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Austria: Current situation in intensive care units

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 admin

On Monday, 753 Covid 19 patients had to be treated in hospitals. Of them, 191 people long in intensive care units. From Wednesday, the new staged plan for the new Corona protection measures will apply, these will then take effect depending on the utilization of the intensive care units. The measures will come into force seven days after the limit values are exceeded. Federal states can tighten beyond that on their own authority. The number of Corona patients has been rising again for days. On Monday, there were 753 patients…

Pope visits Roma shanty town in Slovakia

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 admin

On the third day of his Slovakia trip, Pope Francis will visit a Roma housing estate in the second largest city of Kosice (Kashov) on Tuesday afternoon. Between 5,000 and 6,000 people of the Roma ethnic group live in the prefabricated housing estate Lunik IX, which is known for its poor housing and living conditions. The appointment is typical of Francis’ agenda – a meeting with people who live on the margins of society. But the fact that the head of the Catholic Church is visiting the Roma quarter, of…

1,543 new infections in Austria

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 admin

21,253 active cases. In addition, one death related to Covid-19 was registered. In Austria, 1,543 new infections with coronavirus were registered within 24 hours from Sunday to Monday. This means that the 7-day incidence is currently 157.99. In addition, another death related to Covid has been reported. By far the most cases are currently registered in Vienna. Here, the 7-day incidence is already 216, well above the Austrian average. The fewest cases are officially in Carinthia (7-day incidence is 75.18). Currently, 753 people are in hospital treatment due to the…

Tomorrow comes the new iPhone

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 admin

On Tuesday at 7 p.m. Apple will present online the new iPhones. The most important day of the year for Apple fans is coming up: on Tuesday, the US company will unveil the next generation of its cult smartphone.As usual, Apple has not published any information in advance – not even the probable name iPhone 13 has been confirmed. However, there has been intense speculation in the rumor mill for weeks. The insider details: Four models. Like its predecessor, the iPhone 13 is likely to come in four different models:…

Late summer weather remains at the start of the week

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 admin

According to the ZAMG forecast on Sunday, the week will start with sunshine on Monday, but the weather will become more unsettled as the week progresses. Today, MondayIt remains warm and most of the time the sun shines. Again, however, it is not constant. For a few hours, fog or high fog may persist in places, as in Upper and Lower Austria and in some Alpine valleys. Clouds are also present from time to time and it may also rain briefly. Thus, showers are possible in some areas over midday…

Italy starts with third vaccination

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 admin

Italy starts third dose of vaccination against coronavirus. Lazio in central Italy, with Rome as its capital, will be the first Italian region to immunize immunocompromised patients and people considered particularly susceptible. “Starting next week, we will begin vaccinating transplant patients. We will continue to safeguard human lives and the future,” Lazio regional president Nicola Zingaretti said via Facebook on Sunday. In September, Italy plans to start with people such as oncology and transplant patients and then vaccinate people over the age of 80, nursing home residents and health care…

1,857 new corona infections in Austria

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 admin

In Austria, 1,857 new infections with the coronavirus were reported on Sunday. That’s fewer than the numbers above the 2,000 mark in each of the past few days, but the 1,774 corona infections reported last Sunday were already the highest number on that day since April. Ten people have been hospitalized for corona infection in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 700 patients,184 of whom are intensive care patients. In intensive care beds, the increase since yesterday, Saturday, is thus six people. Two more deaths related to Covid…

Austrian Virologist calls for nationwide antibody study

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 admin

New findings could be generated nationwide with an antibody study without much effort: testing 5,000 people at representative locations would already be enough, said Innsbruck virologist Dorothee Von Laer in an interview in the Sunday edition of the Tiroler Tageszeitung. “Studies on this are currently underway, and it will be possible to set a clear threshold, as with hepatitis B, for example, above which one is considered protected,” she explained. Previous studies have found “that from the World Health Organization (WHO) standardized antibody level of 100 BAU/ml (Binding Antibody Units),…

EJ Obiena sets new Asian record, wins gold in Austria

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 admin

THE BEST ASIAN POLE VAULTER IN THE WORLD IS A FILIPINO Obiena cleared 5.93m in his gold medal foray in the 17th International Golden Roof Challenge in Innsbruck, Austria Saturday evening (Sunday morning Philippine time). With the gold already in the bag after soaring to 5.80m, the Filipino world No. 5 kept going en route to setting a new Asian pole vault record with a 5.93m clearance on his third and last try. That mark surpassed the almost quarter-century old record of Kazakhstan’s Igor Potapovich, who cleared 5.92m in 1992.…