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Austrian Chancellor Schallenberg consults with countries over rising infection numbers

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Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ร–VP) has invited the provincial governors for Friday to a virtual consultation because of the sharp rise in new corona infections. Already on Wednesday, there had been a meeting in the Chancellor’s Office for this purpose with the chairman of the Conference of Provincial Governors, Tyrol’s Governor Gรผnther Platter (ร–VP). On Wednesday, there had again been a significant increase in new infections, with a total of 3,727 cases reported. Schallenberg is “concerned” about this development, as it said in a written statement. Despite the now-fixed 3G rule…

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45.9% of the Viennese have migration background

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20 years ago the percentage of foreigners in Vienna was 17 percent, today it is already 37 percent! Integration as a Herculean task! The new data collected by Statistics Austria from the Austrian Integration Fund (ร–IF) speak a clear language: almost half (45.9%) of the Viennese already had a migration background in 2019, which is almost twice as many as the Austrian average (23.7%). 36.7% of Viennese (19.8% Austria-wide) were born abroad. Looking at this exact figure of 701,700 immigrant Viennese, those born in Serbia make up its largest group…

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The number of corona infections in the United Kingdom, Netherland and Russia has risen to its highest level

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The number of corona deaths in the United Kingdom has risen to its highest level since March. The UK Statistics Authority reported 223 deaths on Tuesday (Oct. 19), according to the German Press Agency. So far, the British government is not considering reintroducing corona restrictions. In England, mandatory masking indoors or proof-of-vaccination or testing rules have been the exception since “Freedom Day” in July. Nearly 79 percent of vaccine-eligible citizens aged 12 and older are fully vaccinated. Following relaxations of Corona measures, the Netherlands has seen a sharp increase in…

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Virologist: Corona numbers will rise, but no big flu wave

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Oliver Keppler, head of virology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitรคt in Munich, expects a significant increase in the number of infections in the fall and winter.The increase in corona infections, which has been mild at best so far this fall, is expected to accelerate considerably in the coming months. This is predicted by Oliver Keppler, head of virology at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. “In the fall and winter ahead, we have to assume a significant intensification of the incidence of infection. Our lives are shifting inward,” the scientist told Deutsche Presse-Agentur. The…

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Facebook plans name change

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The world’s largest social network Facebook is planning to rename itself, according to a media report. Company CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to unveil the new brand name at the latest at the annual Connect conference on October 28, US tech portal and media network The Verge wrote, citing a person familiar with the matter. The new brand design has to do with the new focus on creating a “metaverse,” it said.Facebook understands “metaverse” to mean a world in which physical reality merges with augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR)…

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A cold front brings a change in weather in Austria on Thursday

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With a strong southwesterly flow, temperatures in the Alpine region will rise noticeably again on Wednesday, with isolated temperatures of up to 25 degrees to be expected on the northern side of the Alps. On Thursday, Austria will come under the influence of a marginal low, which will lead to the first storm of the autumn in Germany. According to the experts of the Austrian Severe Weather Center (www.uwz.at), we will remain largely unaffected by the storm, but its cold front will bring a lasting change to cool weather. Southern…

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Netflix: Growth thanks to hits like “Squid Game

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Thanks to series hits such as “Money Heist,” “Sex Education” and “Squid Game,” the streaming market leader Netflix has again recorded increased user growth in the summer. In the third quarter, the global number of subscribers increased by 4.4 million to just under 214 million, as the company announced yesterday after the U.S. stock exchange closed in Los Gatos. Netflix thus clearly exceeded its own forecast of 3.5 million new customers. The share initially reacted with slight price increases after trading hours. The financial results were also impressive. Net income…

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“Delta Plus” spreads in Great Britain

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A new Delta variant of the coronavirus is slowly spreading in the UK. “Delta Plus” is responsible for about ten percent of all Covid 19 cases, according to recent analysis – whether it is more contagious than the original Delta variant is still unclear. Delta Plus is called by its scientifically correct name AY.4.2, the subvariant was first detected in India and is a descendant of the Delta variant (B.1.167.2) that has dominated for many months. It differs from it by two mutations in the spike protein, which the virus…

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This is why some people are immune to Covid

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The world’s largest Covid research consortium, the “COVID human genetic effort” (COVIDhge), is on the trail of genes that could condition natural immunity to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Ivan Tancevski, a lung specialist from Tyrol, is part of the alliance and is also conducting his own studies on this at MedUni Innsbruck. The researchers are now aiming to develop a therapy to treat infected patients, Tancevski told APA. Genetic mutation offers protection against corona“Genetic predispositions can cause some protection against infectious diseases,” explained Tancevski, who is at the University Department of…

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