EU secures corona vaccine from Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline

The pharmaceutical companies Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have reached a contractual agreement with the EU Commission on the supply of a potential corona vaccine. The agreement for the delivery of up to 300 million doses was sealed on Friday, Sanofi announced in Paris. The prerequisite is that the vaccine will also receive approval after the ongoing clinical trial phase. The approval could therefore “be filed in the first half of 2021”. The purchase price was not disclosed. Previously, the French Sanofi Group and the British GSK had announced that a…

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TikTok lock: No more downloads in the USA after Sunday

App can neither be downloaded nor updated. The new deadline for a deal is November 12. For the China app WeChat in the USA it is finally over. The Videoplattorm TikTok has concerns about the security of user data.The government of US President Donald Trump is increasing pressure in the struggle for the future of the popular video app Tiktok. On Sunday APP stores in the USA will delete Tiktok, the US Department of Commerce announced on Friday. This will be effective for users starting Monday, a high-ranking government official…

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More than 30 million corona infections worldwide

According to US scientists, more than 30 million corona virus infections have been recorded worldwide since the beginning of the corona pandemic. This is according to data from the University of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore on Thursday evening (local time). The number of deaths is more than 943,000. Worldwide, the USA, a country with a population of around 330 million, accounts for most infections and deaths. According to Johns Hopkins, there are more than 6.6 million infections with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and more than 197,000 deaths in the USA. In…

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Trump creates confusion about vaccine availability

US President Donald Trump, in an unusual move, has promised the US population broad availability of coronavirus vaccines much faster than his own health authority. Asked when everyone in the U.S. would have access to a vaccination, Trump said, “I think that will be very soon. One of his medical advisors, radiologist Scott Atlas, predicted 700 million available vaccine doses by the end of March. Previously, the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CDC), which is responsible for the supply of vaccines, had given the middle…

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Germany declares Vienna a risk area

Berlin is reacting to the rising corona numbers in Vienna. The official decision is to be announced in the afternoon. For Switzerland, Vienna is already on the quarantine list. The German government is alarmed by the fact that the corona numbers in Vienna continue to rise. Vienna is therefore to be declared a risk area on Wednesday afternoon. “Since September 5, there have been significantly more than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, so we are forced to take action,” the daily newspaper STANDARD wrote. How to go onThe decision…

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308,000 IN 24 HOURS: more new infections worldwide than ever before!

The World Health Organization (WHO) has again registered a record number of newly reported corona cases within one day. Worldwide, 307,930 new infections were last reported within 24 hours, according to WHO data published on Sunday. This is about 1000 cases more than the latest peak one week ago. This means that since the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen became known at the end of last year, more than 28.6 million infections have been reported worldwide. According to experts, however, the number of unreported cases is considerable. The front-runners among the new cases…

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THE SITUATION IN EUROPE Where the corona numbers now explode

These European countries currently report the most new infections. According to Chancellor Kurz, Austria is currently at the beginning of a second corona wave. On Saturday, 869 new infections were reported in only 24 hours, 444 of them in Vienna alone. But also in other European countries the numbers are currently rising dramatically. An overview. The situation in EuropeIn terms of population, Spain currently has the highest number of new infections. Here, 144.1 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants have been reported in the last 7 days. For comparison: In Austria,…

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Almost 10,000 new infections: Corona explosion in France

Government discusses on Friday about tightening protective measures. Prior to deliberations by the French government on further tightening of corona measures, the country has seen a record number of almost 10,000 new infections within 24 hours. As the Ministry of Health in Paris announced on Thursday, 9,843 new coronavirus infection cases have been recorded since the previous day. This is the highest number in France since the beginning of the pandemic. In addition, a further 19 deaths were counted as a result of coronavirus infection, bringing the official total number…

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Coronavirus explosion in India

More than 90,000 cases in 24 hours not yet registered in any other country. New Delhi. India has reported 90,632 new coronavirus infections within 24 hours. Never before have so many corona infections been counted in one country in one day. India now has a total of 4.1 million confirmed cases. After the USA and Brazil, it ranks third among the countries with the most infections. The number of deaths climbed to over 70,000. Germany supports India in the fight against coronaThe German government is supporting India, which has been…

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