Another negative COVID 19 record within 24 hours in Austria

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With 1958 cases, there was another negative record within 24 hours yesterday, according to the state crisis committee in the Ministry of the Interior. Leader was again Vienna with this time 514 new infections, followed by Lower Austria and Upper Austria with more than 300 cases each.Here are some more alarming statistical health data: Compared to the comparable figure for the whole of Austria a week ago, the increase was a whopping 45 percent. And currently more than nine percent of Covid-19 tests in the state are already positive. Also…

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Half a million babies died because of air pollution

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Washington. Last year almost half a million infants died due to air pollution, according to a study by the U.S. Health Effects Institute and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Babies in India (116,000 deaths) and sub-Saharan Africa (236,000 babies died) are particularly exposed to this deadly danger.According to the study, toxic fumes from fuels used for cooking were responsible for two thirds of the deaths. Research shows that there is growing evidence that the risk of underweight babies and premature births increases when mothers are exposed to high levels…

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“Children of God must not be excluded!” – Pope for the protection of homosexual partnership

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ROM. Pope Francis has spoken out in favor of the legal protection of the cohabitation of same-sex couples. Specifically, the 83-year-old Holy Father said this in the documentary film “Francesco” by Russian director Yevgeny Afineevsky.The film was presented in Rome at the film festival. Furthermore, the Argentinean Pope emphasizes: “Homosexuals have the right to be in a family. They are children of God!” Nobody should be excluded or made unhappy because of this. — hp, Source: krone.at. Picture: stockilyapp.com

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Dead in vaccine study received placebo

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A participant in the test series of the British University of Oxford for a vaccine against the coronavirus has died. However, the man was allegedly not given the potential serum during the tests in Brazil, but only a placebo, as reported by Brazilian media yesterday (local time). The university said that a review by independent experts had concluded that there were no safety issues and that the tests could be continued. According to media reports, the deceased was a 28-year-old doctor who had been active in the fight against the…

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More than 11,000 new infections in Germany

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For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the number of new coronavirus infections in Germany has risen to more than 10,000 registered cases within one day. As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced this morning, 11,287 new cases of infection were recorded the day before. The number of deaths reported in connection with the virus rose by 30 to 9,905. The previous record was 7,830 infections within one day and was reported by the health authorities on Friday. hp, Source: orf.at. Picture: stockilyapp.com

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Germany imposes travel warning completely over Austria

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For Vienna, Vorarlberg and Tirol Germany already expressed weeks ago a travel warning. If today at 9:00 o’clock the Robert cook Institut will publish a list with the new risk areas, probably further domestic Lands of the Federal Republic will be added. Namely all except Kärnten, which is to be observed for the time being. This is reported by the Salzburger Nachrichten. Into force the travel warning is to step starting from Saturday midnight. The Foreign Ministry is said to have been informed about it by the German Foreign Office…

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UPDATE! 21,385 active cases in Austria

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The number of active coronavirus cases in Austria (as of 14:00 today) is 21,385, according to the AGES dashboard, which recently replaced the dashboard of the Ministry of Health. This was accompanied by a leap in the number of people currently infected, as convalescents are registered more slowly in the new system. In addition, new cases are no longer assigned to the time of registration, but to the time of laboratory diagnosis, which may have taken place days before. This makes the curve of the epidemic more accurate, but changes…

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Slovakia: the only thing that might help is to “lock down the entire country”

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After a record increase of 2202 new corona infections within one day, the Slovakian head of government Igor Matovic no longer rules out a lockdown for his country. In order to prevent a similarly rapid increase in the number of cases as in the neighboring Czech Republic, the only thing that might help is to “lock down the entire country”. A decision on this should be made by the national corona crisis team convened for Thursday. A success of the mass tests planned by the government for all residents over…

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Spain first EU country with over one million corona cases

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Spain broke through the one million mark of corona infections on Wednesday. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1 005 295 people in the country of 47 million inhabitants have tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2 virus, the Ministry of Health announced in Madrid. That was 16,973 more than the day before, a new daily record. The health authorities in Germany, however, reported 7,595 new corona infections within 24 hours early on Wednesday morning. The figure of more than one million infections is the highest of all Western European countries and…

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