GERALD SANTOS, LIVE IN VIENNA –  a benefit concert

International stage actor and Pinoy Pride bearer Gerald Santos headlines in one of the biggest concerts for this year in Vienna – GERALD SANTOS, LIVE IN VIENNA –  A CONCERT FOR A CAUSE, which is slated on May 14, 2022, 19 Hours at the Veranstaltungszentrum, Floridsdorf, 1210 Vienna, Austria. GERALD SANTOS, LIVE IN VIENNA is  expected to showcase the talent of Santos in musical numbers ranging from OPM ballads to Broadway songs. Santos is a former champion of “Pinoy Pop Superstar” Season 2 of GMA 7. He played Thuy in the Miss Saigon…

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15,852 new infections in Austria

16 new deaths linked to Covid 19 infection. From Wednesday to Thursday, 15,852 new infections were registered in Austria. This is above the average of 11,666 over the past seven days, with the number of active cases rising to 106,817. In the past 24 hours, 406,548 new PCR tests were performed. This results in a positive rate of 3.90 percent. The seven-day incidence has increased to 917.42. There are also 16 new deaths associated with Covid 19 infection to report. Thus, the pandemic has so far claimed 13,898 lives in…

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72,055 people left the Catholic Church last year – Total number of Catholics in Austria is 4.83 million

The number of Catholics in Austria again declined slightly last year, but remained largely stable. This is the result of the statistics published on Wednesday by the Austrian dioceses. Accordingly, there are 4.83 million Catholics in Austria as of Dec. 31, 2021. In 2020, there were 4.91 million Catholics, according to official statistics from the Austrian Bishops’ Conference. This corresponds to a decline of around 1.6 percent. One reason for this is increased departures from the church last year. Together with the preliminary Catholic figures, the official church statistics for…

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Nettle (Brennessel) is medicinal plant 2022 – its benefits for health and beauty

Being caught by a nettle is not exactly pleasant. This is probably one of the main reasons why most people tend to avoid this plant or regard it as a weed. Yet the stinging nettle not only contains an extremely large number of nutrients, it seems to be a veritable miracle herb. Hardly any wild plant is as robust as the nettle. And there is hardly a meadow, path or forest edge where it cannot be found. Only very few people take the opportunity to pick it and use it…

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Corona traffic light red everywhere again

The Corona rest period is over. What the daily infection figures already indicate, can also be read from the Corona traffic light as of today. Even the last three orange spots Styria, Burgenland and Carinthia are colored red, according to the working document of the responsible commission. The Austrian Press Agency published the report. This means there is a very high risk of infection throughout the federal territory. This range begins from risk number 100. Burgenland has 214, 1,716 in Tirol. That is almost a quadrupling of the risk figure…

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Only booster vaccination protects against Omikron, according to new study

A new international study underscores the importance of third-party vaccination in the fight against the rampant Omicron variant of the coronavirus. According to the study by experts from Boston and Harvard, only those boosted with mRNA vaccines are protected against the new variant, while those who have recovered and been vaccinated are not. Blood samples from 239 people who had been vaccinated with Moderna, Biontech/Pfizer or Janssen were studied. The study found that antibodies after booster with mRNA vaccines were barely weaker against omicron than against the original virus, known…

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Moderna expects data for children vaccination from two to five

U.S. biotechnology company Moderna expects results from its clinical trial of coronavirus vaccine for children ages two to five as early as March. If the data and discussions with regulators were positive, Moderna could then seek emergency approval for the vaccine, the company announced Wednesday. “In the first half of 2022”The other makers of an mRNA vaccine, Biontech and Pfizer, had said in mid-December they expected to seek emergency approval for ages six months to five years “in the first half of 2022.” The Biontech-Pfizer product is already approved in…

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