Category: General Interest

Extremely high new Corona infection figures will bring a lockdown for the unvaccinated in Upper Austria next Monday. Mückstein wants regional lockdown“The situation is dramatic, so we trigger the fifth stage of the step-by-step plan of the federal government and plan from Monday a lockdown for unvaccinated, provided there is a legal green light from the federal government or the federal government creates the legal basis,” explained Governor Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP). He thus confirmed an online report in the “Kronen Zeitung”. 461 patients in the normal ward and 89 in…

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In Austria, about six million people have been vaccinated at least once against the corona virus. However, only just under 560,000 Austrians have received the booster vaccination – that’s 6.2 percent.This corresponds to two thirds of the population. However, only just under 560,000 have received the booster vaccination – i.e. 6.2 percent of the population. Most of them have been vaccinated in Lower Austria. Since the end of October, nearly 126,000 initial vaccinations and 234,000 “boosters” have been added. As of yesterday, Wednesday, 65,833 people have been vaccinated. 6.2 percent…

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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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