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Weather calms down next week

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Time for optimism: After the heavy rain and thunderstorms of the weekend, the weather will gradually calm down in the coming week. With rising air pressure, it will be drier and somewhat warmer again, predicted the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) on Sunday. The maximum temperatures will reach 30 degrees from Monday to Friday. Local showers or thunderstorms are also possible in the next few days. On Monday, the weather will be sunny and dry in the far west and generally south of the main Alpine ridge, in…

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New treatment options for Covid-19

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Researchers have succeeded in stopping the proliferation of coronavirus in an infected cell. A possible success in the therapy of patients. Australian scientists have succeeded in stopping the replication of the coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 in an infected cell using a method based on the gene scissors Crispr . This is the result of a study published on Tuesday in the scientific journal “Nature Communications”. In the long term, this could enable better treatment of Covid-19 patients, according to the team led by Sharon Lewin of Australia’s Peter Doherty Institute for Infection…

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Thunderstorms in Austria: easing in the west, intensification in the east

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No all-clear in several provinces, Hallein in Salzburg hit hard by floods. Thunderstorms and heavy rain in a short time have caused severe devastation on Saturday and in the night to Sunday also in Austria. Hallein was particularly affected yesterday. In Salzburg’s district capital, a disaster alert was issued late in the evening because the Kothbach stream had burst its banks, leaving a trail of devastation through the old town. Civil defense alerts were also issued in Mittersill in Pinzgau as well as in Kufstein in Tyrol – in Kufstein…

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Popular vacation destination in lockdown again

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The Greek government imposed a nighttime curfew on Saturday – completely unexpectedly – but only for one island: Mykonos. In many places, Corona numbers are rising rapidly again due to the Delta variant – and Greece is no exception. Now the Greek government has – completely surprisingly – imposed a night curfew, but only for one island: Mykonos. In addition to rising infection rates – most recently, the 7-day incidence rose to 400 – there was reportedly a disregard for Corona rules in bars here. Now the government is relenting.…

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Four million people fully immunized

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Corona numbers dropped in Austria on Sunday compared to the previous day. Accordingly, in the past 24 hours, 323 new infections were reported as of 9:30 a.m., according to the Ministry of Interior and Health (Saturday: 411). Last Sunday, however, only 159 infections were registered for comparison. The seven-day incidence was 23.8 cases per 100,000 population. Vaccinations exceeded the four-million mark of fully immunized individuals. Mückstein: “Important intermediate stage in vaccination”“Four million people in Austria are now fully immunized and thus well protected against the delta variant. We have reached…

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323 new infections in Austria

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Overall, as of Sunday, there were 3433 active cases in Austria, 171 more than on Saturday. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, 639,573 people have recovered; within the past 24 hours, 151 were considered healthy again. One death has occurred since the previous day, with a seven-day average of 0.9 per day. Six deaths have been recorded in the past seven days. Overall, the Covid 19 pandemic has claimed 10,729 lives in Austria since the outbreak. 107 people hospitalizedThere were 107 people hospitalized on Sunday, seven fewer than on Saturday.…

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Vaccination numbers down sharply: 70,470 vaccinations on Saturday

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Vaccination numbers in Austria are currently in sharp decline. 70,470 vaccinations were entered into the e-vaccination record on Saturday. This is a low figure for the end of the working week. Last Friday, there were 88,601 stings, the week before 113,307. The vaccination numbers are generally since the beginning of the previous week sharply declining, the previous peak at all already dates from June 2 with more than 143,000 Corona vaccinations administered. More than 5 million Austrians at least partially vaccinatedIn total, according to the E-vaccination passport data, 5,118,286 people…

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Israel has more than 1,000 new infections again

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The number of new infections reported in Israel within one day has exceeded the 1,000 mark for the first time in four months. The Health Ministry said yesterday that 1,118 new cases had been reported within 24 hours. This is the highest number since mid-March. However, during the peak of the pandemic in January, the number of daily cases in Israel had risen to more than 10,000. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett had said during a consultation Friday that the Delta variant was leading to a global increase in CoV…

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Over 400 cases! Corona numbers continue to rise

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The coronavirus continues to spread in Austria. Thus, there have already been over 400 cases in the last 24 hours. 192 new cases on Monday, 218 on Tuesday, 332 on Wednesday, 306 on Thursday and 341 on yesterday, Friday – the number of new infections in Austria has recently risen again significantly, in the past three days the value was even always above the 300 mark. And also on the weekend, the Corona situation in the country remains tense. As “Heute” learned on Saturday, a total of 411 new infections…

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