Category: Austrian News

In Austria, booster vaccination against Covid-19 – the fourth prick – is recommended for people as young as 60. The National Immunization Panel (NIG) lowered the age limit from the previous 65 years in its recommendation for use, updated Wednesday. Also, risk persons starting from twelve years are recommended the booster. From the end of August, this should additionally be possible with Valneva’s inactivated vaccine, according to the Ministry of Health. The change in the four-vaccination schedule follows the approach of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Centre…

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From Tuesday to Wednesday, 6,992 new infections were registered in Austria. The number is below the 7-day average of 5,696 infections. The 7-day incidence drops to 447.94. This brings the number of active Corona cases down to 78,297. Sixty-six thousand two hundred seventy-three new PCR tests were made in the past 24 hours. This results in a positive rate of 10.55 percent. In addition, there are 16 new deaths. This means that 19,231 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died across Austria. There are currently 1,420 patients receiving treatment in the…

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Fifteen new deaths were reported in association with Covid 19 infection. From Monday to Tuesday, 5,675 new infections were registered in Austria. The number is below the 7-day average of 5,908 infections. The 7-day incidence drops to 464.60. This brings the number of active Corona cases down to 78,904. Eighty-nine thousand five hundred ninety-two new PCR tests were made in the past 24 hours. This results in a positive rate of 6.33 percent. There are also 15 new deaths. This means that 19,215 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died across…

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In the past 24 hours (as of 9:30 a.m. Monday), 3523 new Corona infections have been recorded in Austria; fewer were last recorded on June 8. A week ago, 4205 new cases were reported. Another patient infected with Corona died. The number of patients in hospitals increased sharply. 69 Corona patients were newly admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours. The new infections in the provinces: Vienna: 995Lower Austria: 878Upper Austria: 456Styria: 314Carinthia: 257Tyrol: 210Salzburg: 188Burgenland: 149Vorarlberg: 76 source: sozialministerium.at

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The Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) expects warm but hardly hot summer weather for the coming week. Vienna weather in detailTowards the middle of the week, the sun will shine more and more, and towards the weekend, temperatures of 30 degrees and slightly above will be in sight. Up to 28 degrees possible on MondayOn Monday, the morning will be regionally cloudy with weak low-pressure influence in the south and prone to showers. With rising air pressure, the weather will calm down from the north; last showers are…

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From Saturday to Sunday, 4,751 new infections were registered in Austria. The number is below the 7-day average of 6,143 infections. The 7-day incidence drops to 483.08. This brings the number of active Corona cases down to 85,995. Forty-two thousand one hundred thirty-five new PCR tests were made in the past 24 hours. This results in a positive rate of 11.28 percent. In addition, there are five new deaths. This means that 19,199 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died across Austria. New infections in the provincesVienna: 1,658Lower Austria: 1.044Upper Austria:…

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This brings the number of active Corona cases down to 85,380. Fifty-six thousand thirty-three new PCR tests were made in the past 24 hours. This results in a positive rate of 10.62 percent. There are also 17 new deaths. This means that 19,194 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died across Austria. There are currently 1,461 people receiving treatment in hospitals. There are 73 patients in intensive care units. New infections in the provincesVienna: 1,843Lower Austria: 1,292Styria: 798Upper Austria: 768Carinthia: 345Tyrol: 306Salzburg: 292Burgenland: 201Vorarlberg: 108 source: sozialministerium.at

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Around 42,000 Viennese will be paid an energy cost lump sum of 200 euros to cushion the current inflation and rising energy prices. Vienna puts together a package to combat high energy costs Energy prices: Here, there is a reliefRecently, the energy cost lump sum of 200 euros against inflation has already received about 192,000 people with minimum security, housing assistance, or an unemployment benefit in Vienna. Compensatory allowance recipients in Vienna receive 200 euros for inflationThirteen thousand single parents with Mindestsicherungs- or Wohnbeihilfebezug would have already received a further…

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An estimated 70 percent of the population was immune to infection with the subtypes of the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen (BA.2 and BA.4/5) that dominate in Austria, according to a model calculation by simulation researchers at the beginning of August. Such high levels were last seen in the monthly “Model-Based Estimate of Immunization Levels” between March and May. There would be question marks behind future estimates because of changes in the pandemic data. The team led by Martin Bicher of the Vienna University of Technology (TU) and dwh,…

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