Month: April 2021

Traffic light: all Austrian states remain red

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The Traffic Light Commission expects the situation at intensive care units in the eastern region to remain tense. The panel issued a corresponding assessment after its meeting yesterday. Upper Austria is also advised to take appropriate precautions. In Vorarlberg, the commission recommends a continuous evaluation of the opening steps there. Nowhere the infected rate rises at present more highly than there. On the traffic light all federal states are red. In the risk assessment of the commission, it is said that forecast calculations show a constant utilization of intensive care…

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So many infected people walk through Vienna without symptoms

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Due to the tense Corona situation, FFP2 masks will be mandatory in certain places in Vienna from April 1 until probably April 11, and there will also be a lockdown, which will be extended if necessary. Austria counted 2,906 new Corona-infected people on Thursday, 1,023 of them the federal capital Vienna alone. Many were unaware until the test. As of Thursday, April 8, 2021, the Vienna Health Authority and the medical crisis team of the city of Vienna announce 122,015 positive tests in Vienna since the beginning of the pandemic.…

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Corona cases dropped to 2,906, 40 deaths

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Corona infections rose above 3,000 daily cases for the first time in days. As of Thursday, authorities report 2,906 new infections, 40 deaths. With 3,101 new infections nationwide, daily new infections shot above the 3,000 mark Wednesday for the first time since Easter. More than a third of those were counted in Vienna, with 1,130 cases. Well over 2,400 people also had to be treated in normal wards and 581 in intensive care units at hospitals. Numbers that are worrying in the face of a hard Easter lockdown in the…

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Paracetamol apparently helps very few aches and pains

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Paracetamol pain helps. Australian researchers have found that paracetamol may be ineffective for many aches and pains. At the slightest hint of physical discomfort, many people swallow a painkiller – some even prophylactically. Whether this is healthy or not remains to be seen. An Australian study has looked into a different question: Does the popular painkiller paracetamol also work effectively? The result is clear: for many complaints, it is said to be hardly better than a placebo. Does paracetamol help with any kind of pain? A team from the University…

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One in three Covid 19 recovered suffer severe neurological or psychological problems

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If you’ve survived Corona, you’re far from healthy. Numerous study report severe long-term consequences of covid infection. And the list keeps getting longer! The largest study to date on long-term mental effects warns of a significantly higher risk for numerous mental and neurological disorders. Stroke, dementia, depression and psychosis – these are just some of the psychological and neurological diseases whose risk is significantly increased by covid infection. That’s what a British study has found, examining long-term consequences in Corona-Geneseen patients. About one-third were diagnosed with a neurological or psychological…

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First Corona vaccine dose alone does not protect against the virus

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The first vaccination dose alone does not protect against infection with the coronavirus: With the first dose, the effectiveness in the 28 days until the second dose is only three percent and thus in the range of the statistical margin of error, as a study of the University of Chile found. By contrast, two weeks after the second vaccination, efficacy was 56.5 percent. For their study, the researchers combined the efficacy of the Chinese vaccine Coronavac and Pfizer-Biontech’s vaccine. Coronavac is used in 93 percent of doses administered in Chile,…

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Q and A: Lockdown in the Eastern part of Austria until April 18

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Relaxations are not yet expected in the second half of April. Austrian Press answers some of the important questions regarding the lockdown in Vienna, Burgenland and Lower Austria. As announced on Tuesday, the east of Austria – Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland – will at least remain in lockdown until the end of next week, along with general exit restrictions. But what happens then – from Monday, April 19? Only the Medical Association gave a clear answer to date: President Thomas Szekeres on Wednesday urgently demanded a “lockdown for all…

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Wien-Mitte: Corona test street opens in The Mall

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A new free coronavirus test lane is now available in the shopping center WIEN Mitte The Mall in Wien-Landstraße. On the 2nd floor of the shopping center in Wien-Mitte, private individuals and also companies can take advantage of the offer of free Covid-19(“nasal drill test” and throat swab) antigen rapid tests are available to individuals and companies. Coronavirus test lane opened in Wien Mitte The MallFor those on short notice, testing is also available without registration (e-card and photo ID required). Appointments can be made by calling the toll-free number…

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Medical Association President: “Lock down the whole of Austria”.

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Medical Association President Thomas Szekeres today urged a “lockdown for all of Austria.” “The situation in hospitals and intensive care units is dramatic. Not only in Vienna and eastern Austria, but also in the provinces it will soon be so,” he wrote in his blog. His conclusion: “Lock up the whole of Austria. And finally buy vaccines.” According to Szekeres, “it seems as if incidence rates are lower in the West, but people forget that local clusters pop up regularly, where tracing is questionable.” The physician representative’s solution: “Put all…

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