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“Supervariant” – Omicron XBB.1.5 on the rise

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 admin

In the U.S., many new Corona infections are due to the XBB.1.5 variant, which has recently become known. It may be more easily transmissible. Most recently, China’s massive CoV infection wave caused a worldwide sensation. In the enormous wave of infections in China, 248 million people, or 18 percent of the population, became infected with Corona in the first three weeks of December, according to officially unconfirmed internal estimates. Subvariants of the Omicron variant continue to circulate the world, and “we see Omicron doing what viruses do: picking up mutations…

All changes at a glance: What 2023 will bring

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 admin

For the first time in a long time, Corona is no longer likely to dominate the coming year. The focus is instead on inflation in the face of multiple crises, so the year 2023 will bring higher energy prices and high salary and pension increases due to inflation. A new feature is the automatic annual adjustment of social benefits, but driving a car will also become more expensive. Waste will be collected more uniformly, and animal welfare in agriculture will become stricter. The following is an overview of the most…

Weather in Austria: From Tuesday, it cools down a bit

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 admin

Vienna – It remains very mild in Austria. From Tuesday, however, the weather will become more unsettled and somewhat more remarkable, is the forecast of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), which merged with the Geological Survey (GBA) to form “GeoSphere Austria” (GSA). Over the lowlands and some valleys, there will be tenacious and high fog on Monday. Otherwise, the sun will shine with only thin, high clouds. Clouds will not move into the west until later in the evening. The wind will be mostly light to moderate,…

Vienna raises fees, parking costs etc., starting January 2023

January 2, 2023 admin

With the turn of the year, parking in Vienna is also becoming more expensive. A half-hour comes from now on to 1.25 euros. Other fees are also going up. The current parking tickets should be valid until 310 June 2023, according to the city.The old year ended on an expensive note, and the new one is hardly going to be any cheaper either: the city of Vienna is raising its fees, and the cost of parking tickets is also going up. The fees for garbage, sewage and water will be…

Corona variant XBB.1.5 on the rise in the USA

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 admin

In the U.S., a significant proportion of new Corona infections are due to the XBB.1.5 variant, which has only recently become known. For example, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that XBB.1.5 was behind about 40.5 percent of all new infections in the week leading up to the new year. The variant could be more easily transmissible, according to the CDC. “We have been monitoring XBB.1.5 since mid-November, and its incidence has doubled about every week,” Richard Neher, head of the Evolution of Viruses and Bacteria research group…

95 days off – how to make the most of your 2023 vacation

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 admin

If you use your vacation days wisely in the coming months, you can take advantage of the available window days and maximize your vacation entitlement. For example, 43 vacation days left open can give you a total of 95 days off – that’s three whole months! With four vacation days used, you can already allow yourself a total of eight days off from January 1 to 8 Easter Monday falls on April 9 – with four used vacation days at Easter, there are nine free days from the 8th to…

The application deadline for the energy cost bonus extended

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 admin

The federal government has once again extended the application deadline for the energy cost bonus. But applicants only have until this date. The energy cost subsidy is a federal government measure for energy-intensive companies to counteract the sharp rise in energy prices. A total of 1.3 billion euros is available for the subsidy period from February to September 2022. But: the deadline for the necessary applications has already expired. Minister of Economy Martin Kocher (ÖVP) is making amends with a new deadline. “The application procedure for the energy cost subsidy…

New Year in Austria with extremely mild weather

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023 admin

New Year’s Day in Austria again sunny and very mildOn New Year’s Day, it will again be sunny and very mild in most of Austria, with highs between twelve and 18 degrees. Especially in the east and south, however, fog or high fog may persist in places, and here it will remain significantly cooler with highs around seven degrees. Warmest turn of the year since measurements began in SwitzerlandIn Switzerland, meanwhile, one of the warmest turn of the year since measurements began in the middle of the 19th century became…

Croatia: The Euro replaced the Kuna overnight

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023 admin

Traditionally, there is little traffic on the streets of the Croatian capital Zagreb between Christmas Eve and Epiphany. Only in the bank branches, it jams here and there. “That’s how we Croats are,” smiles bank manager Matilda Aljinović, who comes from Split. “Everything that goes, we put off until the last deadline.” Since January 1, 2023, precisely zero o’clock, it is now possible to pay with euros in the youngest EU country. Croatian credit institutions prepared for the change of currency earlier than the citizens. “As a bank, we started…