Corona: Significantly more mental illnesses worldwide

Study: The pandemic challenges many people. Increasing depression and anxiety disorders are the result. The number of mental illnesses has increased tremendously worldwide due to the Corona pandemic. In Covid year 2020, there were about 53 million additional cases of major depressive disorder and 76 million additional cases of anxiety disorder attributable to the viral crisis, according to a recent estimate. That would represent a global increase of 28 percent and 26 percent, respectively, warn researchers from Australia’s University of Queensland and the University of Washington in the journal The…

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1,868 new infections in Austria

From Friday to Saturday, 1,868 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. There are also six new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic’s death toll in Austria to 11,090 so far. The number of active cases is down by 383 to 20,266, with a seven-day incidence of 147.88. There are currently 831 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, down 15 from the previous day. 219 patients are in an intensive care unit – that is two less than the day before. In the…

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Vienna police seek recruits with immigrant backgrounds

Every year, the police are looking for around 600 new recruits in Vienna alone. Since 2007, the Vienna Police have been making a targeted effort to recruit Viennese with a migration background for police work.Yesterday, Deputy Mayor and City Councillor for Integration Christoph Wiederkehr attended the “Vienna needs you!” event at the Amtshaus Floridsdorf. “Vienna is a city of diversity and we want to reflect this diversity in all areas of life. The long-standing and successful cooperation between the city and the Vienna Police is a showcase project for this.…

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Booster vaccines: New data support high efficacy

After data from Israel had already suggested effectiveness among over-60s, the same could now be shown for all age groups. In Israel, as is well known, administration of the Corona booster vaccines began comparatively early. They also rolled out the booster vaccines to the entire population (over-12s) before any other country. A corresponding amount of data is now available there on the effectiveness of the third-party vaccinations. On Thursday, a group of researchers led by biologist Yinon M. Bar-On of the Weizmann Institute of Science now published results for the…

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Nobel Peace Prize goes to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize this year goes to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia. Journalist Maria Ressa of the Philippines and journalist Dmitry Muratov of Russia will be awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for protecting freedom of expression. The Norwegian Nobel Committee made the announcement Friday in Oslo. They would be honored “for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.” At the same time, both are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a…

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Austrian President Van der Bellen deplores tone of disrespect against state institutions

Because of the accusations against Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s President Alexander Van der Bellen sees the government’s ability to act in question. The chancellor sees things differently – and wants to remain in office. Austria’s Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen has reminded the parties of their responsibility in terms of state policy in the current government crisis. “In this phase, it is important that all acting persons think first and foremost of the good of Austria,” Van der Bellen said in a televised speech on Friday. “Party interests must be…

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Friday: 1,878 new infections in Austria

From Thursday to Friday, 1,878 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. In addition, there are twelve new deaths related to Covid-19 infection to report, so the pandemic has claimed 11,084 lives in Austria so far. The number of active cases is up 79 to 20,649, with a seven-day incidence of 142.80. There are currently 846 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, down five from the previous day. 221 patients are in intensive care – four fewer than the day before. In the past 24 hours, 137,390 PCR…

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Philippine elections: Overseas Voter’s Registration- Extended until 14 October 2021

Under Republic Act No. 9189 as amended by Republic Act No. 10590, all citizens of the Philippines abroad, who are not disqualified by law, at least eighteen (18) years of age on 09 May 2022, and who are registered overseas voters, may vote in the National and Local Elections on 09 May 2022. All qualified Filipino citizens who are not registered overseas voters may file their applications for registration at the nearest Embassy/Consulate or other registration center authorized by the Commission on Elections. The Philippine Embassy in Vienna is open for…

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Weather turns autumnal and cool – but with sunshine

According to the forecast of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) on Thursday, one must partly expect night frost. The details: In Vienna it will be sunny at the weekendFriday will start mainly around the main ridge of the Alps and also from East Tyrol to Burgenland with numerous residual clouds of the night. In the northern part of the Alps between the Tyrolean lowlands and the Mostviertel, a few raindrops will fall. The snow line will be between 1,700 and 2,100 meters above sea level. These remaining…

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