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A good two weeks before the parliamentary election, Israel is striving for another piece of normality. But only certain citizens can enjoy the new Corona freedoms. Restaurants and cafes in Israel have reopened, subject to conditions. For example, only guests with a so-called green pass are allowed to be served indoors. This digital ID card has been issued for two weeks to those whose second vaccination against the coronavirus was at least a week ago, as well as COVID-19 recovered people. All other people are only allowed to be in…

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Within a few weeks, the British virus mutation has asserted itself in Austria and meanwhile dominates. Austria carries out a unique virus screening in Europe – already 43,849 positive samples were examined for suspected mutation (since the beginning of the year, a total of 90,289 cases were confirmed for SARS-CoV-2), meanwhile this is realized for every positive sample. The wild type, strain variant, has declined in Austria from 61.5 percent in calendar week 05 to 36.3 percent in calendar week 08. In parallel, the British variant has gained dominance during…

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Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) warns of a “pandemic within the pandemic” in view of rising infection figures and more and more cases of Corona mutations. Within a few weeks, he said, the British virus mutation had become established. The so-called wild type, the strain variant, has declined from 61.5 percent in calendar week 5 to 36.3 percent in calendar week 8. The British variant dominates with a share of 58.4 percent. “For Austria, this dominance of the British variant is not good news. It is significantly more contagious than…

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In the fight against the coronavirus, 31,180 people were vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 in this country on Friday, more than on any other day so far. This is according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Health. Of the newly vaccinated, 2,420 received the second dose needed for full immunization. In this regard, 5.99 percent of the Austrian population was at least partially vaccinated on Saturday. If the non-vaccinated portion of the population – those under 16 – is excluded, this would be 6.88 percent. As of midnight on Saturday,…

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After conference with provincial governors and recommendation of national vaccination panel, Chancellor Kurz gives new details. Johanna Mikl-Leitner, governor of Lower Austria, and Styrian governor Hermann Schützenhöfer already made the case for the use of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine in over-65s; since the beginning of the week, the vaccine from the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company has already been given to over-65s in Vienna. And since Friday morning it is a done deal. In the morning, the National Immunization Panel (NIG) had also spoken out in favor of the use of Astra Zeneca’s…

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