688 new infections in Austria: “Stabilization at too high a level”.

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The number of new infections in the past 24 hours was 688 on Friday, well below the 873 reported the day before by the Ministry of the Interior. On the other hand, the number of actively ill persons rose slightly from 8,370 to 8,385. This was a “stabilization at a level that was clearly too high,” said Health Minister Rudolf Anschober in a press conference on Friday. Nevertheless, it was good news, as Anschober said the figures had settled at 600 to 800 cases per day. In addition, the tests…

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Corona-positive: What could make Donald Trump a risk patient

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CoV-2 has not spared US President Donald Trump either.“We’re okay.” With these words the First Lady of the USA, Melania Trump, made her corona infection public on Twitter on Friday. Her husband, US President Donald Trump, also tested positive for the novel virus and was anxious to appease her: “We will get through this together,” he twittered. It is difficult to predict whether the infection will develop mildly for the politician. However, Trump meets a number of criteria that could increase the risk of a severe course. AgeFor example, the…

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Declining figures without strict measures: First city may have reached corona contamination – the price is high

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Herd immunity would mean the end of the pandemic and corona restrictions. In a Brazilian city it could be reached already now, as researchers show. Nevertheless, the strategy is not worth copying there. Manaus in Brazil could be the first city in the world to develop a kind of herd immunity against the corona virus. At least that is what a new international study published by researchers on the pre-print server medRxiv.org suggests. More than 30 epidemiologists, virologists and physicians have tested thousands of blood donations from the Brazilian cities…

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Commentary: If people could behave sensibly…

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Only if all citizens followed the rules could a second lockdown be preventedIn Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned the population in an unusually drastic speech: only if all citizens followed the rules could a second lockdown be prevented: We are risking just about everything we have achieved in the last few months. The great decline in attention and compliance with the measures is also having an effect in Germany. And federalism. Merkel had to agree on common minimum rules, for example on wearing masks, at the same time as the…

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Another record increase: Almost 900 cases in only 24 hours

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Both new infections and corona intensive care patients continue to increase. In just 24 hours, coronavirus cases increased by 873 – almost 900 – yesterday. This is the number of new positive cases that were recently reported during the “first wave” and the lockdown. Unfortunately, there can be no talk of a stabilization or even a drop in new infections. On Monday – on the weekend there is less testing and less registrations – there were 556 new infections. On Tuesday – the day the traffic light commission takes as…

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UPDATE: US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania tested positive for Corona

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According to US President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus. He announced this on Twitter today. After the confirmed coronavirus infection of a close advisor, Trump had isolated himself with First Lady Melania. “The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process,” Trump had written on Twitter last night. There have been corona infections in Trump’s environment before. However, Hicks is the person closest to the president who is known to be infected. According to unanimous media…

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UPDATE: 873 new infections in Austria, number of intensive care patients increasing

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Most new cases are in Vienna with 402, followed by Upper Austria with 152 cases. The number of intensive care patients increased by a quarter within one week. In Austria, 873 persons have been tested newly positive for the coronavirus in the past 24 hours (as of 9.30 am). Most of them were in Vienna with 402, the Ministry of the Interior reported on Thursday. A total of 8,370 active cases were counted. So far there have been 45,686 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 802 people throughout…

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European Medicines Agency (EMA) begins review of Oxford vaccine

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is starting a review of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine developed by the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford. This is the first time this has been done in the European Union for a coronavirus vaccine. The EMA warned today against jumping to hasty conclusions: This does not yet mean that the vaccine can be considered effective and safe. This has yet to be shown in the review. In view of the urgency, this review will be carried out in an…

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Currently 1,447 corona cases in Austrian schools

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The number of new infections is also increasing at schools. Most of the cases were again recorded in Vienna. 1,218 students and 178 teachers have tested positive for the coronavirus in Austria as of Thursday, as the Ministry of Education has announced. That is about 0.1 percent of the 1.1 million students and 123,000 teachers. In addition, there are 51 positive cases among the administrative staff. Most reported cases were in Vienna with 557 currently corona-positive students and 64 teachers, followed by Upper Austria (164/24), Lower Austria (159/23), Tyrol (102/16),…

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