Month: November 2022

4,110 new Corona infections reported Friday

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Four thousand one hundred ten new coronavirus infections were reported in Austria on Friday. Ten additional Corona deaths were also reported. There were 934 Corona patients in hospitals, including 72 in intensive care. On Friday, 4,110 new Corona infections were reported in Austria, according to the Agency for Health and Food Safety figures. This is above the average for the past seven days, where 3,749 new cases were added daily. In the hospital lay on Friday morning, 934 were infected, precisely 100 less than a week ago. Seventy-two affected are…

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Corona: Vaccinations and tests free of charge until mid-2023

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The current free Corona vaccination and testing services and free medication are to be extended until the end of June 2023. This provides for an initiative motion introduced by the government factions ÖVP and Greens on Friday evening in the National Council, which is to be decided in December in the National Council plenary. The federal government has decided to “continue the existing funding of these important measures until the end of June 2023, thus providing security in the continued fight against the pandemic,” the health department of Minister Johannes…

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Omicron variant BA.5: New bivalent booster vaccine works better

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U.S. biotech company Moderna has released additional clinical trial data on its Omicron booster vaccines. The data from the Phase 2/3 study of more than 500 adults supported that the BA.4/5 booster resulted in significantly higher neutralizing antibody titers against BA.4/BA.5 than booster vaccination with Moderna’s original Corona vaccine, Spikevax. The company’s BA.4/5 and BA.1 booster also produced “robust” neutralizing titers against the BQ.1.1 subline, Moderna reports. Compared with BA.4/5, however, the antibody response dropped nearly fivefold. This is the most extensive study involving more than 500 adults aged 19-89,…

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Meteorite proves Earth’s water is extraterrestrial

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In February 2021, a meteorite struck the English county of Gloucestershire. Water was found in the 4.6 billion-year-old chunk of rock – evidence that water on Earth is probably also due to asteroids in the outer solar system. Experts* from the Natural History Museum and the University in Glasgow were able to quickly locate the meteorite, with 16 public cameras recording the fireball’s path in the sky. “The rapid find makes it one of the most unapologetic meteorites ever available for analysis,” study author Ashley King said in a release.…

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The number of new Corona infections is steadily decreasing in Austria

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The number of new Corona infections is steadily decreasing, and with several factors contributing to this, molecular biologist Ulrich Elling is certain. The announced Corona wave with the onset of winter in Austria has failed to materialize, and the numbers are plummeting. After two and a half years, is the coronavirus pandemic finally over? “Everyone is pleasantly surprised that the situation has remained stable for so long at the moment,” reveals molecular biologist Ulrich Elling in an interview with “Heute.” That “Corona is over,” he does not want to speak…

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Winter onset: the first snow in Vienna

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Vienna is in for a winter weekend. The cold front provides frosty temperatures; rain now turns into white snow, even in the capital. “In the night to Saturday, cold continental air will flow in from Slovakia and the Czech Republic,” forecast the experts of “Alpinwetter.” They already foresee a white winter coat over Vienna and Lower Austria: “The rain is increasingly turning into snow in Vienna and Lower Austria.” As the meteorologists’ new Super HD model shows, “1 to 3 cm of snow” could be on Saturday morning, especially in…

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This is why you should be sure to rinse out empty honey jars

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Is it nonsense to rinse honey jars before disposing of them in the glass container? Unfortunately, no. But not because the sweet remains attract insects or animals but because of a bee epidemic. To protect local bees, rinse empty honey jars before throwing them in the bottle bank. That’s because about 75 percent of honey that originates from “EU and non-EU countries,” according to the label, is infected with the American foulbrood pathogen spores. Although these pathogens are harmless to humans, the highly contagious bee disease kills the bee larvae…

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Black Friday: Every second person wants to go bargain hunting

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Black Friday’s annual discount battle will likely attract many Austrians to retail stores again this year. According to a survey by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), more than one in two respondents (55 percent) plan to go bargain hunting during the shopping event. At the same time, a good one in three wants to spend less money on it than in the previous year. On average, only about 250 euros are budgeted, which is 29 percent less than the international average. BCG surveyed 9,000 consumers in nine countries, including over…

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Winter is just around the corner: It will snow for the first time in Vienna on Saturday

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According to the latest weather report, today, Thursday, a warm frontal extension with a muddy field and light precipitation in places moves along the northern side of the Alps and in the north and east over Austria. In the meantime, the sun will come through a bit. However, foggy and high-snowy air will remain in parts of the lowlands, such as in the basins in the south or in parts of the eastern region. The wind often weakly blows from different directions—early temperatures mostly 0 to 8 degrees, with daytime…

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