Category: General Interest

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has cleared the way for the approval of two new drugs against Covid-19: the antibody therapy Ronapreve from the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche and the drug Regkirona (Regdanvimab) from the manufacturer Celltrion in South Korea. This was announced by the EMA today in Amsterdam. Both drugs are intended for use in early stages of infection and are based on antiviral monoclonal antibodies. The EMA experts had reviewed and assessed all the manufacturers’ data from studies on the efficacy and possible side effects of the drugs.…

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Germany wants to put Austria on the list of high-risk areas again because of the increased infection figures. The Czech Republic and Hungary would also be declared high-risk areas by Berlin, Funke Mediengruppe reported, according to Reuters. The classification is to take effect as early as Sunday. According to the report, vaccinated and recovered people will not have to go into quarantine after returning from these countries, while unvaccinated people will have to go into a ten-day quarantine after returning. The quarantine should end after five days at the earliest…

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With rapidly rising infection rates and the associated steady increase in Covid-19 patients in domestic hospitals, reaching system-critical utilization in intensive care units (ICUs) is approaching. The Covid-19 Forecasting Consortium warns of this in its capacity forecast issued Wednesday. “Exceeding the 33 percent utilization threshold is possible in all states on Nov. 24,” the experts stress. The probability of exceeding system-critical utilization in intensive care units in Upper Austria in two weeks is 95 percent, according to the forecasting consortium. In Lower Austria, it is 84 percent, and in Salzburg…

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Children and adolescents over the age of twelve will have to provide proof of 2.5-G in Vienna starting Friday. School-aged children from twelve to 15 years must in the future for catering, gym, hairdresser and Co. a 2.5 G proof, that is vaccinated, recovered or PCR-tested (PCR is valid 48 hours from acceptance). The Ninja Passport would not apply across the board as 2-G proof for this age group until the end of the week. Stricter measures than federal governmentThe corresponding Viennese ordinance is just being fine-tuned and will in…

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The Covid 19 pandemic has officially claimed more than five million lives since its outbreak in December 2020, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. That’s more than the population of Ireland or all the people living in Louisiana. But the actual cost could be much higher than we think. The United States leads all deaths counted with 745,000, followed by Brazil, India, Mexico and Russia. According to TIME magazine, in less than two years, covid-19 has become the third leading cause of death worldwide, after heart disease and…

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Since Monday, a 2G obligation has been in force in Austria in large parts of public life. Now the SCS is also rushing ahead with a hammer rule. In order to provide a further incentive for the Corona vaccination and to make public life safer for everyone, a 2G duty has been in force for most areas of public life since yesterday, Monday. Access to (night) catering, hotels or body-related services will henceforth only be available to vaccinated or recovered persons. Retail is basically open to all, with mandatory FFP2.…

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In hospitals, as expected, more and more patients are being admitted with vaccine breakthroughs. In normal wards, a good 40 percent are fully vaccinated; in intensive care units, the figure is just under a quarter.Vaccine breakthroughs Nearly a quarter of the people sick with Covid-19 who had to be treated in intensive care units in Austria last week were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. The proportion of fully immunized hospital patients who received care in normal wards was 43.6 percent. This is according to figures provided by the Ministry of…

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In Austria, the 2-G rule is now in effect. Those who are neither vaccinated nor recovered can no longer go to pubs, hairdressers or events. Visiting hospitals and nursing homes is also no longer possible. Guests who break the rules face administrative fines of up to 500 euros, and operators up to 3,600 euros. 3- or 2G: New corona rules are controlled This level of penalties is also provided for employees and employers in the case of the 3-G rule in the workplace. There, it is the employer’s responsibility to…

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Around the blackout exercise on Friday, many false reports about power cuts are circulating. Now the government is clarifying what is really happening. The risk of widespread and prolonged power outages is set to increase in the future. Just earlier this year, Europe narrowly escaped such a blackout. In order to be able to react properly in such a crisis, the government, police, army and energy suppliers are rehearsing the emergency this week. On Friday, November 12, 2021, the blackout exercise “ENERGIE.21” will therefore take place on the initiative of…

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