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Three vaccinations against the coronavirus are about to be approved and the first doses could be administered in a few weeks. Countries around Austria are using this outlook to prepare themselves. Spain is defining 13,000 vaccination stations, Germany is securing millions of doses, Italy is deciding who will be vaccinated first. The goal: to get started in a structured manner as soon as the vaccine is available. In Austria, politicians are discussing the point in time when vaccination could theoretically be carried out. While Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) was…

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In Germany, health authorities have reported 23,648 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours. This means that a peak was reached on Friday, according to the RKI. On Friday one week ago, the previous peak value of 23,542 cases was reached. Compared to Thursday, the number of newly reported cases on Friday rose by a good 1,000. The RKI counted a total of 879,564 confirmed infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of deaths related to the virus rose…

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Day one of the new, tough lockdown and in Austria, almost 6,000 new infections were registered again. Specifically, there were 5,984 new positive test results from Monday to Tuesday. 58 people died with the coronavirus in the past 24 hours. 182 had to be hospitalized, 46 new Covid patients are in intensive care units. At present, 4,525 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the corona virus, 658 of them in intensive care units. 6816 people are considered to have recovered. Thus, there is a slight decrease in active cases…

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In view of the massive increase in corona infections, there is a growing fear in France that hospitals will be overloaded. In France, more than 40,000 people have already died of corona infection. With 306 new deaths within 24 hours, the number of victims in the country rose to 40,169 corona deaths on Saturday, according to the health authorities. The number of new infections on Saturday was not reported; the day before, it had reached a new high with more than 60,000 infections within 24 hours. In view of the…

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The era of Donald Trump (74) is over. At 2:39 European Time time (20:39 local time) last night, his successor Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (77) addressed his fellow countrymen and also the whole world. The 46th “elected president” of the USA promised in his first speech after his historic election victory: “I will restore the soul of America! This is the time to heal.” He reached out his hand to the 71 million voters who had voted against him and for Donald Trump: “I don’t see any blue states. I…

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The European Ministers of the EU decided on Tuesday a recommendation for a Europe-wide Corona traffic light. Bad news for Austria. With it travel restrictions are to be coordinated and to a certain extent standardized. With the European Union Corona traffic light it concerns one of the European health agency ECDC map, which is based on data of the member states. The decisive factors here are the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last two weeks, the rate of positive tests to negative tests, and the test…

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Franco Foda’s team only needs a good halftime to take the victory Austria’s national soccer team celebrated a well-deserved win against Northern Ireland on Sunday. In front of 600 spectators in Belfast’s Windsor Park, the ÖFB team won 1-0 thanks to a goal by Michael Gregoritsch (42nd) and thus took first place in their National League group. The Norwegians, who are equal on points, have the better goal difference, but lost the direct duel. The Austrians took the initiative right from the start, but for the time being remained without…

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After the triple of League, Cup and Champions League, Bayern Munich has also won the European Supercup. Coach Hansi Flick’s team won 2-1 (1-1, 1-1) after extra time against the European League winner FC Sevilla in Budapest on Thursday evening. Joker Javi Martinez scored the decisive goal in the 104th minute. Already next Wednesday, title number five in the German Supercup will be on the cards against runner-up Borussia Dortmund in Munich. Coach Hansi Flick’s eleven also continued his remarkable streak: since December 7, 2019, they have not lost a…

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