First cases of infection in Antarctica

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Coronavirus has reached a research station in Antarctica and now all continents. At least 36 CoV infected people have been registered at Chile’s Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme station. The infected are 26 members of the military and ten civilians of a maintenance company, Chilean media reported yesterday evening (local time) with reference to the army, which operates the station. For months, the southern continent had been one of the last places where it was possible to be calmly among people indoors. Stringent measures helped prevent a CoV outbreak. Countries with research…

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Vaccinations in Austria start on Sunday

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In Vienna, Lower and Upper Austria, the first people will also be vaccinated against Covid-19 on Sunday with the joint EU launch of the Corona vaccinations. The province of Tyrol expects the first of two necessary partial immunizations for individual high-risk people before the end of December. In the other five provinces, the first administrations of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine are expected to be carried out in the first half of January, a roundup revealed. In a first tranche, 10,000 doses of the vaccine will arrive in Austria shortly after Christmas,…

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Lockdown: No public church services after Christmas holidays

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New agreement of the Ministry of Culture with all 16 churches and religious groups for the containment of the corona virus is valid from December 28 to January 17 – Exemption for Orthodox Christmas. Vienna, 21.12.2020 – From December 28 to January 17, there will be no public religious services. The 16 churches and religious societies have agreed with the Ministry of Culture on Monday. The reason for this are the new tightenings for the containment of the Coronavirus. Thus, public worship services can take place as planned on Christmas…

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COVID 19 Test lanes fully booked

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The free Covid 19 tests are storming in Vienna just before Christmas. All are fully booked up to and including December 24.Monday morning, a steady stream of people makes its way to the test lane at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV). All people living or working in Vienna have had the opportunity to be tested for coronavirus there free of charge since December 15. “But today is our strongest day so far,” says ACV executive Susanne Baumann-Söllner.And that’s how it will continue. Up to and including December 24, all appointments…

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Vaccination can start

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The EMA’s recommendation for the vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer was eagerly awaited. Yesterday afternoon, the green light was given: vaccination can begin.The next step is for the EU Commission to decide on the use of the preparation for all member countries – this is considered a formality and should happen before Christmas.Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) spoke of a “joyful day after ten months of hard fighting against the Corona pandemic”. He said that if the EU gives the green light, Austria will “swiftly begin distribution and the first vaccinations…

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The “British virus” is highly contagious

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The new form of the Corona virus, which has the southeast of England firmly in its grip, is responsible for every second new infection. The new type of corona virus in the UK has been known since September and is regularly analyzed. But now the cases are multiplying rapidly. 50 percent of the increase in infections in London and south-east England is due to it. Currently, there are no observations that this is causing more severe Covid 19 disease than previously, however, it does not have to stay that way.…

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Anschober: Intensive care units still heavily overloaded

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For the first time since the end of October, the number of active Corona cases in Austria has fallen below the 30,000 mark. With 1,519 new infections in Austria, the lowest number in exactly two months was reported in Austria on Monday. There were also 84 more fatalities. For the first time since late October, Austria also fell below the 30,000 active cases mark. The new infections were offset by 2,445 recoveries – as always with a comparatively low 20,957 PCR tests reported on Mondays. Thus, the number of active…

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Johnson: More than 500,000 people vaccinated

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More than 500,000 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus in the United Kingdom so far, according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “This is a cause for hope and confidence,” Johnson said today in London. “We can look forward to a whole new world starting at Easter.” Mass vaccination with the drug from German pharmaceutical company Biontech and its U.S. partner Pfizer had begun two weeks ago. However, the new variant of the coronavirus, about which the British authorities had informed over the weekend, is causing concern. The impression that the…

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New Corona variant found in five more countries

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According to WHO, the mutation from the UK is already circulating in Australia, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark. It is clearly more contagious, it said. The new variant of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus has been found in Australia, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark in addition to the United Kingdom. Apart from Denmark, these were isolated cases, World Health Organization (WHO) coronavirus expert Maria van Kerkhove reported Monday in Geneva. The virus can be brought under control even in the new variant, WHO emergency coordinator Michael Ryan stressed. “The situation…

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