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Despite reports of weaknesses in AstraZeneca’s CoV vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) and experts recommend its continued use. Initial studies from South Africa showed significantly less efficacy in preventing relatively mild symptoms of the disease, Alejandro Cravioto, chairman of an expert panel advising the WHO, said today in Geneva. But there is no evidence that the vaccine does not protect against severe courses of covid-19, he said. Even where the viral variant occurs, therefore, there is no reason not to use the vaccine, Cravioto said. WHO concurred with the…

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The City of Vienna is continuously increasing the capacity of Corona testing facilities. As of Thursday, the sixth test lane will be available at Schönbrunn Palace. Including the expansion of the existing test location Stadthalle, a total of around 205,000 antigen tests per day will be possible from the weekend onwards, said Peter Hacker (SPÖ), City Councillor for Health, on Wednesday. Already for months there are in the Federal Capital the test roads with the Happel stadium, on the Danube island and with the Austria center. Recently, the Stadthalle and…

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David Alaba will move from FC Bayern Munich to Real Madrid in the summer, according to a report. The Spanish newspaper “Marca” reported in the night to today that the 28-year-old Austrian has signed a four-year contract with the team of Zinedine Zidane and has already passed the medical check. He is expected to earn around ten million euros per year. Alaba’s contract at Bayern Munich expires on June 30 – meaning he can move to the royals on a free transfer. David Alaba had been with the Munich club…

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At 9 a.m. on December 27, the vaccine against the coronavirus will be administered for the first time in Austria – at MedUni Vienna. Chancellor Kurz speaks of a gamechanger, yet more challenging months lie ahead. The pandemic does not end with Christmas, nor with the turn of the year, but there are “still challenging months ahead.” He said that people had always known that “the fall and winter would be tough,” but they had also always said that the development of a vaccine against the coronavirus would be a…

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Austria’s Footballer of the Year 2020 is David Alaba. The FC Bayern player prevailed in the election conducted by APA among the twelve Bundesliga coaches with 33 points, clearly ahead of Marcel Sabitzer (Leipzig/17) and Dominik Szoboszlai (Red Bull Salzburg/13). For Alaba, it is the seventh selection as Footballer of the Year, making him the clear record holder. The Viennese had last won in 2016. About the award he was most pleased. Alaba, who succeeds Erling Haaland, who is now striker for Dortmund, spoke of a “huge honor. I am…

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After the start of mass vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, the British authorities have called on people with a “significant” allergy history not to be vaccinated for the time being. Two NHS staff with a history of allergic reactions after receiving the dose, NHS Chief Stephen Powis told a parliamentary committee in London today. “Both are recovering well.” Powis said the warning was just a precautionary measure, as is common with new vaccines. The UK was the first country in the world to grant emergency approval to the German pharmaceutical company Biontech…

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The elected US president has declared the fight against the Corona pandemic to be his most urgent task.The elected US President Joe Biden wants to make the renowned corona expert Anthony Fauci his top medical advisor. Biden told CNN news channel on Thursday that he had asked Fauci in an interview to “be the chief medical advisor for me and part of the Covid team”. Biden also called on the US population to wear a protective mask for the next 100 days after his swearing-in in January. The head of…

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