term care. The main demands are for more staff, better working conditions and a training and further education offensive. The first of the six points for a future fit health care system refers to the demand for more staff. The increase in personnel must be based on a uniform, transparent and evidence-based personnel…

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