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“todayHe asked the authorities if the dangerous Corona mutation already exists in Austria.
Talks for the Brexit negotiations formally end at midnight, and the British are already giving the European Union its first urgent meeting. This should take place on Monday morning and have the mutated form of the corona virus as its theme.
This was reported by a “ZDF” correspondent in Brussels. More and more countries were already restricting air traffic from Britain over the weekend, followed by the Netherlands and Belgium on Sunday afternoon by Austria, Germany and Italy.
So far not in Austria
Even before the landing ban, there were more stringent requirements. Britain was seen as a state with a higher risk of infection, entry was only possible with a ten-day quarantine. Has the mutation made it to Austria anyway?
Apparently not, says from the Ministry of Health in “today“Investigation.” This mutation of the virus has not yet been detected in Austria, “said a spokesman. However, they are in close contact with the World Health Organization and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
Swiss epidemiologist Emma Hodcroft from the University of Bern explains in an interview with “20 minutes” that the variant has already been detected in Denmark and Australia. “The variant may already be in Switzerland, but we haven’t discovered it yet.”
Emergency number
In the afternoon there was already a crisis phone call with the EU capitals to exchange information. Now the measures must be coordinated and coordinated in the most uniform way possible.
The new variant of the corona virus has been spreading in the London metropolitan area for several weeks and 18,000 people are suspected of being infected. Because the mutation is said to be up to 70 percent more contagious, Prime Minister Boris Johnson tightened the blockade. However, vaccination should be just as effective.
