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Considerable differences in vaccination rates according to educational status

Vienna – The vaccinated recovery status of the resident population in Austria varies depending on socio-economic Features. This is the result of evaluations by Statistics Austria on behalf of the Ministry of Science on vaccination behavior. “Individual willingness to vaccinate depends largely on the level of education and participation in working life,” said Statistics Austria Director General Tobias Thomas on Tuesday at a press conference in Vienna.

Corona- New infections increased to 2,416 cases

Vienna – The new Corona variant Omikron should gain momentum. From Monday to Tuesday, the number of new infections rose sharply again. There were 2,416 new infections within 24 hours, compared with 1,550 the day before. However, more than 2.4 million tests were registered on Tuesday – this high number is due to late registrations in Lower Austria. Within a week there were 5.7 million tests.

Lukashenko meets Putin in St. Petersburg

Minsk / Bialystok / Grodno – Russian President Vladimir Putin receives Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. Lukashenko had sought rapprochement with Putin since his controversial re-election in summer 2020, the crackdown on mass protests in his country and the subsequent EU sanctions policy. Brussels accuses Lukashenko of deliberately smuggling migrants from the Middle East across the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia into the EU.

Corona records in France, Italy and Great Britain

Rome – The number of new infections recorded in the UK has hit a new record at 129,471. The authorities say that the new cases in Scotland and Northern Ireland are not included in these data due to different approaches over the holidays. New highs for new infections were also reported in France, Italy and Greece on Tuesday. The Omikron variant is likely to be responsible for this in all countries.

Germany is also increasingly relying on corona drugs

Berlin – In the corona pandemic, the German federal government is increasingly relying on drugs in addition to vaccinations. As Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced on Tuesday, Berlin bought one million packs of the corona drug Paxlovid from the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, which is supposed to prevent severe courses. In addition, it is discussed whether the quarantine regulations should be changed if the numbers should shoot up due to the Omikron variant.

Reports on progress in the Vienna nuclear talks

Tehran / Vienna / Jerusalem – There seems to be progress in the Vienna nuclear negotiations with Iran. The negotiators of the so-called E3 parties to the nuclear deal – Great Britain, France and Germany – said on Tuesday that some technical advances had been made in the last round of talks to meet Iranian demands. The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said in Tehran that an agreement is possible.

Around 14,000 households in the Salzburg Flachgau region briefly without electricity

Salzburg / Anthering – In the Salzburg Flachgau region, the power went out for several minutes in several municipalities on Tuesday evening. Around 14,000 households were affected, Karin Strobl, spokeswoman for Salzburg AG, told the APA. The malfunction was reported shortly after 9 p.m., and a few minutes later the supply for all households was restored. The cause of the power failure was not yet known.

Two bodies discovered in a house in Germany

Verden – The police discovered two bodies in a house in Germany during a major operation on Tuesday evening. It was a man and a woman, as a police spokeswoman announced. Nothing has yet been communicated about the cause of death. Previously, a woman was injured and taken to a hospital. A firearm is said to have been used. According to the information, it was unclear whether one of the dead was possibly a perpetrator.

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