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The last days of May will be changeable and cool

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According to ZAMG, the last days of May will be changeable and cool. From Friday afternoon, rain showers and thunderstorms spread, and only temperatures up to a maximum of around 20 degrees are expected. On Friday, sunny weather will prevail for a long time. In the afternoon, the source clouds will become denser; especially in the south and southeast, the tendency for showers and thunderstorms will increase. Lush cloud fields of a disturbance zone will reach the north only in the late afternoon and evening. With this, rain showers will…

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New Omicron variant – first EU country to be rolled over

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After a substantial spread, Omicron subvariant BA.5, first detected in late March, is now the predominant variant in Portugal. Corona case numbers recently increased again in Portugal. Between May 10 and 16, authorities registered 157,502 new cases – 58 percent more than the previous week. Experts also assume that the number of unreported cases is high. “In reality, there could be twice as many cases,” said the president of the Association of Public Health Service Doctors, Gustavo Tato Borges. He also said the number of deaths rose again in the…

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Nearly 3,000 new corona infections and 13 deaths

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In Austria, 2,998 new coronavirus infections have been registered in 24 hours. This is above the previous seven-day average of 2,517 cases, but the seven-day incidence dropped slightly to 196 cases per 100,000 population. 13 deaths were added since the last day. There were 541 infected people in the hospital on holiday, eight fewer than on Wednesday. Forty-three affected people are still receiving intensive care, one fewer day and 15 fewer on the week. 228,722 PCR tests were reported within a day. Their positive rate was 1.3 percent. Since the…

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How much water do we need to drink?

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Two liters of water a day is a general rule of thumb. However, it is not scientifically proven. Among others, the kidney specialist Heinz Valtin writes that. The former professor of physiology and neurobiology at Dartmouth University has looked for the origin of this recommendation in numerous publications. In vain. “I have found no scientific proof that absolutely everyone needs to drink at least two liters of water a day,” says Valtin. Where the myth of the two liters comes from is not clear, he adds. How much water is…

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Food in the trash: Record

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In purely mathematical terms, all the food produced by May 26 will never be eaten – 40 percent ends up in the trash each year. This senseless waste is not only madness from an ethical point of view but also fatal for our planet. After all, food waste is responsible for around ten percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Added to this is the unnecessary consumption of land, water, and energy,” laments Dominik Heizmann, WWF expert on sustainable nutrition. His (eco)logical warning: “Neither given the climate and biodiversity crisis nor…

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Austria: Corona traffic light shines yellow- green, and yellow

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The Corona traffic light for Austria shines yellow-green and yellow. On Wednesday, the traffic light commission rated the provinces of Lower Austria, Styria, and Vorarlberg with low risk. Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, and Vienna were rated medium risk, with Carinthia, Upper Austria, and Vienna now only slightly exceeding the threshold for medium risk. According to the report, the risk figures have decreased in all federal states, in some cases considerably. The score of 50, below which one is in the “yellow zone,” was also fallen by all. Tyrol…

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Corona forecasting experts see a downward trend

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Experts at the Covid forecasting consortium continue to see a downward trend in Corona infection numbers next week. But the case trend is characterized by diametric dynamics. On the one hand, there is the seasonal effect, and on the other, immune protection acquired through infection or vaccination continues to decline. In the medium term, experts expect declining protection to dominate. Corona forecasters see a continuing downward trendThe timing and strength of this effect cannot be precisely quantified at this time, the current forecast states. According to the experts, both slight…

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2,935 new infections in Austria on Wednesday

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Twelve new deaths were linked to Covid 19 infection. From Tuesday to Wednesday, 2,935 new infections were registered in Austria. This is slightly above the 7-day average of 2,559 infections. The 7-day incidence drops to 201.26. In the past 24 hours, 231,690 PCR tests were performed. The positive rate is 1.27 percent. Currently, there are 40,239 active Corona cases in Austria. In addition, there are 12 new deaths. Thus, 18,619 persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died so far throughout Austria. Due to a technical problem, Carinthia has no figures today,…

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Sweat is healthy: why sweating makes you happy

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If a bead of sweat isn’t dripping from your forehead right now, you’re probably one of the lucky ones sitting in an air-conditioned apartment. Or you don’t sweat. Ninety percent of us do; however, our 2 to 4 million sweat glands sometimes produce up to 12 liters of sweat a day in this brutal heat!  And that’s a good thing because sweating is healthy! Sweat is like a detox By sweating, our body can get rid of harmful substances. We do a free detox cure at these temperatures and get…

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