Category: General Interest

SARS-CoV-2 was probably already in circulation in Milan in November 2019. ORF.at reports that this has been determined by physicians who have now re-examined a smear taken from a boy admitted to a hospital in Milan with breathing difficulties. According to orf.at, the four-year-old boy, who had coughed heavily, had been tested for measles in the hospital. The smear was kept in the laboratory at minus 80 degrees and these days researchers from the University of Milan checked for the corona virus. They found that the child was infected with…

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The Federal Government informed in a press foyer about the current developments about the COVID v19 situation in Austria. The lockdown had worked well, but because of Christmas Austria is now facing the most difficult four weeks ever, Anschober began his analysis. “We expect that there is still a noticeable reduction”. At the same time, the minister urges caution: new infections from today will not be reflected in the statistics for another two weeks. “The direction is right, but it is extremely too high,” said Anschober with regard to the…

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The German government plans a hard lockdown until January 10th – this includes the abolition of compulsory education. The members of the National Academy of Sciences “Leopoldina” in Germany plead for a hard lockdown – and the German government wants to follow. In the statement of the “Leopoldina” it says: “Use the holidays and the turn of the year for a hard lockdown”. This is to be done via a “two-stage procedure. The general conditions – Christmas vacations in educational institutions and restricted operations in many companies and public authorities…

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From the United Arab Emirates there is a message about the effectiveness of another corona vaccination. The vaccine from the Chinese company Sinopharm is currently being tested there in a Phase 3 trial. And now there are first interim figures: According to these, the vaccine is 86 percent effective. In the first report, which is distributed by the Reuters agency with reference to the UAE Ministry of Health, there is talk of “effectiveness against infection”. Whether this actually means that the vaccination prevents infection in 86 percent of cases (instead…

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The Upper Austrian village of “Fucking” has had to put up with many jokes about its name in recent years. Even some place-name signs were stolen. Now that the place is being renamed “Fugging”, the old place name signs are now being sold online. And at incredible prices! This is not the first online sale of this place-name sign. They were sold at unbelievable prices before. “Fucking” place-name signs sold onlineAfter the Upper Austrian village of “Fucking” was recently renamed “Fugging”, some are now taking the opportunity to auction off…

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Before the pope travels to Iraq at the beginning of March, he and his fellow travelers are to be vaccinated against corona. This was reported by the US magazine “America” according to Kathpress online on Tuesday with reference to Vatican circles. Like other states, the Vatican has already ordered vaccine doses. On Monday, the Vatican had announced the Pope’s plans for a trip to Iraq from March 5 to 8. The course and program will be announced later, taking into account the further development of the pandemic. The travel announcement…

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At exactly 6.31 a.m. local time, 90-year-old Margaret Keenan received the country’s first vaccination against the corona virus at University Hospital Coventry. In a logistical effort similar to military ventures, the British authorities have already brought 800,000 doses of the promising vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech into the country since the vaccine was approved a week ago. They are to be administered in the coming days. Only recipients will be medical personnel and citizens over 80 years of age. Among them are Queen Elizabeth, 94, and her 99-year-old husband Prince Philip. Both…

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Since Monday, new rules for the everyday life of Austrians have been in effect once again this year. AustrianPress provides answers to some of the questions raised by our readers: Is it possible to travel via the “Große or Kleine Deutsche Eck?” when I want to go to Voralrberg? Yes, says the ÖAMTC. There is no quarantine when passing through Germany. The situation can change, information under www.oeamtc.at. The government has announced new entry regulations. What will then apply to 24-hour nurses?The new entry regulation to apply from December 19…

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The code number for how contagious a person infected with SARS-CoV-2 is the Ct-value (“cycle threshold”), which is determined in a PCR test. It is calculated from the number of times a sample (nasal/throat swab) must be repeated in the laboratory to detect the virus. The more often the procedure is used to find pathogens, the fewer of them are present – i.e. less of them are passed on. If there is a high viral load, a positive result is seen earlier, and the person affected is considered to be…

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