Category: General Interest

Brussels. The EU Commission has reserved 500,000 additional doses of the corona drug Remdesivir from the US pharmaceutical manufacturer Gilead. The 27 EU countries as well as Great Britain, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and six Balkan countries could now apply for the funds in Brussels, the authority explained on Wednesday. The drug under the brand name Veklury is to be used for accelerated recovery in severe corona disease. The antiviral preparation Remdesivir received conditional marketing authorization for the European Union in early July in a fast-track procedure. The European Medicines Agency…

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Doctors have observed new Covid symptoms in patients. The consequences can be dramatic. The longer the coronavirus pandemic lasts, the more symptoms are attributed to Covid-19. If an infection initially seemed to have a similar effect to a common flu, the list of symptoms is getting longer and longer. Head, nose, throat, lungs, heart, kidneys, stomach, intestines and even the toes – there is hardly any area that is not affected by the virus. Neurological symptomsScientists at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the USA have now discovered that 80 percent of…

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According to his doctor, US President Donald Trump has had no coronavirus symptoms for more than 24 hours. He is now also free of fever for the fourth day in a row and has “stable” values in the normal spectrum, Sean Conley said in a letter published today by the White House. The oxygen saturation in his blood and breathing were also good, he continued. The president has not been given any extra oxygen since the beginning of his hospital stay on Friday. Trump said this morning (local time), “I…

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The Roman Catholic bishops in Austria have adopted stricter rules for the celebration of public services. For example, it is now mandatory to wear a mouth and nose protector during the entire service. Children under six years of age and persons who cannot wear an MNS for health reasons are exempted. In addition, there is still no mask obligation during outdoor services. Also new is the provision that during open-air services, seats must be provided for everyone to maintain the intended distance. Masks are not compulsory for all“If it is…

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Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) currently sees no need for a general obligation to wear masks outdoors, as is being discussed in Italy in view of the rising number of infections there. He is satisfied that step by step the awareness for the measures in closed rooms is growing again. This is “an essential step towards success”. It speaks for Italy that there is a discussion about compulsory outdoor masks, although the figures are relatively stable compared to some other countries. In this country, Anschober said, there is only an…

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The US health authority CDC now officially states again that the coronavirus can also be transmitted via small particles floating in the air. Two weeks ago, the CDC caused a sensation because it first published a reference to this in its recommendations – and then withdrew it after a few days. The reason given was that a draft had been published erroneously too early. Yesterday, the CDC reiterated in its guidelines that the virus could, under certain conditions, be transmitted over a longer distance than the six feet (about 1.8…

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“In contrast to Saturday, these are now stabilized figures – as they have been since September 20. However, these figures are still clearly too high – we have to bring the numbers down. We are working hard on this,” said Health Minister Rudolf Anschober on the current infection figures from Sunday. The strongest increases again came from Vienna (249), Lower Austria (134) and Upper Austria (127). The number of “active cases”, which currently stands at 8,704, has been “relatively constant for two weeks”, the head of department summarized. The reproduction…

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Pope Francis left on Saturday for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. The head of the Catholic Church drove to the pilgrimage city of Assisi, some 150 kilometers north of Rome, to sign his new encyclical. According to the Ansa news agency, he arrived there in a car. The encyclical will be the third such teaching letter of the 83-year-old Francis. The text, which bears the Italian title “Fratelli tutti”, is to be published only on Sunday noon in the Vatican in Rome. The new encyclical will deal with…

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Over 1,000 new coronavirus infections have been reported from Thursday (as of 23:00) to Friday (as of 23:00). The 1,000 mark was thus exceeded in this country for the first time since March. According to Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens), this is not due to a “particularly high number of tests”, but partly to the “growth of existing known clusters”. The minister described the number of tests in a 24-hour comparison as “average”. According to him, the large increase in new cases is due “to a particularly large number of…

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