Given the enormous inflation, the population is being supported with various measures. Below are the individual points of the relief package in detail. 6 billion packages to combat inflation Payments to be made this summer The government presented a 6 billion euro anti-inflation package on Tuesday. The package includes short-term measures that will provide immediate relief to the population and long-term structural changes. The measures will be implemented in a three-stage process: In the summer, the first step will be to ease the burden on those most affected by the…
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Over 4,200 new infections in Austria on Tuesday
From Monday to Tuesday, 4,242 new infections were registered in Austria. This is above the 7-day average of 3,878 infections. The 7-day incidence rises to 304.97. Currently, there are 45,914 active corona cases in Austria. In addition, there are seven new deaths. Thus, seven persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died so far throughout Austria. New infections in the provincesVienna: 1,406Lower Austria: 741Upper Austria: 418Vorarlberg: 415Tyrol: 405Styria: 341Salzburg: 289Burgenland: 120Carinthia: 107 sozialministerium.at
Read MoreThree reasons not to buy ready-made fruit
We love fruit salad. So do bacteria and mold – especially the pre-cut kind. A small snack in between – in the morning before work or while waiting for the train. Ready-cut fruit as a small meal is popular, it’s quick, and you don’t have to use your own hands or knives to boost energy. Supermarket refrigerated counters are filled with little cups of sliced melons, apples, or pineapples. But the vitamin bombs have a pitfall: For, on the one hand, the plastic packaging leaves litter, as the fruit is…
Read MoreWeather on Corpus Christi till weekend
On Thursday, the feast of the Heart of Jesus, popularly known in Austria as “Fronleichnamsfest” or Corpus Christi, will be muggy-warm weather with partly heavy thunderstorms. It will often be sunny and increasingly hot on Friday and the weekend. According to the experts of the Austrian Severe Weather Center (www.uwz.at), however, regionally severe thunderstorms are emerging on Corpus Christi with the passage of a disturbance. Thunderstorms and showers expected in Austria on the holidayThese will spread eastward during the day under intensification and reach the eastern and southeastern lowlands in…
Read MoreMeasures against inflation are presented
The Austrian government will present its third anti-inflation package today, Tuesday. Both short-term and permanently effective structural measures are expected. According to reports, the abolition of the cold progression, the indexation of social benefits, 250 euros climate bonus for all, and the postponement of the CO2 price to October are fixed. In addition, the deductible amounts will be valorized, especially for small incomes. Parallel to postponing the CO2 price to October (instead of July), the compensation through the climate bonus will be increased. According to reports, all people in Austria…
Read MoreAir conditioning increases risk of infection
With rising temperatures, the air conditioning is also turned up more. However, cooling the air increases the risk of infection, now warns the Upper Austrian Medical Association. A maximum of five to eight degrees should be between the outside and the cooled interior. A too strong temperature change favors namely infections, so the specialist group representative of ear, nose, and throat medicine in the medical association, Georg Langmayr. With air conditioning, however, the air becomes not only cold but also dry. This can quickly become a problem and dry out…
Read MoreKaleidoscope 2022: The program at the summer cinema at Karlsplatz in Vienna
There is free admission at the open air summer cinema Kaleidoskop at Karlsplatz in Vienna. With free admission, Vienna’s summer cinema Kaleidoskop takes place from July 1 to 17 at Karlsplatz. We have the complete 2022 program at a glance. Program at Kino am DachAfter two exceptional years, Kaleidoskop returns to Vienna’s Karlsplatz and celebrates film and cinema cultures in public spaces with a film festival of diverse urban societies in the fourth edition curated by CineCollective. 17 films at the open air summer cinema Kaleidoskop in Vienna.On the program…
Read MoreSunny weather in the coming days
In the coming days, warm weather will promise the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). First, however, a cold front will pass through on Monday morning and bring some clouds and showers again. Especially in the west, the week begins cloudy and rainy. In the afternoon, the rain subsides, and the sun comes out. Further in the east, it remains instead with partly heavy showers, and thunderstorms can also be embedded. The weather will become increasingly summery in the coming daysIn the afternoon, especially in the southeast, the tendency…
Read MoreNew booster improves protection against Omicron variant
Moderna’s new Covid vaccine is said to boost protection against Omicron. It remains unclear how the vaccine will work against future versions. U.S. biotechnology company Moderna has reported positive trial results with a new Corona vaccine designed to protect against both the original form of the virus and the Omicron variant. According to the company, the study involved 814 adults who had already received three doses of Moderna’s initial Corona vaccine, Spikevax. About half received the fourth dose of Spikevax, and the second group received one dose of the new…
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