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Ministries report 7,571 new infections on Wednesday

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The Ministries of Health and Interior have reported 7,571 newly registered coronavirus cases within the last 24 hours (as of 9:30 a.m. today). The states reported these numbers to the national crisis team. Sixteen thousand four hundred seventy people have died from or connected with the coronavirus so far. The follow-up report of about 3,400 deaths announced by the Ministry of Health does not refer to these figures. One thousand eight hundred seventy-six infected people currently receive hospital care, including 138 in intensive care units. AGES: 7-day incidence at 700.8According…

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Snoring: Keep quiet in bed with these tips!

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An asleep expert explains stopping snoring for good by avoiding certain things and doing others instead. Snoring is no cause for alarm, but it can disrupt the quality of your sleep and the sleep of those with whom you share the bed. If you share a bed with someone who snores, you know you’re in for a terrible night’s rest. However, it doesn’t have to stay that way. The worst and the best sleeping position Even if the snoring person is the one causing the snoring sounds, there is a…

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Radar and the measurement tolerance in Austria

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Anyone who exceeds the speed limit only slightly has little or nothing to worry about. However, “slightly” depends on several factors—for example, the measuring device or the location of the offense. Measurement tolerance: a term that notorious speeders know from their penalty notices. But few people know how high this tolerance is or how much speeding goes unpunished. And we want to keep it that way, says Bernhard Knapp, head of the state traffic department: “We don’t want people to approach the tolerance level.” The danger, however, is small. The…

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UNHCR: Five million people displaced from Ukraine

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According to recent calculations, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates that more than five million people have fled abroad from Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s war of aggression. “That’s five million individual fates full of loss and trauma,” UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Kelly Clements told a UN Security Council meeting yesterday. In addition, there are some 7.1 million people who have left their homes inside Ukraine, added Antonio Vitorino of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). At the meeting, member states discussed the need for more assistance to…

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Austrian Health department reported 3,412 covid deaths

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The Department of Health “post-reported” 3,412 Corona deaths on Tuesday. This represents a 21 percent increase in officially confirmed Covid deaths since the pandemic began. “The apparent increase in Covid 19 deaths comes from a data reconciliation between Statistics Austria’s cause-of-death statistics and the Epidemiological Reporting System (EMS),” a ministry statement said. The deaths now being subsequently reported cover the period through the end of 2021. As of Tuesday, the number of people who had died from or with Covid-19 had been reported at 16,439. The subsequent reports bring the…

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Corona will be with us for a long time – in the form of new variants

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Experts warn that the development of new corona variants is highly unpredictable. In the fall, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach warned of a possible “killer variant” of the coronavirus. Now experts are also stressing the unpredictability of the development. Omicron subtype BA.2 is significantly more contagious “No expert can currently say which variant we will get in the fall,” intensive care physician Stefan Kluge of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf told Funke Mediengruppe. Experts emphasize: Next Corona variants are unpredictable. “However, we should be prepared that another variant can come…

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These are the current Corona rules that apply in Austria

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Almost all Corona measures fell in Austria. Only the FFP2 mask remains for the time being, at least in all public transport and vital trade. And the validity of the Green Pass was extended to one year. Where the mask requirement still applies In vital trade, i.e., grocery stores, pharmacies, drugstores, gas stations, car repair stores, banks, or tobacconists. In public transport (but not in cable cars, where there is only a recommendation) and the associated (closed) railroad or airports, in cabs, for school transportation, at the office in the…

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Tuesday: 5,500 new infections in Austria

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Eight new deaths linked to Covid-19 infection. From Monday to Tuesday, 5,395 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the average of 8,681 infections over the past seven days. The 7-day incidence is currently 682.73. One hundred seventeen thousand nine hundred twenty-two people are presently actively infected. In the past 24 hours, 94,029 PCR tests have been performed. This results in a positive rate of 5.74 percent. In addition, eight people have died in connection with the Covid-19 infection. Thus, the pandemic has claimed 16,439 lives so far.…

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Incidence drops significantly after holidays

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The Robert Koch Institute has recorded just over 22,000 new infections within one day – a week ago, the figure was 160,000. The incidence also continues to fall. However, a comparison is still difficult at present because of the holidays. The nationwide seven-day incidence of new Corona infections has again fallen significantly. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value in the morning with 669.9. The previous day it had been 808.8, and a week ago, 1080.0. However, the RKI has been pointing out that because of the Easter holidays…

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