Corona traffic light: Salzburg is now a high-risk zone

admin

Even if the increase in Corona infections is moderate, it is going up throughout the country. This is also reflected on the Corona traffic light. For the first time in many weeks, Salzburg, a federal state, has again reached the “red zone”. This means that there is a very high risk of contracting Corona in the state. The remaining states, like the state as a whole, are orange, with the exception of Burgenland, where medium risk and therefore yellow applies, meaning there is high risk. Burgenland is also the only…

Read More

2,198 new infections in Austria

admin

From Wednesday to Thursday, 2,198 new cases were registered. Compared to the previous week (2,356), this is a decrease of 158 cases. The 7-day incidence thus drops to 163.12. In addition, 14 new Covid-related deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. Since yesterday, however, current case counts are no longer to be used as the main gauge for action on the pandemic. What counts from now on is rather the occupancy in the intensive care units. There are currently 202 intensive care patients. That is four more than on…

Read More

Covid vaccination remains highly effective in Austria

admin

This is shown in the vaccination breakthrough report updated Wednesday by the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES). According to data collected since February, the risk of symptomatic infection is reduced by at least 88 percent despite full immunization compared to those not fully vaccinated and unvaccinated. This is then mild and rarely fatal in almost all cases. Since the beginning of February, out of a total of 175,815 laboratory-confirmed corona cases with symptoms among persons 12 years of age and older in Austria, 8,845 cases had been fully…

Read More

Hardly any corona infections in vaccinated people in Austria

admin

Corona vaccines administered to date remain highly effective, according to AGES data. If fully immunized individuals do become infected, the disease is usually mild.The high effectiveness of Corona vaccination is shown in the vaccination breakthrough report updated Wednesday by the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES). According to data collected since February, the risk of symptomatic infection is reduced by at least 88 percent despite full immunization compared to those not fully vaccinated and unvaccinated. This is then mild and rarely fatal in almost all cases. Very low proportion…

Read More

Number of new corona infections in children in Vienna on the rise

admin

Due to the increasing number of coronavirus infections, it is expected that more children with a severe course will have to be treated in hospital in Vienna.Currently, 7,498 people in Vienna have contracted Covid-19, of which nine percent fall into the zero to nine age group, and 23 percent are between ten and 19 years old (as of Tuesday). Due to the rising numbers, it is expected that more children with a severe course will need hospital care. Florian Götzinger, pediatrician and pediatric infectiologist at the Ottakring Clinic (formerly Wilhelminenspital),…

Read More

Mandatory vaccination in France

admin

France now has compulsory vaccination against the corona virus for certain professional groups. Failure to comply could result in suspension without continued payment of wages. At least the first vaccination must now be given to employees working in hospitals and nursing homes, as well as firefighters, civil defense workers and gendarmerie officers. Those who have previously received only the first vaccination dose must also present a negative test at work until they have full vaccination protection. Employees are explicitly allowed to schedule their vaccination appointments during working hours to facilitate…

Read More

Highest value in fourth wave so far: 2,624 new infections in Austria

admin

Corona numbers have been rising for weeks. In mid-August, over 1,000 cases were reported for the first time. Currently, the 7-day average is just over 2,000 cases. And with the start of school in all of Austria this week, the numbers are likely to increase even more soon. Therefore, stricter Corona rules have been in effect since Wednesday. From Tuesday to Wednesday, 2,624 new cases were now registered. This is by far the highest value in the fourth wave so far. The last time a similarly high value was registered…

Read More

Coronavirus worldwide: Around 3000 people sue the Republic of Austria over the “Ischgl case”, Cuba already wants to vaccinate infants

admin

About 225 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 4.6 million infected people have died. More than 5.7 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. The first of many lawsuits against the Republic of Austria in the Ischgl case begins Friday (Sept. 17). The so-called public liability lawsuit sees a failure on the part of the authorities, who warned about the coronavirus too late and acted too late. It also alleges that Chancellor Sebastian Kurz rashly announced the isolation of several…

Read More

Corona clusters following travel abroad decreased by nearly 50 percent

admin

Corona clusters following travel abroad decreased by nearly 50 percent in the last calendar week. In exchange, contagions in the own household increased by ten percent.With the end of the vacations, travel-associated Corona cases almost halved in calendar week 35 (August 30 to September 5) compared to the previous week, from 31 percent to 15.7 percent. In contrast, new infections in households increased from 46.9 to 56.7 percent – an increase of almost ten percent compared to the previous week, shows the Epidemiological Covid-19 Clarification of the Agency for Health…

Read More