June 2021 Archives

Proportion of migrants in Austria rises to 24.4

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 admin

Almost every fourth resident of Austria had a migration background in 2020. This and other interesting facts are revealed in the integration report. For the eleventh time, the report breaks down how the situation of persons with a migration background has developed. With 208,732 persons, Germans accounted for the largest share of foreign citizens. Behind them: Romanians (131,824), Serbs (121,990), Turks (117,580). The number of Syrians increased from 1,591 to 55,372 since 2011. Although the number of asylum applications decreased from 88,340 to 14,775 since 2015. However, this still puts…

Green passport with QR code limited in operation

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 admin

The electronic Green Passport by means of QR code has started its operation today. However, as the Ministry of Health informed APA, the digital creation and retrieval of certificates with EU-compliant QR codes has started for the time being only for recovered and tested persons, but not yet for vaccinated persons. The retrieval via Gesundheit.gv.at also did not work at first. The official test results produced, for example, by test roads or pharmacies were already produced in the EU-compliant format and initially still sent by mail or SMS, but already…

283 new corona infections in Austria

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 admin

From Wednesday to Thursday, there were 283 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared to the previous week (282), this is one less new infection. In addition, there is one new death related to a Covid 19 infection. In Styria, there is one fewer death due to data adjustment. In Austrian hospitals, the situation continues to ease. There are eight fewer patients in normal wards and six fewer patients in intensive care units. So far, there have been 647,971 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 10,650 people across Austria…

Green passport with QR code in operation, still without vaccinated people

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 admin

The electronic Green Passport by means of QR code has been in operation since today, Thursday. The Ministry of Health told APA in response to a query. However, for the time being, the certificates with EU-compliant QR codes can only be created and retrieved digitally for those who have recovered and been tested; for those who have been vaccinated, this will only be the case in a next step. It is not yet clear exactly when this will be possible, but it should be by July 1 at the latest…

Do’s and Dont’s of Online Shopping

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 admin

The internet continues to reshape the way we shop, with retail apps and social media stores adding to consumers’ online options and the corona virus pandemic driving people to shop from home in droves. Cybercriminals are keeping pace. Online purchasing is the most common scam type reported to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), accounting for 38 percent of complaints to the BBB’s Scam Tracker in the first seven months of 2020 — up from 24 percent in 2019. DO’s Do use trusted sites rather than shopping with a search engine.…

Beware of Online Shopping Scams

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 admin

Cheap designer clothes or attractive technology offers – dubious online stores are difficult to recognize at first glance. One feature is pre-payment. “The prepaid goods then don’t arrive at all or consumers get a different, inferior product that is blatantly different from the one they ordered. But: the money is gone,” says AK consumer protector Daniela Zimmer. ÖIAT was commissioned by AK to examine examples of advertisements on four selected social platforms – Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Google. The result shows: one hour of research per platform was enough to…

Vienna – 223,200 more vaccination appointments unlocked

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 admin

The city is unlocking 223,200 more vaccination appointments today. Workers and employees with customer contact and people 50 and older can now book an appointment. Additional vaccination appointments are available for health care professionals and care providers. 121,000 of those are for Category 3 workers who have face-to-face customer contact, regardless of age, but have structural protection available – so bank tellers or ticket sellers, for example. Another 76,000 appointments are for those who are vaccinated according to age ranking, and that is now available from 50 instead of 55…

U.S. to buy experimental Corona drug molnupiravir

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 admin

Molnupiravir is currently in phase 3 clinical trials. It is a so-called polymerase inhibitor. The US government has signed a multibillion-dollar preliminary deal with US drugmaker Merck & Co. (MSD) to buy an experimental Corona drug. If MSD’s pill for Covid 19 disease, molnupiravir, receives emergency or full U.S. regulatory approval, the U.S. would order 1.7 million treatment units of the drug, the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington announced Wednesday. Molnupiravir is currently in Phase 3 clinical trials. According to MSD – not to be confused with…

Report: USA to donate 500 million vaccine doses

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 admin

In the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. government wants to acquire 500 million vaccine doses and donate them to other countries, according to consistent media reports. The White House has reached an agreement with the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Biontech, reported yesterday, among others, the “Washington Post” with reference to several people familiar with the plans. According to the reports, U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to announce the plan before or at the G-7 summit in Cornwall, southwest England, which he is attending during his first foreign…