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The 1-2-3-Ticket, which is planned to be introduced nationwide this year, will be 25 percent cheaper for all persons under 26 years of age. The Austria stage of the ticket gives it for young humans around 821 euro, announced environment and traffic minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) on Friday in a dispatch. With the 1-2-3 ticket the public traffic in Austria is to become predominantly more favorable. For the full price of 1,095 may then use all public transport in the country. Gewessler had met with representatives of the Austrian Student…

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Non-essential travel to Tyrol is advised not to do so. People who have been in Tyrol in the last two weeks should be tested. The federal government is tightening its rules in connection with the South African variant of the coronavirus that is rampant in Tyrol. On Monday, the federal government issued a de facto travel warning for the state. Non-essential travel to Tyrol should be refrained from, it said in a statement. In addition, the federal government urged all those who have been in Tyrol in the past two…

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Over 500 pharmacies in Austria are offering free rapid antigen tests as of today, 79 of them in Vienna. Registration is required. The website of the Chamber of Pharmacists was temporarily overloaded. A pharmacist in Vienna-Donaustadt reported, “Our appointments are booked up to three weeks.” “It’s pretty much going around,” confirmed a spokesperson for the Chamber of Pharmacists. He said the chamber is registering “extreme demand.” The pilot project, which started at the same time as steps to relax the coronavirus measures, is being gradually expanded. So far, about one…

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As of today, Monday, some of the students are allowed back to school classes. The first school day since Christmas began for all of them with the rapid test, which can be done in a few minutes. After all, reports the Vienna Education Directorate, there were 31 students for whom the rapid test showed a positive result: 13 of them in elementary schools, three in middle schools, seven in AHS and two in BMHS, plus one positive result each in a special school and with a special education teacher. Actually,…

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A new corona mutation is harder for the immune system to catch, but it weakens disease progression. However, new vaccine variants may be needed. The E484K mutation, which has now also emerged in the United Kingdom, strengthens the coronavirus against defense mechanisms in the body, according to virologist Alexander Kekule. “The virus escapes the immune system more easily,” the Halle-Wittenberg University professor said Wednesday. Like other mutations, the mutation affects the so-called spike protein, which gives the coronavirus its crown-like shape. E484K: Antibodies less effectiveAntibodies, however, are significantly less effective…

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