Month: April 2021

2,229 new corona infections in Austria

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In the past 24 hours, there have been 2,229 new infections with the corona virus in Austria. In addition, 27 deaths related to the coronavirus have been reported. To date, there have been 616,739 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 10,179 people across Austria have died as a result of coronavirus and 582,575 have recovered. Currently, 1,726 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the coronavirus, 496 of them in intensive care units. New infections distributed among the provincesBurgenland: 49 Carinthia: 127 Lower Austria: 281 Upper Austria: 414…

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HOW GOOD IS YOUR APPLE PHONE? Every iPhone owner should know this hidden letter

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Apple smartphones have a model number that shows how good your iPhone is. iPhones are among the most popular smartphones in the world. Since the devices are always really expensive when they come on the market, many Apple fans like to grab used iPhones. But buyers should keep an eye on one particular letter. It tells them whether the smartphone is actually worth the price quoted by the seller. Letter reveals condition of iPhoneThe important letter that hardly anyone knows about is integrated directly into the model number. It tells…

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“Gold Standard”: Only Corona vaccination offers highest safety

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Negative PCR tests or rapid antigen tests are only temporary means to fight the spread of the corona virus according to the Medical Association. To be sure, Corona vaccination is the “gold standard.” The presidents of Austria’s regional medical associations have taken up a lance for vaccination in advance of the planned openings. “Vaccination is the ‘gold standard’ to be safe,” Medical Association President Thomas Szekeres stressed Wednesday. Everyone should sign up for a vaccination appointment as soon as possible to help get back to a normal life, he said.…

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More than 200,000 corona deaths now in India

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In India, the number of Corona deaths rose to more than 200,000 on Wednesday – and there is no end in sight to the wave of infections that has been going on for weeks. In the capital, New Delhi, in particular, the situation is now so desperate that parking lots are being turned into crematoriums and wood for burning the dead is running low. In view of the situation, more and more countries are sending support. According to the Indian Ministry of Health, 3,293 deaths were recorded within 24 hours,…

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Corona pandemic intensity continues to intensify on a global scale

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The Corona pandemic continues to intensify on a global scale. Number of infections and deaths rising. The number of reported infections per week has been rising for nine weeks, and the number of reported deaths for six weeks, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday in Geneva. “To show the dimension: There were almost as many cases last week as in the first five months of the pandemic combined,” Tedros said. In India in particular, he said, the situation is “more than heartbreaking.” WHO did not have the latest number…

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Fewer Austrians in hospital and intensive care treatment

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Although the 2,340 new infections reported Wednesday are above the average of the past seven days (2,060), there was a significant decrease in hospital patients and a slight decrease in intensive care patients. Currently, 1,796 people (minus 101) were hospitalized, and 516 (minus 4) people were cared for in intensive care units. The latter number decreased by 41 patients within one week. The seven-day incidence on Wednesday was 162 per 100,000 population. 24,028 active cases were down 39 from Tuesday. Recovered since the outbreak of the epidemic 580,330 Austrians, within…

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More than 50 million Corona cases in Europe since pandemic began

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In Europe, more than 50 million people have been infected with the novel pathogen since the start of the Corona pandemic. A total of 50,021,615 infections had been recorded in the continent’s 52 countries and territories, including Russia, by Wednesday evening, AFP news agency calculated based on official figures. This represents about one-third of the world’s detected Corona cases. A good 1.38 million new infections were reported across Europe in the past seven days. More than 1.06 million infected people have died in Europe since the pandemic began. Several countries…

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Study: Vaccinated less contagious than non vaccinated people

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According to a British study, vaccinated people pose a significantly lower risk of transmission than non-vaccinated people. The study, published on Wednesday, is based on data from people who had contracted the coronavirus three weeks after vaccination with vaccines from BioNTech/Pfizer or AstraZeneca. They were between 38 and 49 percent less likely to infect people living in the same household than those who were not vaccinated. The study provides clues to a key question in combating the pandemic: to what extent does vaccination slow the spread of the virus? “We…

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Austria stops entry from India

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Due to the virus mutation there and rapidly increasing infection numbers, Austria is imposing entry restrictions on India starting tomorrow. More than 300,000 new Corona infections daily – the situation in India is dramatic. Austria imposes entry restrictions for the subcontinent from tomorrow. As Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein told the Council of Ministers, there will be a landing ban on direct flights to prevent circumvention of other EU countries’ landing bans. Those who enter Austria via transfer flights and have been in India in the last ten days will have…

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