COVID-19 Update UNWG Meeting 25 Feb 2021 - Matthias Lademann Medical Director VIC Medical Service
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COVID-19 Update Matthias Lademann
Medical Director
UNWG Meeting 25 Feb 2021 VIC Medical Service
References we use:
AUSTRIA
COVID-19 Key Metrics 7 day incidence
Austria 133
Vienna 136
N = 1 497 Effective Reproduction
number 17 Feb: 1.04 (Target < 0.8)
Variants of Concern (VoC)
B.1.1.7
- Vienna: 50 %
- Burgenland: 70 %
- Vorarlberg: 16 %
B.1.315 (Tyrol)
- > 293 positive
B.1.1.28/P2
- 1 suspected Salzburg
https://english.elpais.co m/society/2020-10- 28/a-room-a-bar-and-a- class-how-the- coronavirus-is-spread- through-the-air.html
Fig. 11. Filtration efficiency of different respiratory masks under normal breathing conditions (Zhang, Li, Shen, Cai, 2016, Feng, Marchal, Sperry, Yi, 2020).
Contact person 12 %
TRANSMISSION RISK
CONTACTS
Household 10-40 %
Workplace estim. 1-5 %
Groups >10 persons
Indoors 20x higher
Cluster Analysis Vienna (AGES) https://www.ages.at/themen/krankheitserreger/coronavirus/epidemiologische-abklaerung-covid-19/
Vienna International Centre
City of Vienna’s free PCR home testing
programme “Alles gurgelt” for employees
All VIC personnel and their household members can now take part in the City of Vienna’s free home testing programme “Alles gurgelt”, which
roughly translates as “Everyone gargles”. This campaign allows employees of the participating companies or organizations to take weekly free
COVID-19 tests. VIC personnel and their household members can register regardless of whether they have an e-card or private insurance.
1. Go to the “Alles gurgelt” website and click on the button "Participation for employees" (“Teilnahme für MitarbeiterInnen”).
2. Register with your mobile phone number and this PIN: 6731.
3. You will receive an SMS text message with a link.
4. Click on the link to receive your bar code.
5. This bar code entitles you to collect a weekly quantity of two test kits per person in your household, up to a maximum of eight kits, at any
Vienna BIPA branch. The PCR gargling test kits are free of charge.
6. After taking the test, return the sample to any Vienna BIPA branch.
7. A test result will be sent within 24 hours if the sample is delivered to a Vienna BIPA store before 09:00 am. If the test is delivered after
09:00, results may take longer.
• If you have any questions about the process, you can contact the programme by telephone on (01) 90 22 3 or by email to
info@allesgurgelt.at. You may also contact the VIC Medical Service.
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• Please note VIC personnel and their household members who live outside of Vienna can participate, but the tests must be collected from
and deposited at BIPA branches in Vienna.
Revised Vaccination Plan from the Austrian Authorities 1 Feb 2021 No reference to term “critical infrastructure personnel” Specific groups, in phase : - Police - army personnel, - personnel in schools - Kindergarten personnel
Preregistration website (18 Jan 2021)
https://impfservice.wien/en/
o Vormerkung in Wien
o Vormerkung im Burgenland
o Vormerkung in Kärnten
o Vormerkung in Niederösterreich
o Vormerkung in Oberösterreich
o Vormerkung in Salzburg
o Vormerkung in der Steiermark
o Vormerkung in Tirol
o Vormerkung in VorarlbergSome Covid-19 Vaccines in current use
US anaphylaxis data for mRNA vaccines
as of January 18, 2021
• Almost 18 million recipients of vaccine doses
• 5.0 per 1 million doses for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
• (Comirnaty and mRNA-BNT162b2)
• 2.8 per 1 million doses for Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
• (mRNA-1273).
• The median time to anaphylactic reaction was 10 minutes
• 77% of reactions occurred within 15 minutes
• 90% within 30 minutes
• but single reactions occurred at 1.5, 2.5, and 2 hours.
• A history of allergy was present in 82% of those who had a reaction.
• Vaccine reactogenicity self-reported to V-Safe for 2 million US vaccinees was:
• pain (71%), fatigue (33%), headache (29%), myalgia (23%), chills (12%), fever (11%), swelling (11%), joint pain
(10%), and nausea (9%).Johnson & Johnson One dose only Easier transport and storage Effective Prevention of severe disease - USA 85,9 % - S. Africa 81,7 % - Brazil 87,6 %
Vaccination Coverage Status Austria
Reporting Portal: medical.un.org
Mental Health Self-care strategies Take care of your body Be mindful about your physical health: • Get enough sleep • Participate in regular physical activity • Eat healthy. • Avoid tobacco, alcohol and drugs • Limit screen time • Relax and recharge. Connect with others Build support and strengthen relationships: • Make connections • Do something for others • Support a family member or friend
Recommended resources :
• WHO: WHO | World Health Organization
• EMEA: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en
• UN: Coronavirus | United Nations
• InSite: Coronavirus update (sharepoint.com)
• Austria:
• Neuartiges Coronavirus (2019-nCov) (sozialministerium.at)
• Coronavirus (ages.at)
• Vienna:
• Questions and answers regarding coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease - Stadt WienTHANK YOU
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