From Wednesday to Thursday, there were 282 new infections in Austria. Compared to the previous week (585), that’s a drop of 302 cases. This also brings the 7-day incidence down to 29.95. There were also 457 new recovered cases, so the number of active cases also decreased to 4,476. In addition, there are six deaths related to Covid-19. 381 people are hospitalized due to illness, 128 of whom are in intensive care units. The new infections in the provincesLower Austria: 60Tyrol: 59Vienna: 44Upper Austria: 43Styria: 43Vorarlberg: 31Carinthia: 16Burgenland: 5Salzburg: -19…
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Red Cross offers free antibody test when donating blood
In the warmer summer months, fewer people go to donate blood. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, numerous operations have been postponed and are now being made up for. That is why the Red Cross is looking for blood donors. In Upper Austria, Vienna and Tyrol, blood donors receive a free SARS-CoV-2 antibody test as an incentive. At the blood donation center in Vienna, the campaign is valid until June 30, in Upper Austria the test is available until August 31, and Tyrol has already been offering it to all blood…
Read MorePartial closure of Vienna’s U2 subway line until fall 2023
Since May 31, 2021 the major U2 update started, preparing the existing U2 for operation of the new, fully automated U5 subway line. For this reason, the U2 will only run between Seestadt and Schottentor. Service between Schottentor and Karlsplatz will be discontinued. The reason is the extensive work for the construction of the U2/U5 line interchange. Announcements have been alerting passengers to the impending partial closure for some time now. In the future, the U5 will travel on the section that will soon no longer be in service, connecting…
Read MoreWiener Linien seeks part-time subway drivers
Driving the subway as a part-time job? That’s possible with Wiener Linien. As the public transport network continues to grow and the range of services is constantly being expanded, Wiener Linien is also looking for new colleagues in many areas during the pandemic. In the summer, there will again be places in the much sought-after subway training program for part-time employees. The additional employees are to support “regular” drivers, especially at peak times in the morning and evening and during major events. Part-time subway driver appeals to students“With the part-time…
Read MoreBiontech and Pfizer delivers with slight delay
As announced, the manufacturer Biontech and Pfizer will deliver 2.5 million vaccine doses to Austria in June. However, there are fluctuations within the calendar weeks: Specifically, there is a reduction in deliveries in calendar week 23 and 24 of about twelve percent each, which amounts to about 60,000 fewer doses. In calendar week 25, the forecast is for 120,000 fewer cans, orf.at reported. That is not yet completely safe, as a speaker of health minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) communicated. Should not come already in week 25 nevertheless more doses than…
Read MoreIntensive care units in Chile at the limit
Despite one of the most advanced vaccination programs in the world, hospitals in Chile are reaching their limits due to the coronavirus pandemic. The South American country’s intensive care units are operating at 96.7 percent of capacity, Luis Castillo, the Chilean health system’s critical care commissioner, told Cooperativa radio today. Only 146 intensive care beds were still available in the entire country, he said. That is the highest occupancy rate in Chile’s history, Castillo said. Most of the intensive care patients are people with Covid-19, and the majority have not…
Read MoreNorway donates one million vaccine doses to poorer countries
Norway has donated another million vaccine doses to the Covax immunization program to be given to poorer countries. “There is an urgent need to vaccinate health workers and vulnerable groups in countries with weaker health systems,” Development Minister Dag-Inge Ulstein said today, according to a statement. The program was established in 2020 to provide rapid access to CoV vaccines to all countries in the world. The donation is options Norway purchased through Covax last year. Thus, they are not vaccine doses scheduled in Norway’s vaccination program. WHO: 190 million doses…
Read MoreCoronavirus vaccination schedule: Minors will be vaccinated before school year begins
Over the summer, children and adolescents aged twelve to fifteen are to be broadly vaccinated against the coronavirus, Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) said Wednesday. After the vaccine Comirnaty of BioNTech/Pfizer was approved in Austria also for minors, this is to offer to the pupils before beginning of the new school year starting from autumn a greatest possible protection. 340,000 children and adolescents fall into this group. Mückstein assumes that around 200,000 will take advantage of this offer. The goal is to have “as undisturbed attendance as possible in September”.…
Read MoreCorona variants named after Greek letters
WHO has decided to name the different coronavirus variants after Greek letters in the future. Naming the variants after the country where they were discovered was “stigmatizing and discriminatory,” it said. The different variants of coronavirus should in the future be named after the letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatizing the countries where they first appeared. As the World Health Organization (WHO) announced in Geneva on Monday, this applies to variants that have been classified as “of concern” or “of interest.” The Greek letters are not intended to…
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