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The EU ambassadors agreed yesterday afternoon on a recommendation to better coordinate national measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. This is to be achieved in particular through a traffic light system to assess the risk of individual regions. This should enable EU countries to assess them in the same way and, if necessary, to impose objective travel restrictions, according to informed sources. In addition, EU members are to recognize coronavirus tests from certified health care facilities in another EU country in the future. Furthermore, a uniform EU-wide form for the…

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Two companies have filed for emergency approval in the US for antibody therapies, praised by US President Donald Trump. What is behind this? Trump announced a free COVID 19 cure. He stood in front of the Oval Office in the White House garden and spoke about a drug he took when he was caught by Corona virus. Every American should receive the same treatment as he did, said Trump. Free of charge. For this reason he will make sure that this and another drug is approved quickly. “They call this…

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After the EU Commission signed another contract with a pharmaceutical company, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) today emphasized the good progress in coronavirus vaccine research. “Each contract brings us a big step closer to our declared goal of providing a high-quality, safe and effective Covid 19 vaccine for the citizens of the European Union, and thus also for Austria,” he said. “The intention is to compile a vaccine portfolio, both at European and national level, that is suitable for broadly spreading the risks regarding delayed or missing market approval of…

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Apple announced its new event on October 13. Fans suspect that the new iPhone 12 will be presented then. There will also be different versions of it. However, it might be possible that not all versions will be available in October. The reason for this might be the Corona crisis. The iPhone 12 could be available soonNormally the big Apple event always takes place in September, but due to the Corona crisis it has been postponed. Now the new date is fixed: On October 13th Apple will start the event…

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The world is poorly prepared for a global pandemic – according to UN Secretary General Guterres this is shown by the corona virus. The coronavirus pandemic has revealed inadequate health care systems, yawning gaps in social protection, major structural inequalities within and between countries and, above all, “how poorly the world is prepared for a global pandemic”. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres drew this conclusion in a dossier published on Wednesday. Coronavirus caused more than one million deathsWorldwide, the pandemic has so far claimed more than one million lives and…

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In the TV duel between the vice-candidates there were strong accusations: it was about the pandemic, the role of the Trump government and the Supreme Court. Presenter Susan Page had the debate largely under control. In the first and only TV duel of the candidates for the office of US vice president, Kamala Harris has vehemently attacked the record of the government of President Donald Trump. The senator and campaign partner of Democratic challenger Joe Biden called the president’s corona policy “the greatest failure in the history” of the United…

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The coronavirus-induced economic recession could plunge up to 115 million people into extreme poverty this year. By 2021 the crisis could even push 150 million people below the poverty line, the World Bank warned today. People living on less than 1.60 euros per day fall below the poverty line. Without the outbreak of the pandemic, the global poverty rate would be an estimated 7.9 percent, the World Bank said in a new report. As a result of the crisis it could rise to 9.4 percent. This would destroy decades of…

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The infection is asymptomatic or the viral load is too low. Günter Weiss, infectiologist and director of the University Clinic for Internal Medicine in Innsbruck, has new insights into corona. It is now clear that “20 to 25 per cent, i.e. about a quarter of those tested positive, are not infectious”, Weiss explained to the “Tiroler Tageszeitung” (Wednesday edition). There are various reasons for this, such as the fact that the infections are asymptomatic and the virus load is too low. In addition, the infection could be a few weeks…

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The following is an overview of the regulations in the Corona crisis that apply to Austrians when travelling to other European countries. Roughly speaking, three categories can be distinguished: entry is possible without conditions. 2. one must show a negative corona test or must be in quarantine for a certain period of time. 3. entry is only possible if you belong to a certain group of people. Recently, many European countries have started to differentiate in their risk assessments according to individual regions, which is why different rules now apply…

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