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The Omicron wave currently appears to be subsiding in several major U.S. cities. According to figures published on Friday, the number of registered infections in cities such as New York and Washington, which were the first to be affected by the new variant of the coronavirus, has recently declined. Nationally, infections continued to rise. New York recently averaged 28,500 new infections per day, down from an average of 42,000 infections two weeks earlier. Health officials also recorded declining numbers in the nation’s capital, Washington, which was hit hard by the…

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Anyone entering Germany from Austria who is not fully vaccinated or recovered will have to be quarantined for ten days. The German government reclassifies Austria as a high-risk area from Sunday due to high Corona infection figures. The municipalities of Mittelberg and Jungholz as well as the Rißtal in the municipality of Vomp and Eben on Lake Achensee are exempt. Thus, all nine neighboring countries of Germany are again on the risk list. In addition to Austria, more than 30 other countries are on the list, many of them in…

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In view of the rapid spread of the Omikron variant of the coronavirus, Hungary has decided to administer a fourth vaccination dose to its population. All those who wish “will be able to receive a fourth dose on medical advice,” the head of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s cabinet announced yesterday. On Thursday, authorities reported more than 9,200 new infections within 24 hours. More than 40,000 people have died in the country as a result of CoV infection since the pandemic began. In Hungary, about 60 percent of the 9.8 million…

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France has recorded a record high of more than 368,000 new CoV infections registered within one day. According to data released by the French health authority last night, 368,149 new infections were reported within 24 hours. The previous high, set last Wednesday, had been 332,252 registered infections. Case numbers in France have skyrocketed over the past few weeks. The omicron variant of coronavirus is now prevalent in the country. The incidence value was most recently 2,790 nationwide, which indicates how many infections were recorded within a week converted to 100,000…

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Since Monday, the so-called Super Green Pass has been in force in Italy. This makes it almost impossible for even unvaccinated Austrians to enter Italy. In Italy, first-time vaccinations are increasing as strongly as they last did in the fall. Especially people in middle age and older are getting vaccinated. This has to do with the new vaccination obligation for over 50-year-olds, as the government in Rome explains, as the newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” writes. The special commissioner for Italy’s mandatory vaccination, General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, says: “It’s not easy to…

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More than 309 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. About 5.5 million infected people have died. More than 9.4 billion vaccine doses have been administered. Even when vaccinated people contract coronavirus, hospitalization numbers show vaccination protects well against severe symptoms and severe courses. The U.S. has 1.13 new infections in 24 hours. This is the highest number of new infections worldwide so far since the beginning of the pandemic. More than 135,500 people have had to be hospitalized. Most of the infections…

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It is again as high values as before Christmas. Robert Koch Institute in Germany reported 36,552 new infections. The incidence rate of new corona infections in Germany has jumped again. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported the seven-day incidence at 362.7 on Sunday morning. It has been rising day by day since late December. The previous day, the figure had been 335.9, and a week ago it was 222.7. The figure quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over a seven-day period. The incidence is thus again as…

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The number of deaths following PCR-confirmed coronavirus infection in the UK has exceeded 150,000. As the Ministry of Health announced yesterday, 150,057 deaths have now been recorded in the country within 28 days of a positive test result. However, the actual number is likely to be even higher. Covid-19 has already been recorded on the death certificate of more than 173,000 people in the United Kingdom. The country, with a population of about 67 million, remains firmly in the grip of the Omicron epidemic. About 146,000 new infections were recorded…

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More than 299 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 5.4 million infected people have died. More than 9.3 billion vaccine doses have been administered. Boris Johnson has spoken out against mandatory vaccination in the United Kingdom, criticizing vaccination opponents. The British prime minister told media on Thursday (Jan. 6) that vaccination against the coronavirus should remain voluntary. He said he wants to convince people who are still hesitant to get vaccinated. But that task is made more difficult by the…

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