Valneva vaccine could be available in the second half of April

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The Austro-French vaccine manufacturer Valneva considers approval of its Covid vaccine VLA2001 by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) possible by the end of March. Company representatives said that the inactivated vaccine could be available in the second half of April 2022. Many vaccination skeptics wanted to wait for this protection. Another offer in a series of vaccines The offer of the vaccine, which is based on a long-tested and established technology-based on whole inactivated SARS-CoV-2 pathogens, thus joins the now quite comprehensive range of vaccines. In any case, the Valneva…

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Omicron wave: relaxations cause infection figures to rise again

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The infection situation in Austria will not calm down in the coming weeks – that is the essence of the Covid 19 forecast and capacity preview of the forecasting consortium, which was published on Wednesday. For the experts, the reason lies primarily in the far-reaching relaxations; after all, as of last Saturday, night catering was opened, the mask requirement was lifted in many areas, and access rules were also largely relaxed. “The current forecast assumes an increase in the incidence of infection, which is driven by the opening steps of…

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UNHCR: Over 140,000 refugees within 24 hours

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The number of people fleeing Ukraine because of the Russian attack rises sharply. The UN refugee agency UNHCR reported more than 140,000 war refugees arriving in neighboring countries today alone. According to UN figures, more than 2.15 million people have already fled since the Russian offensive began 24 February. Most of the Ukraine refugees are in Poland, according to the UNHCR: There are just under 1.3 million there. Around 200,000 people have arrived in Hungary, 153,000 in Slovakia. Hundreds of thousands more fled to Romania and Moldova or traveled to…

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Almost 9,000 new infections in Vienna

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From 5,840 on Tuesday to 8,955 on Wednesday! Corona numbers skyrocket by over 3,000 cases in Vienna! The increase is also significant nationwide. In the past 24 hours, 47,795 new infections and 42 deaths were reported across Austria. There have never been such high numbers of cases! “The frontrunners are Lower Austria with 11,216 and Upper Austria with 9,007 new points. But already in third place in Vienna, with 8,955 new corona cases as of Wednesday, despite its continuing stricter corona rules. As of Wednesday, 9 March, 617,677 positive tests…

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Germany largely drops rules as of March 20

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Corona rules will be dropped mainly in Germany as of March 20, but a hotspot regulation gives the state options for intervention. According to their statements, Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) and Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) agreed on this. “We have, I think, found a perfect compromise,” said Buschmann on Wednesday in the ZDF “Morgenmagazin.” This is based on two pillars: First, there will be “virtually no more restrictions in the everyday lives of citizens.” Exceptions would be masks and tests where many vulnerable people, i.e., in nursing or…

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47,795 new infections were registered in Austria on Wednesday

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Forty-two new deaths linked to Covid 19 infection. From Tuesday to Wednesday, 47,795 new infections were registered in Austria. This is the highest value of the pandemic so far within 24 hours. That is why the value is also significantly higher than the average of the past seven days of 32,661. Currently, 313,593 people in Austria are actively infected with the Coronavirus. The seven-day incidence is 2,568.5. 470,322 new PCR tests were performed in the past 24 hours. This results in a positive rate of 10.16 percent. There are also…

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Compulsory vaccination in Austria: new decision to be made in three months

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Compulsory vaccination against the coronavirus will be suspended. The government decided this in the Council of Ministers on Wednesday. Constitutional Minister Karoline Edtstadler (ÖVP) explained that the duty is not proportionate with the prevailing Omicron variant. A new decision is to be made in three months, as Health Minister Johannes Rauch explained. The basis for the decision is the report of an expert commission. The recommendations contained therein would be implemented “of course, “Edtstadler stressed. The suspension of the obligation is taking place “because many arguments suggest that the encroachment…

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According to experts, about 77 percent immune to Omicron

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According to a model calculation by the team around simulation researcher Niki Popper, an estimated 77 percent of the population was resistant to infection with the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, which continues to cause very high infection rates. Due to some question marks about the newer Omicron sub-variant BA.2, the estimate refers to the BA.1 type. The immunization rate against Omicron has increased by eleven percentage points compared to the beginning of February. According to the experts of the company dwh, a spin-off of the Vienna University of Technology (TU), this…

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Help for refugees at the central railway station in Vienna started

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Caritas expects “worst humanitarian catastrophe since the Second World War.“ For the time being, Austria is mainly a transit country. They are probably the forerunners of the worst humanitarian catastrophe since the Second World War: for days now, the number of people landing in Austria after an often chaotic flight from Ukraine has been steadily increasing. Once again, Vienna’s central railway station is a hotspot – for the time being, it functions primarily as a transit station. Most of them are mothers with their children who gather at the Caritas…

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