Vaccination dashboard, an update

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An adapted version of the Austrian Immunization Dashboard will be rolled out Wednesday evening. The Ministry of Health will then also present the number of partially and fully immunized individuals according to the e-vaccination passport, as announced during an online presentation to media representatives this morning. So far, the ministry’s overview of figures at info.gesundheitsministerium.gv.at shows the doses requested by vaccination centers and the vials of serum delivered to them; a theoretical number of vaccinated persons was last calculated from the second figure. This estimate of just under 190,000 persons…

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1,671 new corona infections in Austria on Wednesday

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As of Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 1,671 new Corona infections have been reported in Austria. 38 people died from or with the virus in the last 24 hours. In the provincial comparison of new corona infections, Lower Austria pulls ahead again somewhat with 393 new infections. Upper Austria is also scratching the 300 mark with 290 new infections, while Vienna is in third place with 264 new infected persons. Corona infections by federal stateThe new infections since the last report are divided among the federal states of Austria as follows:…

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Digital freeway vignette: ÖAMTC warns against overpriced online portals

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The Austrian Car and Motor Touring Club (ÖAMTC) reports that for some time now there has been an increase of online providers offering digital freeway vignettes for Austria and other European countries at considerably higher prices. Vignette 2021 apple green and more expensiveAnyone who needs a vignette should pay close attention to where they purchase it. Because there are expensive online portals that offer them, where the customer pays considerably more: up to 67 percent more can make up the price difference here. “The sites basically do not sell the…

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More than 100 million corona infections now worldwide, 13,202 new infections in Germany

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The number of confirmed Corona infections worldwide has risen to more than 100 million. This is according to a data analysis by Reuters news agency on Wednesday. Covid-19 has now been detected in nearly 1.3 percent of the world’s population. Some 668,250 cases have been reported daily since the beginning of the year. The worst-affected countries – the U.S., India, Brazil, Russia and the U.K. – together account for more than half of all cases, but represent only 28 percent of the world’s population. The hardest-hit region is Europe, which…

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Apple most valuable brand in the world

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The US company Apple is the most valuable brand in the world. This is the result of a study published on Tuesday by the brokerage firm Brand Finance. According to the study, Amazon and Google, also based in the U.S., follow in second and third place. “A brand is first of all an intangible asset, we try to give it a value,” the director general of Brand Finance, Bertrand Chovet, told the AFP news agency in this regard. The basis for this, he said, is on the one hand the…

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Over 100,000 deaths in the UK

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The number of deaths related to coronavirus infection in the United Kingdom today surpassed 100,000. According to the U.K. Department of Health, the number of deaths increased by another 1,631, reaching 100,162. The UK, which has a population of around 67 million, is the first country in Europe to exceed this mark. A sustained success in the fight against the coronavirus is expected to come from the vaccination campaign that is already in full swing in the UK. According to government figures, 6.9 million people have already received a first…

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Lockdown decision to be announced on 1st day of vacations

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Early next week, the extension of the hard lockdown could be announced. After a marathon discussion by the federal government on the Corona situation on Monday, a decision on when the lockdown should really end was postponed. Only in the coming week they want to announce a decision. According to the Austrian free newspaper “Heute”, the decision will be made on Monday – at the same time as the first day of the semester break in Vienna and Lower Austria. It will then be clear whether the lockdown will remain…

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Survey: Austrians’ willingness to be vaccinated increased significantly

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Austrians’ attitudes toward Corona vaccination have changed in recent months. According to a survey, just under half of respondents currently want to be vaccinated “as soon as possible.” According to a recent survey of 1,500 people, the willingness of people in Austria to be vaccinated in January is again significantly higher than it was last time. After a decline in October and December 2020, when only just under a third said “I will have myself vaccinated as soon as possible,” the current figure is 47 percent, which is even higher…

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Great Britain counts more than 100,000 deaths

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More than 100,000 people in the United Kingdom have died in connection with the coronavirus since the pandemic began. By mid-January, nearly 99,000 people in England and Wales had Covid-19 listed on their death certificates, the UK Statistics Authority said today. The U.K. is home to about 67 million people. Since then, several thousand deaths have been added across the U.K., according to official government figures. The country recorded the world’s highest daily CoV death rate after a sharp rise in case numbers linked to the new variant B.1.1.7 in…

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