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Reward for correct waste separation in Vienna

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A waste recycle app has been introduced in Vienna. The waste management in Vienna found out that too many plastic bottles and aluminum cans still end up in the residual waste. The RecycleMich app aims to change that. The pilot test has now been launched in Vienna. The introduction of the RecycleMich app is intended to increase the efficiency of the collection structure and at the same time strengthen consumers’ separation behavior. The way the app works is quite simple: it makes it easy to find the nearest garbage can…

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COVID 19 Situation in Austria: When, which measures apply in which region

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▶ In districts with 7-day incidence above 400, immediate measures to prevent further spread will be taken in the future. Restrictions will apply to entries into Austria and testing offers will be further expanded. In its Friday Edition, KRONE.AT presents the present CORONA TRAFFIC LIGHT in Austria. BLUE – EXIT TEST NEEDED Green – VORALRBERG Since March 15, there are opening steps here. In compliance with the respective measures are possible indoors and outdoors:▶ Gastronomy & culture (with entrance tests).▶ Extracurricular youth education and youth work (indoors with tests).▶ Sports…

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Tests to start with Corona vaccine in tablet form

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Already in June, the vaccination of the company Oravax is to be tested in a clinical trial. A new Corona vaccine, administered in tablet form, could make the fight against the pandemic much easier. The pharmaceutical company Oravax, a joint venture between the Israeli-American company Oramed and the Indian company Premas Biotech, plans to start clinical trials in humans as early as June. This “2nd generation” of Corona vaccines could make it much easier to contain the virus. Many advantages over injectionThe advantages over vaccination via injection are obvious. The…

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AstraZeneca vaccine highly effective despite insufficient data

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The British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca sees the high efficacy of its Corona vaccine confirmed by now updated data, but had to correct it downward. The vaccine protects against Covid-19 with an efficacy of 76 percent – not 79 percent – the company announced Thursday morning, citing further data from a so-called Phase III study involving about 32,500 subjects. In people over 65, the figure was 85 percent, it said. This means that among the elderly subjects of a vaccinated group 85 percent less disease occurred than among those of a…

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East lockdown will have to be extended, experts say

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According to some health care experts, the Eastern Lockdown announced on Wednesday will probably not be enough to bring about a real turnaround in the overburdened intensive care units. That’s because it comes too late and is too short, virologists and epidemiologists as reported by the Austrian Press Agency (APA) on Thrusday. APA reports that the epidemiologist Gerald Gartlehner criticized the measures in the east for coming too late and lasting too short. Gartlehner assumes that after the Easter lockdown from April 1 to 6, we will seamlessly transition to…

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62 million EU citizens vaccinated at least once so far

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Of the nearly 450 million EU citizens, 62 million have now been vaccinated at least once against the coronavirus. 18.2 million people have received their second dose. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented the figures today at the EU summit. The EU countries have received around 88 million vaccine doses from the pharmaceutical companies so far. At the same time, 77 million doses have been exported from the EU since December 1. Of the exports, the U.K. alone received 21 million doses, including one million from manufacturer AstraZeneca…

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Entry to Slovenia now only with PCR test

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Slovenia is changing its coronavirus entry regulations: Starting tomorrow, entry from risk areas will only be possible with a negative PCR test, Health Minister Janez Poklukar said today. Until now, it was also possible to enter with a rapid test result. The PCR test must not be older than 48 hours. The Slovenian list of risk areas currently includes all Austrian provinces except Vorarlberg. Without a negative PCR test, entrants must be quarantined for ten days. Fully vaccinated persons can avoid the quarantine obligation, for which they must present proof.…

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Easter lockdown in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland: all measures in detail

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From April 1 to 6, Corona measures will be tightened in the provinces of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. All regulations of the Easter lockdown in Eastern Austria at a glance. Eastern Austria goes into Easter lockdownThe federal government agreed Wednesday evening with the three eastern provinces of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland on stricter measures to contain the Corona pandemic. The details of the tightening measures announced by state governors Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP), Michael Ludwig and Hans Peter Doskozil (both SPÖ) together with Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Grüne): Exit…

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Hungary hit hard by COVID 19 third wave

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The third wave in Hungary has again brought a peak number of CoV deaths. Thus, 272 people died in the past 24 hours in connection with the virus, bringing the death toll to 19,224. At the same time, 9,637 new infections were recorded. 11,760 people were hospitalized with CoV infection, and 1,467 required artificial respiration. Chancellery Minister Gergely Gulyas said at a press conference in Budapest today that there could be no relaxation until at least 2.5 million citizens have been vaccinated. So far, 1.7 million have been vaccinated at…

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