Vaccine Crisis Meeting with AstraZeneca

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Current numbers:
AGES Dashboard: * 403,923 laboratory confirmed cases; 22,600 active cases; Recovered cases 373,861; Evidence 8,802,827 (Austria period from 02/27/2020 to 01/26/2021 midnight).

The most important corona news at a glance:

• Of Monday to tuesday were 1,417 new infections in Austria Recorded. In the same period came 64 more deaths were added. So far they are in Austria 7.515 People died with or from the corona virus.
• In Austria the Tuesday 320 corona patients in intensive care Cared for and were in intensive care units.
• Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) hopes that AstraZeneca’s first vaccine shipment to Austria on February 7th. The vaccine is supposed to be approved on January 30. Due to the Disputes over delivery bottlenecks both of them Corona vaccines by Wednesday a Crisis meeting agreed with the manufacturer AstraZeneca.
• 43 percent of all crown victims in Austria they were staying in houses. The Minister of Health confirmed this by answering a parliamentary question from NEOS.
• The number of Corona infections proven worldwide is over 100 million increased.
• as Applies on Monday in Austria one FFP2 mask requirement when buying and using public transportation. furthermore, the Minimal distance from one up two meters high.

EU: Crisis meeting on vaccine dispute with AstraZeneca

The EU has agreed to a crisis meeting with the manufacturer AstraZeneca due to the dispute over bottlenecks in the supply of corona vaccines. The goal is to get AstraZeneca to quickly deliver contractually guaranteed quantities. The representatives of the pharmaceutical company will meet with experts from the EU at 6.30 pm. The AstraZeneca vaccine is expected to be approved later this week. The group had previously announced that it could deliver less vaccine than agreed.

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More than 100 million corona infections worldwide

The number of confirmed corona infections has risen to more than 100 million since the pandemic began a good year ago. This comes from data from the US Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The 80 million infection threshold was only exceeded on Boxing Day. The number of deaths recorded in connection with a corona infection now exceeds 2.1 million.

13,202 new corona infections in Germany

In neighboring Germany, health authorities reported 13,202 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in one day. In addition, 982 new deaths were recorded, the RKI announced Wednesday morning.

Information from the previous day:

Willingness to vaccinate among Austrians increased again

The data of the electronic vaccination record will be published from Wednesday