2,847 new infections in Austria; Mutation of the virus: an effective modern vaccine

French President Emmanuel Macron, who was infected with the corona virus, is no longer showing symptoms. The 43-year-old could end his crown-related isolation, which was required for seven days. The Office of the President announced Thursday in Paris.

The head of state had tested positive for the corona virus exactly a week ago. At the weekend I continued to suffer from a cough, fatigue and muscle aches. The most powerful Frenchman had retired to the La Lanterne presidential residence on the edge of the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.

In the last 24 hours, 219 new infections have been recorded in Tyrol, the state of Tyrol announced Thursday morning. As of Wednesday, 202 people had recovered. A total of 1,756 people were officially infected Thursday morning.

Five people have died with the virus in their bodies in the last 24 hours. The total number of deaths on Thursday was 462. The number of people in hospital treatment for the Covid-19 virus decreased from 21 to 154 on Christmas Eve compared to Wednesday. 44 (plus two) of them need to be treated in an intensive care unit.

Vaccination starts on Sunday

In Tyrol, the first doses of coronavirus vaccine are expected to be administered on December 27. The vaccinations will be carried out in a residential and nursing home in central Tyrol, the state said. In the first half of January, the state will have 24,000 doses of vaccines available. At the lodge they are currently working on creating a “coordinated step-by-step plan” for the process.

In Lower Austria, the number of coronavirus-related deaths increased by another ten to 787 on Christmas Eve. According to information from the office of the State Health Councilor Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ), 513 new infections were recorded in 24 hours. 11,532 contact people were in quarantine in the state, 133 fewer than the day before.

Start of vaccination on Sunday

In Lower Austria, vaccinations against the coronavirus start on Sunday afternoon in St. Pölten. Starting at 2 pm, residents and employees of the day center of the State Health Agency (LGA) care and support center and the Caritas St. Elisabeth nursing home will be vaccinated.

In addition to Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP), LGA board members Konrad Kogler and Helmut Krenn have also been announced. An hour and a half later, regional councilors Christiane Teschl-Hofmeister (ÖVP) and Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ), as well as Hannes Ziselsberger, director of Caritas in the diocese of St. Pölten, are at the Caritas residence.

Before Christmas, new infections remained at the high level of the previous week.

A negative test result should not lead to careless handling at Christmas.

For Italy, the Christmas season begins as a red zone. The highest level of corona measures has been in effect in the country since this morning. Shops and restaurants are closed. Only urgently needed errands, such as grocery shopping or pharmacy shopping, are allowed.

Freedom to travel is severely restricted. It is forbidden to leave your own municipality until January 6; Villages with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants are excluded. Two people are allowed to visit family or friends once a day in their own community. Children under 14 years of age or people with disabilities can also be brought. Exceptions to the rules should only be possible de facto for professional or health reasons. Religious celebrations are allowed until 10 pm

Anyone entering Italy from abroad before January 15 must enter a 14-day quarantine. The authorities do not want to control to what extent bans on meeting in private apartments are respected, as they are constitutionally protected. However, the government appealed to the people to adhere to the stricter rules.

The strict lockdown will be relaxed from December 28-30 and January 4. These days, all of Italy becomes the “orange zone”, the second highest level of restrictions. So the stores should be able to open for a short time and move within the respective cities or municipalities without giving reasons.

Chancellor Kurz asks the population not to be too careless during the Christmas holidays.

As of Friday, there will be fewer exceptions in Slovenia that allow entry without a test or quarantine. With the new regulation, the Slovenian government has also shortened the validity of the PCR test, which can be used to avoid quarantine: the negative test result should not be older than 24 hours on entry. Previously, the deadline was 48 hours.

Travelers can only enter the country free of conditions if they return to the country within 14 hours, as well as people carrying out freight or passenger transport who spend a maximum of eight hours in Slovenia. This also applies to persons with diplomatic passports, foreign security agents in the performance of their duties, and persons entering the country by ambulance. The passage through Slovenia is also possible without any kind of condition, but it must be done within six hours. Previously, there was a twelve hour deadline for transit.

In Burgenland, 54 new infections and one death were reported in connection with the coronavirus on Christmas Eve. An 87-year-old woman from the Neusiedl am See district died in connection with Covid-19. The death toll rose to 163. As of Wednesday, 71 people have recovered. Coronavirus coordination staff announced that 641 people were currently infected, or 18 fewer than the day before.

55 patients with Covid-19 were treated at Burgenland hospitals. That was two less than Wednesday. Ten infected people were in the intensive care unit, two more than the day before. The number of people under officially ordered quarantine increased from 26 to 949. So far, 9,160 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Burgenland. 8,356 people are considered recovered.

Argentina is the second country after Belarus that allows vaccination with the Russian drug Sputnik V. The corresponding emergency license has been granted, explains the Ministry of Health.

In Argentina, more than 1.5 million people have been shown to be infected with the corona virus. More than 42,000 people died with or from the virus.

India reports 24,712 new coronavirus infections. The downward trend in the South Asian country continues after a daily high of nearly 98,000 was recorded in September.

According to the Ministry of Health, the total number of confirmed infections rises to 10.12 million. Another 312 people died in connection with a virus infection, a total of 146,756 deaths.

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Expert Fauci believes that powerful immunization of the population is possible by the summer of 2021.

The British Ministry of Transport is temporarily blocking flights to and from South Africa due to a new variant of Corona.

The country wants to prevent the spread of the virus mutation, which experts suspect has a higher risk of contagion.

The most contagious variant of the coronavirus, which first appeared in the UK, has now been detected in Singapore as well. The Ministry of Health reports eleven known cases.

In Israel, more than 3,500 new infections were recorded on Tuesday for the first time since October. In response, the country is re-sealed.

As of Sunday, it is forbidden to stay in the houses of other people who do not belong to the family nucleus for two weeks. It is forbidden to gather more than ten people indoors and 20 people outdoors. People can only move more than 1,000 meters from their homes in exceptional cases.

Shopping centers and leisure facilities will be closed completely. Restaurants can only work with home delivery service. Public transportation should only be 50 percent in use. People can practice outdoor sports without restrictions. Schools and kindergartens should only remain open to a limited extent.

We look at Germany: there the number of new infections remains at a high level. 32,195 new cases and 802 deaths were reported in one day.

The number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants (seven-day incidence) reported to health authorities in seven days was 196.2 on Thursday.

I wish you a wonderful good day.

We have been accompanying you through the jungle of corona reports every day since March; this is also the case today. I’m glad you’re back.

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According to health authorities, more than a million people in the US have already been vaccinated against Covid-19. Government adviser Moncef Slaoui admitted in a virtual press conference that it was “unlikely” that the originally set goal of vaccinating 20 million people in the United States by the end of the year would be achieved. However, the medium-term goal of vaccinating 100 million people by the end of the first quarter remains.

Meanwhile, renowned virologist Anthony Fauci said that much of the American population could be immunized against the corona virus in the summer. He said that by late summer “70 to 85 percent” of the population could be vaccinated, he told the WebMD website. “When that happens, there will be a protective screen across the country.”

Modern pharmaceutical company assumes that its vaccine also protects against the most contagious variant of the coronavirus, which was initially detected in Great Britain. This is based on the data available so far, Moderna said. Tests are provided for each variant.