The number of new Corona infections continued to fall in Austria on Friday. Within 24 hours (as of 9:30 a.m.), the Interior and Health Ministries reported 6,738 new cases. The seven-day incidence was 726 cases per 100,000 population. However, in intensive care units, the number of patients increased by six people to 643. As of Friday, there were thus 123,238 active cases in Austria, down by 6,828 from the previous day. 68 deaths had occurred since yesterday, which was above the seven-day daily average of 58.4 people. Overall, the Covid…
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Karl Nehammer is Austria’s new chancellor and rebuilds his government team
Sebastian Kurz’s withdrawal from all his political posts has triggered a round of resignations within the People’s Party government team. The new chancellor and party leader will be Karl Nehammer, the previous minister of the interior. “I was unanimously appointed today in the party executive committee as executive party chairman and at the same time also as a candidate for Chancellor,” he announced following the federal party executive committee. This was a “great honor” and a “privilege”, because the People’s Party as a movement has been for him for a…
Read MoreCloudy weekend with rain and snowfall in Austria
The Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) forecasts cloudy weather in large parts of Austria over the coming day. On the weekend there will be rain and snowfall.Many parts of the country are facing a largely cloudy weekend. Again and again snowfall and rain forecasts the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) for the next few days. On Friday, dense clouds will initially predominate, but will later give way to sunshine. The cloud fields will be somewhat tougher in Salzburg, Upper Austria and Upper Styria, where it will…
Read MoreAustrian Post Office: Deadline to drop off your Christmas package is Dec. 21.
The Austrian Post has announced its recommended posting times for Christmas: For the Eco letter it is Dec. 20, the parcel must be posted on the 21st, the Prio letter on the 22nd and Post-Express must be delivered no later than the 23rd. This is for domestic mail, to bordering countries it looks like this: Eco-Brief by the 10th, Paket by the 16th, Prio-Brief by the 17th and Post Express by the 20th of December.Austrian Post expects – as last year – up to one million or more parcels per…
Read More“Green passport” is most popular iPhone app of the year
Every year, Apple publishes its list of the most popular apps of the year. However, popularity is not to be equated with user ratings, but with the number of downloads. Unsurprisingly, pandemic dominates the apps charts in Austria. In first place among the free apps for the iPhone was the “Grüner Pass” app, while on the iPad Zoom dusted off first place. The unattractive cell phone signature, which is required for various online official procedures, but also for logging in to the electronic vaccination certificate, also managed a top ranking…
Read MoreStart for Corona vaccinations at Vienna elementary schools
On Thursday, the first Corona vaccinations started at four pilot elementary schools in Vienna.Schoolchildren in Vienna received Corona vaccinations at pilot elementary schools on Thursday, a week after Biontech/Pfizer’s vaccine was approved for children five years and older. At the Ganztagsvolksschule (GTVS) Steinlechnergasse in Vienna’s Hietzing district, 125 students received their first Corona vaccination on Thursday. They will receive the second sting on December 23, 2021. The school is one of eight other Viennese schools where the pilot project of the voluntary vaccination campaign, which is implemented by the Municipal…
Read MoreNew data on the effectiveness of the third vaccination
Covid-19 vaccine partially prevents SARS-CoV-2 infections, but is particularly effective in preventing severe illness during the pandemic. A new Israeli study now demonstrates the large effect on SARS-CoV-2 infections after a third partial vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Incidence decreases by 86 percent. For symptomatic Covid-19 infections, the mRNA vaccine was 95 percent effective, according to the large efficacy trial that led to approval by the FDA (U.S.) and EMA (EU) drug regulators. However, according to Tal Patalon (Maccabi Healthcare Services Tel Aviv) in the Journal of the American Medical…
Read MoreEMA launches accelerated approval review of Valneva vaccine
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced Thursday it is launching an accelerated review process for approval of the Covid 19 vaccine from Austrian-French biotechnology company Valneva. The EU already ordered up to 60 million Corona vaccine doses from Valneva several weeks ago. When a decision on the inactivated vaccine will be made is still open, he said. Valneva’s inactivated vaccine contains killed components of the coronavirus for immunization. As such, it uses similar technology to traditional flu vaccines and is said to be able to be stored in normal refrigerators.…
Read MoreViennese vaccination campaign for homeless and uninsured people
The neunerhaus health center in Vienna’s Margareten district — Margaretenstraße 166/1, 1050 Vienna – is offering vaccinations for homeless, homeless and uninsured people in December. On December 6 and 13, people there will receive the basic immunization or a booster vaccination with the vaccine from Biontech/Pfizer and, if desired, also the flu vaccination, according to a release. This campaign is supported by the City of Vienna and the Red Cross. Already in May 2021, 250 people were immunized over two days. In total, almost 750 homeless and uninsured people have…
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