2,708 new infections + school start without a mask and test obligation

In the United States, a recent Long Covid unemployment report is attracting attention.

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From 5 September, Germany will receive approximately five million doses of the BA.1 vaccine adapted from Biontech / Pfizer every week. This was announced by the Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) in a dem Spiegel this letter to all service providers involved in the German vaccination campaign. This adapted vaccine aims to offer better protection against the currently dominant omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5.

The decision of the EU Commission is expected shortly. “We currently assume that the European Commission will approve both the Biontech / Pfizer vaccine adapted to the BA.1 variant and that of Moderna on September 1 or 2, 2022,” writes Lauterbach. In addition, 2.38 million doses of the Moderna BA.1 vaccine are planned in the two weeks of September.

On Monday morning, 1,091 hospital patients with SARS-CoV-2 were reported across Austria. There are 29 more beds occupied than on Sunday, but 118 fewer than a week ago. 66 infected people were treated in intensive care units, this number decreased by eight compared to the previous day and by six in a week

There have been 4,898,260 confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Austria since the start of the pandemic. 4,810,689 people have had one or more infections. According to the AGES tally, there are already 20,623 deaths from Covid in Austria.

Burgenland: 104
Carinthia: 283
Lower Austria: 676
Upper Austria: 401
Salzburg: 154
Styria: 190
Tyrol: 116
Vorarlberg: 91
Vienna: 693

In a week from now, it will resume school for around 490,000 pupils in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. However, the start of school this year differs greatly from last year. Here is a chart of the measures in place:

Damage to blood vessels has affected both asymptomatic children and those with a typical course.

In Burgenland there will again be regular vaccination days without registration in September. In the pop-up vaccination centers that have been set up in seven road maintenance depots across the state, people in Burgenland will in future be able to be vaccinated against the corona virus every Friday and Saturday, state coordinating staff announced on Monday. During last weekend’s campaign, aimed mainly at school children, 1,627 vaccinations were administered.

Vaccination centers are open on Fridays from 15:00 to 19:00 and on Saturdays from 11:00 to 15:00. They are in Parndorf, Eisenstadt, Mattersburg, Oberpullendorf, Oberwart, Güssing and Jennersdorf. Vaccines from Biontech / Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax and Janssen are vaccinated.

A new death has been reported in connection with a Covid-19 infection.

This applies to infections, serious illnesses and mortality.

Thanks to its digitized healthcare system, Israel is always very fast with new observational studies on Covid-19. Researchers at Israel’s largest health insurance company, Clalit, have now used real-world data to show that Paxlovid treatment for people over the age of 65 lowers the mortality rate in routine practice by nearly a year. 80%. Many hospital admissions are also prevented.

A new death has been reported in connection with a Covid-19 infection.

The FPÖ has found a new reason to criticize the management of corona vaccination: more than 2.5 million doses of “Novavax” purchased by the Ministry of Health will expire on 23 September. Out of 2.6 million doses, only 9,355 were vaccinated, FPÖ health spokesman Gerhard Kaniak explained in response to an investigation by Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens). From Kaniak’s point of view, this is a “waste of tax money”.

To avoid serious coronary diseases, the president of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI), Gernot Marx, relies on the drug Paxlovid. “I actually believe that stronger treatment with this drug could help fewer coronary patients with a severe course to be treated in the ICU,” Marx told the Funke media group (Sunday).

The study data indicated that administration of Paxlovid, especially at the beginning of an infection, could prevent a severe course. “If drug treatment is indicated and the patient desires it, doctors should do it more than before.”

Due to the crown pandemic, the legendary Burning Man Festival in the United States had been canceled for the past two years, but now the desert event with tens of thousands of visitors is repeating itself. From Sunday (August 28) to Labor Day (September 5), about 80,000 “burners” were expected on a dry salt lake in the Black Rock Desert (US state of Nevada).

The week-long scene with musical and artistic events traditionally attracts artists, techno fans, pyrotechnicians and onlookers from all over the world. In the desert, participants build a temporary city called Black Rock City with tents and mobile homes. A fundamental ritual at the end of the cult event is the burning of the “Burning Man”, a large wooden statue.

In an interview, psychologist Barbara Schober talks about the consequences of the corona pandemic and the challenges that await the new school year.

In view of rising energy costs and an impending new crown wave, the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) is calling for an increase in tax aid for employees who work from home. According to the preliminary report, Anja Piel, a member of the DGB board of the “Augsburger Allgemeine”, says that the flat rate of the home office must be continued and increased to 1500 euros.

So far, employees can claim a maximum of 600 euros per year to five euros per day in their tax return. At the same time, he warned companies against passing on heating costs to employees who work from home without compensation.

German professional cyclist Nikias Arndt did not start the eighth stage of the Tour of Spain this Saturday after a positive crown test. As announced by his DSM team, his British teammate Mark Donovan, with whom Arndt shares a room, also tested positive for the virus and can no longer compete at this year’s Vuelta. Both are doing well with little or no symptoms, he said.

Saturday’s stage winds for 153 kilometers from Laviana to Collau Fancuaya. 30-year-old Arndt was 56th in the overall standings at the start of the day’s session.

The adapted BA.5 vaccine can be delivered as early as September, subject to approval by the EMA.

Health Minister Karl Lauterbach believes Germany is facing difficult times due to the growing number of crowns in the fall. With the omicron sub-variant BA.5, at least in early autumn, there will be an increase in the number of cases, the SPD politician told “Welt am Sonntag”.

“There will therefore be failures in companies and critical infrastructure, for example in hospitals. So we are facing difficult times.”

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