Day: February 12, 2025

9,960 people were on sick leave due to influenza in the previous week, and another 109,440 due to flu-like infections, according to data from the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK). Corona affected 1,010 sick notes. “The number of illnesses due to real flu and flu-like infections is still rising, but not to the same extent as in previous weeks,” said ÖGK chief physician Andreas Krauter. Almost 10,000 people reported being sick due to influenzaThe circulating viruses A(H1N1)pdm09 and influenza B(Victoria) are exactly the same virus strains that are included in…

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On 12 February, the second full moon of the year—also known as the snow moon or hunger moon—will be visible. We can look forward to a spectacle in the night sky as early as mid-February. On Wednesday, 12 February, the so-called snow moon can be seen. This reaches its peak on Wednesday night. As soon as darkness falls, it will climb above the horizon in the east, visible to the Viennese. On its orbit, it reaches an elevation angle of exactly 45 degrees shortly after 10 p.m. The sun illuminates…

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