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2,249 new infections and 10 deaths on Thursday

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The Corona situation in Austria continues to show stability. On Thursday, authorities report 2,249 new infections and ten virus deaths. The daily reported corona numbers have been superficial for days, as evidenced by a look at the past few days. On Friday, 2,903 new virus cases were reported. The weekend brought 1,492 new Corona cases on Saturday, and 1,918 confirmed infections on Sunday before about 1,700 virus cases were confirmed on Monday. Finally, Tuesday got exactly 3,000 new infections, with 2,978 new cases reported on Wednesday. And how does it…

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XBB.1.5 – Mask should be worn here again now

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The rapidly spreading corona variant XBB.1.5 is causing concern for the World Health Organization (WHO). Given the rapid spread of the new omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 in the United States, passengers should be advised to wear masks on long-haul flights. This was announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) this week. In the U.S., the “super variant” has been spreading rapidly since mid-December and, according to authorities, now accounts for more than a quarter of cases there. According to laboratory studies, it is the most contagious strain of the virus detected…

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The weekend brings cold front and heavy snowfall

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The weekend weather is mild before a cold front moves in on Friday. GeoSphere Austria (formerly ZAMG) predicts partly heavier snowfall; more significant amounts of snow are expected between Upper Carinthia and Southern Styria. On Friday, dense clouds with rain and snow above 1,200 meters prevail except in the south. In the afternoon, the clouds in the inner Alps and the southwest will clear up again, and the northern side of the Alps will get into a northwesterly flow with partly persistent precipitation. Early temperatures range from minus four to…

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After Corona year 2020: many church celebrations made up for

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On Wednesday, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference published the official figures for 2021. These show that after the Corona Year 2020, many ecclesiastical celebrations were made up. A conclusion: in baptisms, marriages, first communions and confirmations, many celebrations were made up due to the relaxation of the Corona measures, which were not possible in 2020. There were slight decreases, as always, in priests and religious. Many ecclesiastical celebrations were made up after the 2020 corona yearThe number of baptisms in 2021 was 45,541, a massive increase over 2020 (32,521). According to…

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Immigration: Vienna with 2,865 quotas for 2023

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The Settlement Regulation provides for a total of 5,951 quota places. In reality, however, there is more immigration. Most of the quota places – namely about 2,900 – are in Vienna. On Wednesday, the Council of Ministers adopted the Settlement Regulation, which regulates immigration to Austria from non-EU countries. It provides for a total of 5,951 quota places. In the calendar year 2022, there were 6,020. However, immigration is higher because, for example, the Red-White-Red Card is not regulated by the ordinance. Family reunification accounts for by far the largest…

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End of the line for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1

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An era is ending: Extended support for Windows 7 has been discontinued. This means that the operating system is finally dead. Around 11 percent of all computers in the world still run Windows 7. Although support for the operating system ended in 2020, companies could buy themselves a longer transition period. This extended support has now officially expired on January 10, 2023. Support also ends for Windows 8.1But not only the time Windows 7, which came on the market in October 2009, has expired. Microsoft is also ending extended support…

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Climate crisis: 2022 was the warmest summer ever measured in Europe

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Last summer was the warmest ever recorded in Europe, according to evaluations by the EU climate change service Copernicus.The year 2022 was the second warmest in Europe since records began in 1979, according to a Copernicus report on climate extremes presented Tuesday. The annual temperatures were surpassed only by 2020. Heat waves and lack of rainIn many places in Europe, heat waves combined with little rain and dry soils caused droughts, according to the report, leading to problems in agriculture, shipping and the energy industry. In addition, the extreme drought…

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CARE: 339 million people cannot survive without aid

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Three hundred thirty-nine million people worldwide did not have enough necessities to survive in 2022 and are, therefore, acutely dependent on humanitarian aid. According to CARE’s “Breaking the Silence” report, the aid organization annually shines a spotlight on the ten humanitarian crises that received the least coverage in the previous year. CARE Austria Managing Director Andrea Barschdorf-Hager called this a record at a press conference.The number had risen by 65 million people within a year, Barschdorf-Hager said. The report, published this year for the seventh time and released on Thursday,…

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United Nation’s report: A young person dies every 4.4 seconds

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About five million infants will die worldwide in 2021 – plus more than two million children, adolescents and young adults. The UN attributes most deaths to poor access to good health care. However, there are also positive trends. Many young people still die from treatable diseases or injuries because they lack good medical care, according to the United Nations (UN). According to a new estimate, the UN reported about five million children under five died worldwide in 2021. 7.7 million deaths per yearBacterial infection is the second leading cause of…

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