Month: April 2022

Better immune response to Omicron: Moderna’s combination booster successful in the study

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Moderna says it has also begun testing another bivalent vaccine that combines an Omicron-specific vaccine with its original. According to a new study, the combination booster from U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturer Moderna achieves better results in repelling the Omikron variant than the current booster vaccine. The bivalent vaccine targets two types of pathogens and is the best hope for prolonged protection. U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturer Moderna has achieved promising results in a study with its enhanced Corona vaccine. The bivalent booster vaccine, which thus targets both the beta variant and the original…

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Phishing Mail Attacks in Austria: How to Protect Yourself

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With phishing e-mails and scam calls, criminals try to obtain bank and credit card data. If you follow the instructions of the crooks, you fall into the trap, and your account is plundered. Only on Wednesday, the platform Watchlist Internet, which specializes in Internet fraud, warned of a corresponding wave in Austria. Phishing attacks are usually carried out via e-mails that look like a bank has sent them. They say there is a problem with the account and threaten to close the report for a fee. Then the victims are…

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6,536 new corona infections in Austria

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6,536 new coronavirus infections have been reported in 24 hours at 9:30 a.m. Saturday (seven-day average: 7,606). There were 101,451 active cases in the country, down 5,236 from the previous day. The positive rate of PCR tests performed within this period was 6.3 percent. This figure is higher than the average for the previous week (an average of 4.2 percent of PCR tests positive). The seven-day incidence was 592.9 cases per 100,000 population. There have been 4,099,049 confirmed cases in Austria since the pandemic began. Recovered since the outbreak of…

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Corona: New dramatic symptom affecting eyes worries researchers

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The long-lasting symptoms of corona are varied and can last for an extended period. According to an American study, the infection is now thought to affect the eyes and, in particular, vision. Corona‘s symptoms are familiar and can be surprising. While they sometimes last over a long period, one of the critical signs of the disease could affect vision, a new American study shows. A new symptom affecting the eyes We’re familiar with the classic symptoms that affect the entire immune system, such as fatigue, coughing, and headaches. Recently, other…

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Corona: high antibody level protected against infection in Delta

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“How high does my antibody level need to be protected from Corona infection?” – This is a question many people must have asked themselves in recent years. Scientists at Meduni Innsbruck have now confirmed that there is indeed a connection between the number of antibodies and protection against infection. Nevertheless, there is no clear statement regarding how high this value must be with Omicron. This is according to an interview published by APA. After the South African variant broke out in the Tyrolean district of Schwaz last spring, a particular…

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Corona breath test approved in the USA

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) preliminarily approved the first breath test for covid-19 infections a few days ago. Proteins present in the breath in the event of infection are used as markers. Accuracy is high, the U.S. agency wrote. “Today’s approval is just one additional example of the rapid innovations in diagnostic tests for Covid-19, and FDA will continue to support the development of new Covid-19 tests. The goal is technological advances that can better address the current pandemic and put the U.S. in a better position for…

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Austria donated around 5.43 million Corona vaccine doses

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More than 18 million doses of vaccine against coronavirus have been vaccinated in Austria to date. Nearly 5.43 million doses have been donated to other countries. The expiration date has exceeded 390,602 doses in the federal government’s possession (as of mid-April 2022). Of these, vector vaccines from manufacturers AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson accounted for a large proportion, the health ministry said as published by APA. However, these will not be destroyed “but stored in a manner appropriate to the product, since in some cases a retroactive extension of the…

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Over 8,000 new infections in Austria on Friday

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Nine hundred fifty-nine new deaths, including a follow-up report already announced. From Thursday to Friday, 8,155 new infections were registered in Austria. This is slightly above the average of 7,957 diseases over the past seven days. The 7-day incidence is currently 625.77. Currently, 106,687 people are actively infected. In the past 24 hours, 247,374 PCR tests have been performed. This results in a positive rate of 3.30 percent. In addition, 959 new deaths have been reported. This includes a large proportion of the previously announced subsequent notifications. Thus, the pandemic…

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Coronavirus worldwide: WHO recommends Pfizer’s Covid pill for certain Corona patients, U.S. government moves to end mandatory masks in vehicles

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According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 507 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide. About 6.2 million infected people have died. More than 11.2 billion vaccine doses have been administered so far. The latest developments Covid-19 drug paxlovid, already used in Germany, gets green light from WHO Paxlovide is recommended for patients who are not yet seriously ill but are at the highest risk of hospitalization, the relevant WHO expert council reported in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The board cited studies involving nearly 3100 patients. The…

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