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Now up to 24 degrees – but then comes the snow

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 admin

Temperatures rise strongly today and tomorrow. But then a cold front brings a massive drop in temperature. Currently, you can really enjoy the golden autumn in Austria. The temperatures rise on Tuesday and Wednesday over 20 degrees – in some Föhntälern even to 24 degrees. But then comes the next cooling. A cold front will bring snow to many valleys. The forecast in detailToday, Tuesday , the clouds of a warm front will noticeably dim the sunlight in some regions from west to east. Mostly it will remain dry and…

New Zealand reports record number of new infections

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 admin

CoV flagship country New Zealand today reported more new infections than at any time since the pandemic began. However, there were still only 94 cases out of a population of five million. The previous record was 89 new cases in one day, set in April 2020. It is important to remember that we are not powerless. We have the ability to keep case numbers as low as possible,” said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. She urged people to stay home, if possible, to save the lives of others and to get…

Corona vaccine Valneva: high efficacy against delta variant

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 admin

Vaccine maker Valneva on Monday announced encouraging results from its U.K.-based Phase III trial of the Corona vaccine VLA2001. It said the vaccine candidate led to the production of more neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus on average than did AstraZeneca’s comparator vaccine. VLA2001 was also “generally well tolerated,” according to a news release. Valneva is taking a classical approach with its Covid-19 vaccine using inactivated viruses. This approach has been tried and tested for many decades. In this approach, the entire killed virus is presented to the body. Thus,…

Daylight saving time ends on the last weekend in October

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 admin

Daylight Saving Time ends on October 31. Clocks will be turned back to 2 a.m. in Europe at 3 a.m., and thus to standard time. In March 2019, the European Parliament had voted by a large majority in favor of abolishing daylight saving time as of 2021 – or one year later if there are difficulties for the single market. However, a majority of member states must still agree to this for it to become a reality. It is still unclear when the vote will take place, EU Council circles…

Monday: 1,897 new corona infections identified in Austria

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 admin

Austria has recorded 1,897 new Corona infections in the past 24 hours (as of 9:30 a.m. Monday). This is below the average of 2,163 cases over the past seven days. The seven-day incidence was 169.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to figures from the Interior and Health Ministries. As of Monday, there were thus 22,171 active cases in Austria, up 17 from Sunday. There have already been 777,679 confirmed cases in Austria since the pandemic began. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, 744,328 people have recovered; within the past 24…

Opinion: A 3G or 2G certificate does not eradicate uncertainty

October 18, 2021 admin

Whether 3G or 2G – if you want to get in, you have to show your proof. It’s clear enough, but what is supposed to alleviate worries triggers new fears: We need more transparency about our transparency. Since the beginning of the pandemic, fear of illness, fear for others, fear of ruin, fear of people hating each other, fear of a disappearing trust in everything, weariness and tiredness have been alternating. I read everything or nothing at all, suppress, inform myself, realize with astonishment that I am neither a statistician…

Golden Autumn followed by a cold weather- First up to 24 degrees, then comes cold front

October 18, 2021 admin

On Wednesday it will be unusually warm, but the next cold front is already on the doorstep. Golden autumn. The warmest day will be Wednesday and the thermometer can climb to over 20 degrees, even up to 24 degrees, especially along the northern Alps. But according to current forecasts, there will be the next cooling already from Thursday: a cold front from the west will bring clouds and rain showers – the daily maximum temperatures will drop to 12-18 degrees (18 degrees only in the east of the country). The…

Health Minister Mückstein wants to send vaccination letter to all Austrians

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 admin

Health minister appeals how necessary it is to further increase vaccination coverage in Austria. Wolfgang Mückstein announces that to this end he will send out a letter to all Austrians reminding them of the booster vaccination. 6,636 vaccinations have been carried out on Saturday. In total, 5,815,253 people have received at least a partial vaccination, according to the E-vaccination passport data: That’s 65.1 percent of the population. 5,520,291 people, or 61.8 percent of Austrians, are fully basic immunized. 190,328 people have already been vaccinated for the third time. Vaccination booster“Only…

Corona: Delta and Delta Plus evade antibody response

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 admin

Cell culture studies show these variants are better at infecting lung cells and worse at being inhibited by antibodies. The finding came to a German research team in the lab: delta is actually better at penetrating lung cells compared to the virus of origin (the virus that spread during the lead phase of the pandemic). In addition, Delta is better at fusing infected lung cells with uninfected cells. Stefan Pöhlmann and Markus Hoffmann from the German Primate Center (DPZ) in Göttingen wanted to know why the delta variant spreads so…