Month: September 2023

Heat wave coming – now it’s getting hotter and hotter

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Yesterday, Thursday, up to 37 degrees were recorded in the east of Austria.Late summer has Austria firmly in its grip this week! Temperatures are now rising to 30 degrees; it will be even hotter on the weekend. A stable omega high-pressure weather currently determines the weather in Central Europe and the coming days. Thus, the weather will be calm and often sunny, with above-average weekly temperatures. On Friday, the sunny late summer weather continues. On the northern edge of the Alps and in some valleys and basins, the day will…

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What is known about the new Corona variants “Eris” and “Pirola”

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What is the current infection situation in Austria?Infection figures are on the rise again, which should come as no surprise in the fourth year after the emergence of Sars-CoV-2. We are now in a phase “where we see clear waves of infection every few months. After a quiet summer, it’s on again,” says researchers from Complexity Science Hub Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna. The rising infection numbers are also reflected in the SARI dashboard, which provides information on inpatient hospital admissions with respiratory illnesses. There were recently about…

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iPhone 15 gets a new button

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Digital fans worldwide are eagerly awaiting next Tuesday. Apple will present its new products on that day, almost certainly the new iPhone 15. The rumour mill has been bubbling over for days: the phone’s frame is said to be made of titanium, and the charger is getting a USB-C port. Now, a new revelation is causing a furor. The programming code of the new operating system shows, according to insiders – what is to come now: A new, mysterious button. It will once again be a physical “action button,” according…

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The repair bonus starts again on September 25, 2023

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The washing machine rumbles, and the coffee machine hisses: even household appliances have occasional aches and pains. But that’s no reason to throw them in the garbage can. They deserve a second chance. This protects not only the environment by saving resources but also our wallets. After all, a repair is much cheaper than buying a new one. A good incentive is the repair bonus introduced last year, a funding campaign by the Climate Protection Ministry aimed at private individuals living in Austria. Funds totalling 130 million euros are available…

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Venice to introduce entry fee for day tourists from 2024

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Venice: Starting in 2024, day tourists in Venice will have to pay admission. The municipality’s tourism committee decided that tourists who do not stay overnight in the lagoon city must contribute five euros. The sum will be collected during a test phase over 30 days, mainly on public holidays and long weekends. The municipality announced that the exact days tourists will be asked to pay will be published in the next few weeks. The aim is to regulate the tourist rush. On certain days, more than 100,000 tourists are in…

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Rise in corona infection numbers

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Corona infection numbers are rising, as reflected by the SARI dashboard, which provides information on inpatient hospital admissions with respiratory illnesses. “If we see that currently, Corona infections are increasing again, this is strongly due to the new variants,” explained complexity researcher Peter Klimek, who sees no reason for great concern. The situation is hardly surprising, Andreas Bergthaler told APA. New variants blamedKlimek, a researcher at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna, blames the recent flare-up of infection mainly on new variants such as EG.5,…

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“Don’t flush trash”: less waste at Vienna wastewater treatment plant

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The amount of garbage in Vienna’s wastewater treatment plant has decreased.The waste generated at Vienna’s wastewater treatment plant has been reduced by 335 tons since the “Don’t Flush Garbage” information campaign was launched in mid-2022. Viennese dispose of tonnes of waste via WC.“Our initiative against garbage disposed of incorrectly in the toilet or sewer is showing initial success,” said Vienna’s Climate City Councilor Jürgen Czernohorszky (SPÖ) in a statement on Sunday. The Viennese sewage treatment plant now receives about five percent less waste, such as wet wipes, tampons or cigarette…

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Omicron vaiant ERIS now rampant in Austria

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Experts expect a new Corona wave in the fall. The number of cases is already on the rise. Since July, the new omicron derivative “Eris” has been spreading worldwide from Asia and is now causing increasing numbers of newly infected people in Austria. The new virus strain is a so-called escape variant, which, due to a further mutation in the spike protein, can better bypass immune protection – whether through vaccination or a previous infection with a previous variant. Experts, therefore, already advise the mask. It is indeed an unpopular…

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Vienna in figures 2023: Surprising facts about Viennese city life

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In “Vienna in Figures 2023,” interesting facts about the federal capital exist. Did you know that the average age of the Viennese is 41? And that about a third of all women living in Vienna are academics, which puts them above the figure for men? These and many other astonishing facts can be read in the brochure “Vienna in Figures 2023,” published in evident form by the Vienna State Statistics Department (MA 23). Almost 275,000 people commute to Vienna to work, and around 100,000 Viennese are employed outside the city.…

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