Category: General Interest

Simplified PDF import and preview of the validity of the respective certificate in terms of 3G rules – the Grüner Pass app has received an update. Guide to the Green PassportThe “Green Passport App” published by the Ministry of Health in cooperation with the Federal Computing Center (BRZ) at the beginning of July has received new functions. According to the ministry, these include, for example, a simplified PDF import of the 3-G Covid-19 certificates and a validation of the electronic signature. In addition, the “GreenCheck app” has now been released…

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German company Biontech and its U.S. partner Pfizer have submitted initial data for approval of a booster vaccine against coronavirus to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In the coming weeks, these data from a Phase 1 trial should also be submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and other authorities, the companies announced yesterday. Additional data are expected to follow. Participants in the Phase 1 trial would have received a booster vaccination eight to nine months after the second dose. Compared with a two-dose vaccination, the study found “significantly…

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Coronavirus infection: infections without symptoms five times more common than in adults. The impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on children is being investigated by the German Covid-19 family study, which shows that asymptomatic courses are five times more common in children than in adults. However, those affected develop strong immune protection. Especially before the already foreseeable end of the school vacations in Austria and partial start of school in Germany, the issue of Covid-19 becomes particularly relevant again at educational institutions and among children. Scientists from the university hospitals in Freiburg,…

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The seven-day incidence continues to rise. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Saturday morning, it was 32.7 – the previous day the value had been 30.1, a week ago 21.2. Health offices in Germany reported 5644 new Corona infections to the RKI within one day – as of 4:27 a.m. Saturday morning. A week ago, the figure for Germany had been 3206 infections. Eleven Corona-related deaths were recorded within 24 hours. A week ago, there had been 24 deaths. The RKI counted 3,816,285 confirmed infections with Sars-CoV-2 since…

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The increase in the number of infections in Austria is also reflected in the reproduction rate. This has risen again and is at 1.14, after 1.06 last Friday. This is according to the weekly analysis published on Friday by AGES (Agency for Health and Food Safety) and TU Graz. Daily rate of increase of new infections of 5.3 percentThe daily rate of increase in new infections also remains high, at 5.3 percent (as of August 11). Last week it had been 3.2 percent. According to AGES, the effective reproduction number…

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Austria is relaxing entry requirements for Great Britain, Russia, South Africa, India, Nepal, Botswana and Zambia. These countries will no longer be considered virus variant areas as of Sunday, according to an amendment to the entry regulation published yesterday. The quarantine requirement will no longer apply to those entering the country, provided they are fully vaccinated. In other respects, too, proof of vaccination will no longer be valid upon entry unless fully immunized, as of Wednesday. The Ministry of Health argues for the deletion of these countries from the list…

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The Czech Republic will in future classify Austria as a country with a medium risk of infection due to the rising infection figures on its CoV travel traffic light. Starting next Monday, Austria will move from the green list with a low risk of infection to the orange list of countries with a medium risk of infection, the Czech Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. No change for travelers from AustriaIn practice, however, this does not mean any change for people entering the country from Austria. They still have to register and…

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Top virologist Norbert Nowotny expresses his views on the coronavirus situation in Austria in a Puls24 talk. In the talk with Anchor Jakob Wirl, the expert explains that Austria is already in the fourth wave. “The numbers will continue to rise the closer it gets to fall. We can assume that,” he ventures a less than optimistic forecast. Because in the area of new daily infections and the 7-day incidence, there will be further rising figures in the future, he says. But what is essentially at stake is the overloading…

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As of October 17, booster vaccinations against the corona virus will begin.Whether and when this will actually be necessary for all healthy people, however, cannot yet be conclusively assessed based on the current study situation, according to the Ministry of Health. “The National Vaccination Committee is constantly monitoring developments here,” it is stressed to the APA. Currently, it is particularly important that people who have not yet been vaccinated are immunized and that as many as possible complete their vaccination protection in order to protect themselves in the best possible…

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