Italy’s head of government favors compulsory vaccination

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A possible general vaccination requirement brought into play by head of government Mario Draghi is causing criticism in Italy. The head of the right-wing nationalist party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), Giorgia Meloni, said Friday (Aug. 3) in an interview with the newspaper La Stampa that she opposes mandatory vaccination. Earlier, Matteo Salvini, the former interior minister of the right-wing Lega, spoke out against the duty. The head of the Social Democrats, Enrico Letta, on the other hand, expressed positive views on compulsory vaccination. Draghi had affirmed at a press…

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Start of booster vaccinations in Austria

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Vienna. From week to week, Austria falls further behind the EU average in the vaccination rate. For the past week, the country has stagnated at a rate of about 58 percent fully vaccinated.And has thus clearly fallen below even the government’s worst-case scenarios. Burgenland (66.4 percent) and Lower Austria (61.4) are the best of all the provinces, but have also failed to reach the goal of vaccinating 70 percent of the population before school starts. However, the low vaccination rate puts the unvaccinated – including children, for example – at…

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“Attention scam!” – Austrian Health Insurance Office warns against these calls

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The Österreichische Gesundheitskasse (Austrian Health Insurance Office) warns of fraudulent calls in which policyholders are offered light therapy. Currently, insureds are once again receiving calls in which light therapy is allegedly offered in the name of the Austrian Health Insurance Office (ÖGK). “Hands off: these calls are an attempt to defraud. Do not go for it,” warns ÖGK in a statement. With a supposedly new light therapy, insured persons of ÖGK are currently being lured by scammers. The callers are mostly female and claim to be working on behalf of…

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Almost half of infections in Austria occured at home

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Of the nearly 10,000 CoV infections, 9,476 were exact in calendar week 34 (August 23-29), the proportion of cleared source of infection was 70.7 percent, again more than two-thirds, as in the previous five weeks. While travel-associated cases decreased to 30.2 percent (down 9.6) compared to the previous week, nearly half of new infections again occurred in households, with a 48.1 percent share. As the current epidemiological Covid-19 clarification of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) shows, this development occurred even more strongly in Vienna, where the majority…

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Austrian Government consults on new tightening for the unvaccinated

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Infection figures are rising rapidly, the crisis team is drawing a gloomy forecast. On Wednesday, the government will discuss new measures. 1,510 new Corona infections on Thursday, up from 1,848 the previous day. Hospital workload is still manageable: 396 covid patients are in the hospital, 142 in intensive care. But it won’t stay that way. According to the Corona Commission, the situation worsens dramatically in September. The commission provides data for government talks with countries and experts that restart next Wednesday. On average, new infections will rise to 1,700. The…

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1,753 new infections in Austria

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From Thursday to Friday, 1,753 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. The figure is above the average of the past seven days (1,457). There are also seven new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,785 so far. The number of active cases increases by 434 to 16,737. The seven-day incidence is 114.56. There are currently 543 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, up five from the previous day. 149 patients are in intensive care – seven more…

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New infections in Israel/1.3 million doses donates Canada to 3 African countries

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The number of new Corona infections in Israel has risen to the highest level since the pandemic began. There have been 11,187 new cases have been registered, the Health Ministry announced Thursday (Sept. 2). The new high was published the day after school started. It is the third consecutive day with more than 10,000 new cases in Israel. At the same time, the number of seriously ill people has steadily decreased and is about half of what it was in January. Projected per 100,000 population, the number of Corona cases…

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Third vaccination in Italy begins

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In Italy, a third vaccination dose is now being offered to certain population groups. This was announced by Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday (Sept. 2) after a meeting of his government. A third dose will be given to people with a weak immune response from the end of September, Health Minister Roberto Speranza specified. Italy considers itself on a good track with vaccinations, Draghi stressed. On Thursday, more than 70 percent of the population over the age of twelve to be vaccinated had been vaccinated. In addition, stricter rules…

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Corona third vaccinations in Vienna already started

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Earlier than planned, Corona booster vaccinations started in Vienna on Thursday. The Liesinger nursing home St. Barbara of Caritas made the start. “Now that the preparations for the third vaccination against Covid-19 in Vienna have been completed, we will immediately begin to further immunize residents in Vienna’s nursing homes against the virus,” stressed Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ). From Friday, registrations are possible for all Viennese. From (tomorrow) Friday, it is also possible to register online via impfservice.wien and by phone via 1450 for a third vaccination, the city said in…

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