Crown ticker Austria: around 6,000 AstraZeneca cans recalled

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Current numbers:
AGES Dashboard: * 471,820 laboratory confirmed cases; 33,189 active cases; Recovered cases 430,093; 16,374,288 tests (Austria period from 02/27/2020 to 03/07/2021 midnight).

The most important corona news at a glance:

• Since From Saturday to Sunday there were 2,199 new infections in Austria Recorded. at 19 more deaths occurred during the same period additional. So far they are in Austria 8,713 people with or about the corona virus passed away.
• In Austria I needed Sunday 314 Corona patients intensive medical care and they were in intensive care units.
• In tyrolean Schwaz District they have already turned around 40,000 of the 50,000 graduates for one Registered corona vaccination. In the district is the Particularly widespread variant of the South African virus. the I therefore presented a Special delivery with 100,000 vaccination doses of the BioNTech / Pfizer vaccine.
• I’m National Council will be in International Women’s Day about Consequences the crown crisisdiscussed specifically for women.
• In new decree of the Ministry of Health make negative corona tests for outgoing districts or “locally delimited hotspots “ with a Seven-day incidence of more than 400 needed per 100,000 inhabitants.

No shortage of harvest workers expected for the 2021 season

Despite the Crown crisis, Austrian agriculture expects enough workers from Eastern Europe for this year’s harvest. “In any case, entry and exit regulations are decisive and currently free movement of people is possible for harvest workers,” the Ministry of Agriculture said. Lessons have been learned from the previous year and they are now “better prepared.”

Side Effects: 6,000 AstraZeneca doses withdrawn

A nurse at Zwettl State Hospital died after being injected with the AstraZeneca vaccine. However, the vaccine should continue to be used in Lower Austria. However, the affected batch was withdrawn. “Around 6,000 doses of vaccines are still affected,” the Federal Office for Health Safety (BASG) reported Sunday afternoon. The remaining 37,000 cans in the batch have already been inoculated. “There are no other reports of serious side effects of this type affecting this batch,” BASG reported.

Due to the temporary connection between two reports of serious side effects at Zwettl State Hospital, a precautionary shutdown was imposed on Friday night for the ABV5300 batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine. A 49-year-old man died as a result of severe bleeding disorders, a 35-year-old man who had developed a pulmonary embolism is improving.

The Austrian authorities launched extensive investigations into the incidents.

International Women’s Day: the National Council analyzes the consequences of the crown

On Monday there will be a special session of the National Council for the first time on International Women’s Day. The usual events cannot take place this year due to the corona pandemic. In parliament, at the request of the opposition, we are discussing the effects of the crown crisis specifically on women.

5,011 new infections and 34 new deaths in Germany

In neighboring Germany, health authorities reported 5,011 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in 24 hours, according to RKI figures on Monday. At the same time, 34 new deaths were recorded.

Information from the previous day:

Corona’s access points are Vienna and Lower Austria

“Normal operation” in all schools after Easter