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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Again 808 new infections in Austria

18 September, 8.30 AM – The number of new infections in only 24 hours has again risen enormously throughout Austria. 808 new infections with SARS-CoV-2 have been reported in Austria in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is clearly on the rise – at 7,447, this figure has increased by 1,253 within three days. Hospitalizations are also increasing. On Friday there were 334 patients in hospital nationwide. That was 15 more than the day before. Intensive care was required for 62 patients, seven more than on Thursday.…

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455 corona cases in Austrian schools

Almost 200 positively tested students in Vienna alone. And there were also around 3,600 suspected cases. At the schools, there were 455 corona cases in the first two weeks of the school year. This was announced by the Ministry of Education in a mailing on Friday. 372 of these cases concerned students, 58 teachers and 25 administrative staff. In addition, there were about 3,600 suspected cases. The most confirmed infections were in Vienna, where 198 students, 15 teachers and 17 administrative staff members tested positive. This was followed by Upper…

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Corona tests soon also at your family doctor?

18,854 tests have been carried out in Austria in the last 24 hours – bringing the total number to 1,413,965. However: With the 1450 hotline it sometimes takes two to three days to carry out a corona test in a suspected case. In view of this long waiting period, members of the Health Minister’s Expert Council in the Ö1 Morgenjournal demanded that General Practiotioners should also be allowed to offer free corona tests. The Medical Association and the Ministry are basically positive about the proposal. In the Ö1 Mittagsjournal, Medical…

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Austria wants to prevent a second lockdown

The government wants to prevent a second lockdown by tightening the regulations. Vienna. Party stop, brake on private parties – the new restrictions hurt, but are unavoidable, said Chancellor Kurz: “It is necessary to prevent the catastrophic consequences that a second lockdown would have for Austria,” he warned on Thursday. Vice Chancellor Kogler said: “The situation is serious, but there is still something we can do. Since the end of August, the corona virus has been back in the fast lane, unchecked. While the number of cases in the summer…

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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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Again 780 new infections in only one day

The most new cases were in Vienna, Upper and Lower Austria. So far, there have been 35,853 positive test results in Austria. As of today (September 17, 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 758 people throughout Austria have died as a result of the corona virus and 28,044 have recovered. At present, 319 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the corona virus and 55 of these patients are in intensive care units. The new infections are divided among the provinces of Austria as follows:Burgenland: 14Carinthia: 12Lower Austria: 100Upper Austria: 124Salzburg: 27Styria: 21Tyrol:…

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New corona rules: Private meetings limited to ten people

At a press conference today the Austrian government announced new measures. Due to the increasing number of infections in Austria, all celebrations and private meetings indoors will be limited to ten people. And there are also new corona measures in the catering trade. The announced rules will apply throughout Austria from Monday, September 21, 0.00 a.m. Private meetings limited to ten peoplePrivate indoor meetings are limited to a maximum of ten people from Monday. However, funerals are excluded from these measures. This was announced by Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Vice…

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