On Tuesday at 7 p.m. Apple will present online the new iPhones. The most important day of the year for Apple fans is coming up: on Tuesday, the US company will unveil the next generation of its cult smartphone.As usual, Apple has not published any information in advance – not even the probable name iPhone 13 has been confirmed. However, there has been intense speculation in the rumor mill for weeks. The insider details: Four models. Like its predecessor, the iPhone 13 is likely to come in four different models:…
Read MoreMonth: September 2021
Late summer weather remains at the start of the week
According to the ZAMG forecast on Sunday, the week will start with sunshine on Monday, but the weather will become more unsettled as the week progresses. Today, MondayIt remains warm and most of the time the sun shines. Again, however, it is not constant. For a few hours, fog or high fog may persist in places, as in Upper and Lower Austria and in some Alpine valleys. Clouds are also present from time to time and it may also rain briefly. Thus, showers are possible in some areas over midday…
Read MoreItaly starts with third vaccination
Italy starts third dose of vaccination against coronavirus. Lazio in central Italy, with Rome as its capital, will be the first Italian region to immunize immunocompromised patients and people considered particularly susceptible. “Starting next week, we will begin vaccinating transplant patients. We will continue to safeguard human lives and the future,” Lazio regional president Nicola Zingaretti said via Facebook on Sunday. In September, Italy plans to start with people such as oncology and transplant patients and then vaccinate people over the age of 80, nursing home residents and health care…
Read More1,857 new corona infections in Austria
In Austria, 1,857 new infections with the coronavirus were reported on Sunday. That’s fewer than the numbers above the 2,000 mark in each of the past few days, but the 1,774 corona infections reported last Sunday were already the highest number on that day since April. Ten people have been hospitalized for corona infection in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 700 patients,184 of whom are intensive care patients. In intensive care beds, the increase since yesterday, Saturday, is thus six people. Two more deaths related to Covid…
Read MoreAustrian Virologist calls for nationwide antibody study
New findings could be generated nationwide with an antibody study without much effort: testing 5,000 people at representative locations would already be enough, said Innsbruck virologist Dorothee Von Laer in an interview in the Sunday edition of the Tiroler Tageszeitung. “Studies on this are currently underway, and it will be possible to set a clear threshold, as with hepatitis B, for example, above which one is considered protected,” she explained. Previous studies have found “that from the World Health Organization (WHO) standardized antibody level of 100 BAU/ml (Binding Antibody Units),…
Read MoreEJ Obiena sets new Asian record, wins gold in Austria
THE BEST ASIAN POLE VAULTER IN THE WORLD IS A FILIPINO Obiena cleared 5.93m in his gold medal foray in the 17th International Golden Roof Challenge in Innsbruck, Austria Saturday evening (Sunday morning Philippine time). With the gold already in the bag after soaring to 5.80m, the Filipino world No. 5 kept going en route to setting a new Asian pole vault record with a 5.93m clearance on his third and last try. That mark surpassed the almost quarter-century old record of Kazakhstan’s Igor Potapovich, who cleared 5.92m in 1992.…
Read MoreVaccine for five- to 11-year-olds to be available in just a few weeks
Biontech founder Özlem Türeci expects the vaccine for five- to 11-year-olds to be available in just a few weeks. The results from the study with children will be presented to authorities worldwide in the coming weeks, Türeci said in an interview with Der Spiegel on Friday (Sept. 10). “Furthermore, we will apply for approval, including here in Europe.” The vaccine is the same as administered to adults, he said, but it has a lower dosage and must be filled differently. According to the Spiegel article, study data on children six…
Read MoreCoronavirus worldwide: number of participants in protests in France decreases, rioting in Thessaloniki
More than 224 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 4.6 million infected people have died. More than 5.6 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. Protests against tighter Corona rules in France again brought more than a hundred thousand people to the streets for the ninth weekend in a row. However, participation in the demonstrations, which were spread across the country, dropped again on Saturday (Sept. 11). According to France’s Interior Ministry, 121,000 people protested, 20,000 fewer than the previous…
Read MoreDenmark lifts Corona restrictions – because so many people got vaccinated
As of Friday, Covid-19 is no longer classified as a disease “threatening the whole of society” in Denmark. This is accompanied by a virtually complete opening of daily life. The high vaccination rate was the deciding factor. Sweden will soon follow suit. On to the nightlife! With the opening of social life, Copenhagen is once again crowded outside a downtown nightclub. Photo taken on September 3.On to the nightlife! With the opening of social life, Copenhagen is once again crowded outside a downtown nightclub. Photo taken on September 3. “We…
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