Corona vaccination in Lower Austria: 60,000 more registrations within two hours

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In Lower Austria, registration for Corona vaccination opened Monday for people age 50 and older. Almost 60,000 pairs of appointments were allocated within the first two hours alone, LHStv. Stephan Pernkopf (ÖVP) announced in a statement. Further age groups will have their turn from Wednesday onwards, until next Monday the time slots will finally be available for all Lower Austrians aged 16 and over. Strongest phase: 1,600 bookings per minuteAccording to Notruf NÖ, the strongest phase was recorded at exactly 10:33 a.m. with 1,600 bookings per minute. 50,000 of the…

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Yellow vaccination passport as admission authorization

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When – as planned – restaurants, hotels and cultural institutions open their doors again on May 19, Austrians who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to use their yellow paper vaccination card as an “entry permit”. This was confirmed today by the Ministry of Health. In any case, the document must show the date of the first vaccination, which must be at least 21 days ago. Which vaccine one has received for protection against the coronavirus does not matter. At the beginning of June, the digital vaccination passport…

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1,091 new corona infections in Austria

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From Sunday to Monday, there are 1,091 new Corona infections in Austria. Thus, the number of new infections at the beginning of the week is slowly but surely moving back towards below 1,000 infections. Compared to the previous week (1,566 cases), this is a minus of 475 cases. Thus, the 7-day incidence is decreasing. In addition, there are 15 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection. In Austrian hospitals, there are 32 new cases in normal wards. In intensive care units, occupancy has remained the same. The figures from the…

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73 percent of Austrians would not get vaccinated with AstraZeneca

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According to the survey, (made by Austria Trend by Peter Hajek for APA and ATV), 73 percent say no to the Corona vaccine from AstraZeneca. The second approved vector vaccine from Johnson&Johnson also has a slight image problem, with 31 percent disapproving. Overall, however, willingness to be immunized has increased. In the April survey, 52 percent said they were either already vaccinated or would at least get vaccinated. Twenty-seven percent said immunization was at least unlikely, and the rest were considering it. In January, the ratio was still 41 to…

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Czech Republic: Vaccination dates for all from June 1

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The Czech Republic plans to open registration for coronavirus vaccinations to all residents 16 and older no later than June 1. Starting Wednesday, registration will be open to those aged 50 to 54, Prime Minister Andrej Babis announced yesterday. Currently, only people over 55 and those with certain chronic diseases are vaccinated against the coronavirus in the Czech Republic. There are about 690,000 people in the 50-54 age group in the Czech Republic. The country of 10.7 million people recently surpassed the one million fully vaccinated mark. Another 2.17 million…

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Fewer than 10,000 new infections, incidence on the rise again

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In Germany, 9160 new infections with the coronavirus have been registered within one day. As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Monday morning, citing information from health authorities, 84 additional deaths related to the novel pathogen were also reported. The nationwide seven-day incidence rose slightly for the first time in a week. It now stands at 146.9, up from an incidence of 146.5 reported Sunday. However, there is a clear trend in absolute infection numbers: For example, a week ago the number of new infections was 11,907, more than…

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Nearly 370,000 new infections and over 3,400 deaths in India

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In India, the health ministry recorded 368,147 new Corona infections within 24 hours Monday morning. The number of deaths linked to the virus rises by 3417 to 218,959. On Saturday, the country had recorded more than 400,000 cases for the first time, a global high. That is fewer than the previous day, when the country had registered more than 400,000 cases for the first time, a global record. However, it is considered certain that there are high levels of unreported infections in India. In total, more than 19.56 million people…

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Vienna promotes company vaccination in fight against Corona

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The city of Vienna, which has entered into a close cooperation with the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry promotes vaccinations against the Corona virus. The participating companies should nominate a vaccination coordinator and assigned their employees to five different risk categories. Priority is given, for example, to sales representatives working abroad and to particularly exposed professions in the health sector, such as cleaners or technicians in hospitals. Once these two risk groups have been dealt with, employees with direct personal customer contact are considered. This includes supermarket employees. Depending…

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Hard lockdown in Vienna ends today

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The hard lockdown in Vienna and Lower Austria cends today. Even though retailers and hairdressers are allowed to open up again, restrictions still apply. For more than four weeks, Vienna and Lower Austria remained in a hard lockdown. Today, the two provinces are bringing their Corona rules back into line with the rest of the country. For the time being, they are valid up to and including May 5. After that, they will probably be extended until all of Austria is supposed to unlock on May 19. Viennese retailers are…

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