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A vaccine from Austria could protect against omicron

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Promising data was provided by a vaccine study at the Medical University of Vienna. A Coronavirus vaccine developed at the Medical University of Vienna (MedUni) has shown in preclinical data that it can be effective against all previously known SARS-CoV-2 variants, including omicron, and even in people who have not yet established vaccine protection (non-responders), a release said Tuesday. The vaccine is a combination of Corona and hepatitis B vaccines. The study was published in the journal Allergy. The antigen-based vaccine, developed at MedUni Vienna under the study leadership of…

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Roaming charges remains free until 2032

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Without the extension in force, you would have had to pay extra again from July to make calls and surf in other EU countries. The abolition of roaming charges in the EU will be extended until 2032. The Member States decided to suspend additional costs for telephone or Internet use abroad in the EU for another ten years, as the Council announced on Monday in Brussels. Initially, the abolition of roaming charges was valid until June. Even after June, EU citizens would now be able to “make calls, send SMS…

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Nearly 13,000 new infections in Austria on Tuesday

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From Monday to Tuesday, 12,946 new infections were registered in Austria. This is clearly below the average of 20,313 over the past seven days. The seven-day incidence is 1,597.49. Currently, 252,955 people in Austria are actively infected with the coronavirus. In the past 24 hours, 331,194 new PCR tests were performed. This results in a positive rate of 3.91 percent. There are also 59 new deaths associated with Covid 19 infections to report. To date, the Coronavirus has claimed 16,061 lives in Austria. New infections in the provincesVienna: 3,802Lower Austria:…

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Why is Google called Google?

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Brand names abound but rarely do people know the story behind the naming. Today, we turn our attention to our favorite search engine Google and the question: Where does the name come from? Why is Google called Google? Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded the search engine Google when they were still students, but it didn’t have that name. We explain how they decided on the word in a roundabout way. Little child as the source of inspiration The search engine is named after the invention of the American mathematician…

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New Omicron variant XE: How dangerous is the mutation from BA.1 and BA.2?

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After the Omicron variants, BA.1 and BA.2 are before the Omicron variant XE. It has now surfaced in the UK. This is what is known about it so far. It is essential to know that the symptoms of Omikron BA.2 can resemble those of a Corona variant. And that’s not all: Hundreds of cases of a new coronavirus variant have now been reported in the UK, which goes by the name XE and is a mutation of the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 variants. How dangerous is it? Novel Omicron variant…

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“Numbers of COVID infection in Vienna will decrease enormously after Easter“

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For several days, the number of new infections with the coronavirus has been falling in Vienna. Health Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) assumes a “rattling down of the numbers after Easter” for the fall; he calls for a new vaccination campaign. Since April 1, the new testing strategy has been in effect with the reduction of free Corona tests. There was a peak on the last day of free tests with over 450,000 tests in Vienna, but still fewer infections. In recent days, tests and positive cases are steadily decreasing. “Without…

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Lungs, brain – now Corona attacks these organs too

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This virus stops at nothing: scientists have discovered thatSars-CoV-2 can also infect and damage the liver. At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, researchers at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) had already described Sars-CoV-2 as a multi-organ virus that infects and damages numerous other organs in addition to the lungs. Scientists have shown that SARS-CoV-2 directly affects the liver, leading to inflammation and altered metabolic programs in an internationally conducted study. The data were published in the journal Nature. “Elevated liver values in Covid 19 patients had already been…

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Spring is back – but only for a short time

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Frosty nights are still expected in the coming weeks. That can even happen well into May; there’s a reason Mamertus, Pancras, Servatius, Boniface, and Sophie are called the Ice Saints from May 11 to 15. It gets milder However, there is no need to brood about the cold for the current week. Today, Tuesday, the weather situation is still unstable – although not as cold as last weekend. Daytime highs between 8 and 17 degrees are expected, but this is in the south. On Wednesday, it will then generally be…

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Philippines – COVID-19: Updates to Entry Protocols and Travel Ban

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The Philippine Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) released Resolution No. 165 allowing fully vaccinated foreign nationals to enter the Philippines without need for an Entry Exemption Document (EED), but subject to updated immigration arrival protocols as of 1 April 2022. All fully vaccinated individuals, regardless of nationality, will now be allowed to enter the country for tourism, business, and health purposes. Without the need for an EED, it is expected there will be faster resumption of business visits and deployment plans of visa-required nationals…

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