Starting tomorrow: shops close at 7pm; Pediatricians against school closings

The exit restrictions that are in effect from November 3 to contain the corona pandemic will be extended tomorrow Wednesday for ten more days. The corresponding decision will be made in the evening in the main committee of the National Council.

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500,000 unemployed are expected by the end of the year, which is the record level for the spring.

The number of new infections from Monday to Tuesday was 242 in Carinthia, so there were currently 2,364 people infected on Tuesday. 2,926 people are considered recovered, 214 more than on Monday. The number of confirmed cases ever stands at 5,337, but this number could rise due to data transmission delays in recent days. So far 118,944 samples have been taken in Carinthia.

Two women and two men infected with corona died in hospitals in Carinthia on Monday. The death toll rose to 46, the state press service said. The women were 87 and 82 years old, the men 90 and 82 years old. On Tuesday morning, 176 people were treated in hospitals, 14 of them in intensive care.

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) secretary general Saeb Erekat died on Tuesday at the age of 65 after he was diagnosed with a coronavirus infection in early October. Erekat’s condition had worsened in recent weeks and he was being treated at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.

Erekat was part of the corona risk group after he had a donor lung transplanted in October 2017 due to lung disease in the United States.

As long as there are exit restrictions after 8 pm, the stores in stores close at 7 pm Opening hours unchanged in the morning.

It’s hard to imagine that a single mutation would render future vaccines ineffective.

At the Austria Center Vienna in the Donaustadt there is a third Vienna Crown test route. Commissioning is scheduled for December 1. “The test road at the Austria Center will be next to the parking decks and on the esplanade,” a spokesman for Health Councilor Peter Hacker told the APA.

The city is also looking for another test route location in the west or south, which should come online in December.

The situation in Italy is reaching a critical point. Five Italian regions initially classified in yellow will be orange as of Wednesday: Abruzzo, Basilicata. Liguria, Tuscany and Umbria.

In orange areas, people can leave their home, but driving to other places or regions is prohibited. Exceptions apply, for example, to the way you work. The bars are scheduled to close seven days a week.

In general, the Italian government has divided the country into three risk zones: there are red, orange and yellow areas.

In nursing homes and nursing homes, the number of positive cases continues to rise. In Burgenland, 82 positive cases are currently known in three nursing homes.

In the state of Salzburg, 18 facilities for the elderly are affected by corona outbreaks. A total of 117 residents are ill, 31 of them are in the hospital.

The loss after taxes amounted to 276 million euros. In the same period of the previous year, a profit of 115 million euros was achieved.

According to the Institute for World Economics (IfW), the prospect of a soon-available corona vaccine may help get the economy going. “An effective vaccine with few side effects changes everything,” IfW President Gabriel Felbermayr said Tuesday.

“If that means that people at risk can be protected effectively in the first place, it could return to the situation in summer in many areas of social consumption such as in the cultural sector, gastronomy or the accommodation industry,” said the expert from Austria.

In Germany, health authorities reported 15,332 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in 24 hours. That’s nearly 2,000 more cases than Monday, according to RKI information on Tuesday morning. Compared to Tuesday of last week, the value is almost identical. At that time, 15,352 new infections were reported.

The peak was reached on Saturday with 23,399 registered cases. On Sundays and Mondays, the number of cases reported daily is usually less than on other days of the week.

Upper Austria is currently struggling with a massive wave of infection. Nearly 1,500 new infections were reported Monday through Tuesday. Of course, this has an impact on the capacity of hospitals, and it is gradually filling up with intensive care beds. Currently, 98 patients are in intensive care beds; 98 percent of the capacities are currently in use.

Since no U-turn is expected in the short term, 50 normal beds will now be converted to intensive care beds.

In three nursing homes in Burgenland, a total of 82 people tested positive for the coronavirus, coronavirus coordination staff announced in a broadcast Monday night.

Those affected are facilities in the districts of Eisenstadt-Umgebung (23 people), Jennersdorf (29 people) and Oberwart (30 people). It was stressed that the operation of the three nursing homes could be maintained. Visiting bans apply.

The Public Employment Service has so far placed more than 140 unemployed people across Austria as temporary Crown “Contact Tracers” and as assistants to the local health authorities. The AMS announced this at the request of APA.

Last weekend, Labor Minister Christine Aschbacher called on the federal states to employ the elderly and long-term unemployed as “lead tracers.”

In the debate about going to school in Corona’s time, a guideline from the Upper Austrian Directorate of Education sparked discussions on social media and criticism from experts earlier in the week. Consequently, children with mild symptoms of “banal” respiratory infections do not necessarily have to stay away from school, even with a body temperature of just under 38 degrees. This recommendation corresponds to that of the Ministry of Health and Education, said the health department of the APA.

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According to a news agency account Reuters There are more patients in the US than ever before at the same time due to a corona infection. The number of hospitalizations has risen 73 percent in the past 30 days to at least 58,982, a record high that surpasses the previous high of 58,370 patients on July 22. The United States recorded more than 100,000 new infections on Monday for the sixth consecutive year.

In addition to the Czech Republic, Slovakia also includes Hungary, Poland and Austria in the list of countries at risk of “red” crown. The crisis team decided on Monday.

Until now, the Slovak authorities had classified Vienna, Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Upper Austria and Lower Austria as risk regions. For these federal states there was a recommendation to refrain from avoidable travel there.

Rapid antigen testing is planned at select border crossings in the near future. According to Prime Minister Igor Matovic, the mandatory tests will be carried out at 10-12 crossings upon entering Slovakia and starting next week. Travelers, on the other hand, would only have to undergo an antigen test every two weeks.

The vaccine from the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac caused “serious side effects.” The clinical study was suspended.