1,391 new infections and 14 deaths the day after New Year’s Day

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The latest Corona figures for Austria again show fewer new infections and significantly fewer deaths. Within a day there have been 1,391 new infections with the virus across Austria. Most of them in Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Vienna. In addition, 14 people died from or with the disease. The current positive test results are distributed among the nine federal states as follows: ▶ Burgenland: 59 ▶ Carinthia: 96 ▶ Lower Austria: 287 ▶ Upper Austria: 262 ▶ Salzburg: 150 ▶ Styria: 38 ▶ Tyrol: 153 ▶ Vorarlberg: 69 ▶…

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More infectious virus variant already detected in 33 countries

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The new infectious variant of the new coronavirus, which first appeared in England, has been already detected in 33 countries, the New York Times reports, including Germany, France and Switzerland. Turkey on Friday imposed an entry ban on travelers from Britain after 15 infections with the new variant were detected. All came from people who had recently entered the country from Britain. According to a new study from Imperial College London, the new variant can increase the so-called baseline reproduction number by 0.4 to 0.7, the BBC reports. Previously, this…

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Corona vaccinations: Earlier start in Vienna fixed

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▶ Kickoff for high-risk group on January 5 ▶ 5000 additional doses procured ▶ Universal registration system comingThe city of Vienna is now pushing the pace for Corona vaccinations: from January 5, the first phase will start for the high-risk group in old people’s and nursing homes as well as in the Covid wards of hospitals – a week ahead of other provinces. “There is nothing to wait for,” explains City Health Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ). Currently, 2040 people in Vienna have been vaccinated. In order to continue earlier, the…

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Van der Bellen in New Year’s speech: “Time to make the world a better place”.

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Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen promises a “better year” and wishes the people of Austria “the courage to dream.” The essential question for Van der Bellen is: “What future do we want to see?” Now is the time “when we have to look further” – “without being afraid to also think completely new, without being afraid to think too big,” the federal president said. “This year will be better” – that is what Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen promised in his New Year’s address on ORF, broadcasted on…

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12,690 new infections in Germany – physician representatives call for nationwide lockdown extension

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German doctors’ representatives are urgently calling for a uniform nationwide extension of the lockdown: “The burden of providing patients with Covid-19 has continued to rise, even over the holidays,” Susanne Johna, president of the German doctors’ union Marburger Bund, told the Funke Mediengruppe newspapers. She added that clinics had no breathing room. “The healthcare system urgently needs relief, which can only be achieved by extending the contact restriction measures. We will not get a grip on the situation any other way.” Representatives of the retail sector also do not expect…

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Austrians start new year happy and optimistic despite the current situation

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Linz – It was already clear to the pollsters at the Linz-based Market Research Institute that climate change would not be top of mind at the turn of the year 2020/21 when they launched the latest survey. A year ago, concern about whether effective measures against climate change would be taken was still at the top of the list of worries among female Austrians (43 percent expressed great concern) and male Austrians (38 percent). “It was clear that this concern is overridden by Corona, however, today 39 percent of women…

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Mass test registration possible from Monday

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The second round of mass testing will start on January 15 and will include the possibility of “free testing”, which has been criticized by the opposition. The background to this is the government’s plan that the lockdown with the hard measures currently in force should expire on January 24 – but already on January 18 for all those who avail of the free testing. Registration and dates for the antigen tests in all provinces can be found on the online portal “Österreich Testet”. To the offer on the part of…

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Virus mutation: Ireland lifts ban on entry from UK, Philippines blocks travelers from U.S.

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Ireland plans to lift its ban on entry from the United Kingdom on Jan. 6. Instead, a series of strict regulations are planned to curb the spread of the new Corona mutation, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney tells the Irish Independent. Airline passengers who are not entering the country for urgent business reasons will have to show a negative corona test, for example. They will also have to stay in the country as far as possible after their arrival. Ireland halted air and ferry passenger traffic before Christmas after a more…

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Biontech to supply more vaccine to EU

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German manufacturer Biontech plans to supply more coronavirus vaccine than planned to the European Union. The company is “in advanced discussions on whether and how we can provide more vaccine doses from Europe for Europe this year,” company CEO Ugur Sahin told the dpa news agency today. Option pulled from framework agreement“We are working with the EU to further expand our production capacity and be able to provide additional vaccine doses.” Sahin pointed out that an agreement was reached this week with the EU Commission to supply an additional 100…

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