EU COMMISSION DAMPS EXPECTATIONS “It will still take months to develop a vaccine”

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The Commission calls on citizens to continue to behave responsibly. According to the EU Commission, there is no quick solution in sight for the corona crisis through vaccination. “It will still take months before a vaccine is found and distributed,” said Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic on Wednesday in the European Parliament in Brussels. Nobody knows today when the pandemic will finally be over. He appealed to citizens to help contain the pandemic by their behaviour. “Nobody in Europe wants a second lockdown,” said Sefcovic. “Therefore I call on all European…

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Czech Republic goes to nationwide lockdown

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In the Czech Republic, similar rules as in spring will apply again from Thursday. Only grocery stores, drugstores and pharmacies are allowed to open. The number of infections had recently exploded. In view of the sharp rise in corona numbers, the Czech Republic is taking drastic measures that are tantamount to a nationwide lockdown. From Thursday morning onwards, almost all stores will have to close, as Health Minister Roman Prymula announced on Wednesday. Excluded are, among others, grocery stores, drugstores and pharmacies. In addition, exit restrictions will be imposed as…

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Anschober: “Antigen tests are now part of the test strategy”.

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“We have a testing strategy in Austria where we do not simply test into the masses,” said Health Minister Rudolf Anschober at a press conference on Wednesday. He said that clear priorities have always been set in controlling the pandemic corona situation: “The first group to be tested are people with symptoms. Starting tomorrow, it will be possible for doctors in private practice to take voluntary action in this process. This is an important reinforcement.” As before, in addition to patients with symptoms, special screening tests are still planned wherever…

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Corona measures massively tightened in large parts of Europe

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High infection rates make alarm bells ring. The second wave of the corona pandemic is rolling over Europe. Governments throughout Europe are again taking measures, some of them extremely restrictive, to get the second wave of the corona pandemic under control – and thus prevent another total lockdown. But this is exactly what Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s advisor is now proposing for Great Britain: “A three-week period of national and tightened restrictions with the right financial support will allow us to make a fresh start before winter,” said Jeremy Farrar.…

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British researchers want to infect volunteers with the coronavirus

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A British study will help develop antidotes and contain the pandemic. To improve research of corona infections, British scientists want to infect volunteers with the virus for the first time. As London’s Imperial College and cooperating institutions announced on Tuesday, the research program will show how high the viral load must be for people to contract the lung disease Covid-19. In this way, the program should contribute to “curbing the spread of the coronavirus, alleviating its consequences and reducing deaths”. The scientists want to find volunteers between the ages of…

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Russian corona vaccines in the twilight

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A second vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 has now been approved in Russia. However, important tests may have been skipped, just as with the first vaccine (“Sputnik V”). With “EpiVacCorona” and the first vaccine “Sputnik V”, the pandemic should be defeated, if President Vladimir Putin has his way. He plans to start soon with mass vaccinations of the Russian population. European experts think this is going too fast, important tests should simply not be skipped! “Healthy people are exposed to high risk”.“Of course, the vaccination could work very well, but perhaps not…

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Infectious droplets (aerosols) float longer and further than previously thought

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An international research team has re-analysed the spread of tiny droplets. Result: Masks and distance are good, but not enoughAnyone who is infected and sneezes, coughs, speaks or even breathes leaves tiny droplets in the air – the so-called aerosols – which contain the virus. They float for a while and can travel greater distances by air currents. If they are inhaled, an infection can take place – according to current study. In order to break the chain of infection, we keep our distance and wear a mouth-nose protection. However,…

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UNO: Women do more housework and care work than men

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According to a UN report, during the CoV pandemic, women worldwide perform about three times as much unpaid domestic and care work as men. According to the report, men worked an average of 1.7 hours per day in the household or caring for relatives, but women did so for 4.2 hours. The difference is even greater in North Africa and West Asia, where women do seven times more unpaid work than men. According to the report, more unpaid work was done during the pandemic than before. “No country has achieved…

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UPDATE: Stricter mask obligation and new rules

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The infection figures have increased strongly in Austria in autumn. From 23 October new rules for handling the virus will apply. These include restrictions on persons at meetings as well as the wearing of a mouth and nose protector. The Austrian government is responding to the rising infection figures by tightening up measures. Events are mainly affected by this. Extra-professional meetings are to be limited to a maximum of six adults indoors and twelve outside. This applies everywhere – in restaurants, at yoga classes, in dance schools, at birthday parties…

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