Month: March 2022

Almost 38,000 new infections in Austria

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Forty new deaths have been reported in connection with Covid infections. For weeks, the number of new infections has been at unprecedented levels. Several days in a row, more than 50,000, even 60,000 new cases were registered within one day. This upward dynamic, driven by the Omikron variant BA.2, as well as still the older variant BA.1 and at the same time wide openings, now seems to have slowed down. Only yesterday, forecaster and mathematician Niki Popper said that the peak of the current wave has probably been reached or…

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Sunday (27 March) starts daylight saving time.

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Daylight Saving Time 2022 begins on Sunday, 27. March 2022. The time change is always a hotly debated topic. Does it make sense? Or should it be abolished? Opinions on the subject differ widely. However, what is clear is that we will soon be turning the clock again. It will be switched to daylight saving time. A mnemonic is particularly popular for remembering whether the time is set forward or back in spring. “In spring, you put the garden furniture outside the door; in autumn, you put it back in…

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Expert says about COVID 19: “Measures will still take years.“

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“Currently, we are in a high incidence phase. And it will stay that way until Easter if we don’t intervene,” said virologist Christian Drosten of Berlin’s Charité hospital in an interview with Die Zeit on Wednesday. What is meant is the highest high corona figures that are available in Germany as well as in Austria. On Thursday, 41,607 new infections were reported in Austria. Take precautions already in summer According to the scientist, precautions must already be taken in summer for a renewed wave of infections in autumn. “Effective medication…

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Weather at the weekend: Fairweather and dry conditions remain

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No end to the period of good weather in sight: According to the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) forecast, the weather-dominating high will not be broken down until next week. Friday: Cloudless skies to start the weekend Today, Friday, high air pressure will continue to dominate the weather in Austria. The sun will shine most of the time and from a largely cloudless sky in almost all parts of the country. Only a few spring clouds will appear over the Alpine peaks in the day. A few unproductive…

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EMA recommends approval of drug Evusheld

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended approval of a CoV drug from AstraZeneca to protect at-risk patients who cannot be vaccinated from infection. The Committee for Human Medicines recommended marketing authorization for Evusheld “to prevent covid-19 in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and over and weighing 40 kilograms or more”, the agency said today. Evusheld consists of two synthetic antibodies that can dock to different sides of the coronavirus spike protein. In making its decision, the EMA pointed to a study of 5,000 adults whose risk of infection…

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Germany: More than 1.5 million cases in one week for the first time

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In the last calendar week, more than 1.5 million CoV cases were reported in Germany for the first time, according to the German Robert Koch Institute (RKI). This is what the RKI writes in its weekly report today. The incidence among people aged five to 44 was exceptionally high last week, but the most substantial increase was observed among senior citizens aged 75 to 79. The RKI called on at-risk groups and people aged 70 and over, in particular, to protect themselves against severe illness with a second booster vaccination…

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Tuberculosis is the second deadliest infectious disease behind Corona

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Even in Corona times, tuberculosis remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases in the world. Especially given the pandemic, he said that urgent investment in the fight against it is crucial. 3 million tuberculosis deaths since the beginning of the pandemic A sharp 24 percent drop in registered tuberculosis cases in the WHO European Region between 2019 and 2020 is likely to be related to the Corona pandemic, which has hampered the detection and reporting of such diseases, the European Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the EU…

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41,607 new infections in Austria

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Forty-nine new deaths linked to Covid infection. From Wednesday to Thursday, 41,607 new infections were registered in Austria. In addition, 49 deaths related to the coronavirus were reported. There are currently 442,628 active corona infections in Austria. So far, there have been 3,627,093 positive test results in Austria. Today, 15,579 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died, and 3,168,886 have recovered across Austria. 233 in intensive care unitsCurrently, 3,235 people infected with the Coronavirus are undergoing hospital treatment. Of these, 233 are being cared for in intensive care units. New infections…

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Corona traffic lights glow red in almost all of Austria

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This week, the Corona traffic light shines dark red in nearly all of Austria. Also, this week the Corona traffic light shows the usual color: dark red. Except for Tyrol, the risk number has increased everywhere. The orange zone of still high risk seems challenging to reach the moment. This is because cases have gone up in eight provinces in the past two weeks. Vienna has the most substantial Corona increase with 18 percent. Nevertheless, the risk figure, which includes the age of the affected person and vaccination status in…

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