Category: Austrian News

The highly contagious Omicron subline XBB.1.5 is already dominating the infection scene in the USA. The first cases appeared in Austria. Before the Christmas vacations and the turn of the year, the omicron subvariants BQ.1, BQ.1.1 and BQ.1.1.10 took the lead in the coronavirus race in Austria. But that could quickly change again: since mid-December, the corona variant XBB.1.5 has dominated in the northeastern U.S., and its share is already increasing in other parts of the Americas. According to expert estimates, the Omicron subline could also spread in Europe in…

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Corona numbers in Austria remain stable but are falling again. Most recently, however, recoveries declined significantly, and hospital numbers increased. So far, the new year has brought 2,685 new Corona cases on Sunday, 1,257 reported infections on Monday, just over 3,000 infections on Tuesday, 3,710 new infections on Wednesday, 3,159 new diseases on Thursday and 2,903 new viral cases on Friday. According to “heute.at” information on Saturday, there are currently 1,492 new Corona cases in the latest 24 hours. There are also two Corona deaths and 2,259 recoveries reported. A…

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Warm temperatures come to an abrupt end on Sunday. Instead, the high fog now finds its way back – the snow is also coming back. From Sunday afternoon and on Monday, a weakly active front of an Atlantic low and an Italian low slowly starting to form will again provide unsettled weather, according to the experts at the UBIMET weather center. Temperatures drop somewhat but remain above the seasonal average. On Sunday, clouds predominate, and tenacious high fog patches persist away from the Alps. The sun can be seen most…

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Exactly 6,746,702 people in Austria have received at least one Corona vaccination, or nearly three-quarters of the total population (74.2 percent). “Vaccination has prevented thousands of deaths in Austria and spared tens of thousands of people serious illness. The benefit exceeds the risk many times over,” Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) stressed Thursday. 20 million Corona vaccinations administered in Austria5.1 million people (56.2 percent) have completed their primary immunization of three vaccinations against the coronavirus, and 1.6 million have also been boostered with at least one additional sting. Among at-risk…

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With this season’s flu epidemic starting early and rampant with significant numbers of infections, there’s still no all-clear after the new year. The Center for Virology at MedUni Vienna, the domestic reference laboratory for influenza viruses, said on Wednesday that “influenza virus activity in Austria remains high.” Due to the vacations, there were fewer sample submissions, but the positive rate of influenza detection last week was 52 percent. The flu reporting service of the city of Vienna estimated flu infections and “real flu” (influenza) in the federal capital at a…

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The Covid forecasting consortium expects a slight downward trend in hospitals and infections in the first update after Christmas and New Year holidays. In two weeks, 795 to 1,300 infected people are expected in regular wards, with a mean of 1,016 affected, down from 1,138 Tuesday. According to the forecast released Wednesday, intensive care beds should remain “more or less constant” at around 60 occupied beds. Regarding case numbers, trends from wastewater monitoring and officially reported positive tests also point to a slight downward trend, explained model calculators from TU…

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On Wednesday, 3,710 new Corona infections were reported. Hospitals currently have 1,203 patients infected with the coronavirus. Forecast: corona infections to decline slightlyOn average, 3,494 positive Corona tests were added daily last week, according to the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES). The number of new Corona infections reported on Wednesday is above this average. For Tuesday, 3,710 new infections were reported nationwide. There were 1,203 infected patients in the hospital on Wednesday morning, including intensive care units – the same number in normal wards as the previous day…

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Those who like to travel to Italy by train might be interested: ÖBB will offer a seasonal Nightjet connection to Ancona next summer. This means that Rimini, Riccione and Cattolica can be reached directly overnight by Nightjet for summer vacation. The connection will be offered from Vienna and Munich from June 10 to September 9, 2023, ÖBB announced. ÖBB Nightjet will run from Vienna to Ancona via RiminiNJ 40233 will run from Vienna via Bruck/Mur, Klagenfurt, Tarvis, Bologna, Rimini, Riccione, Cattolica and Pesaro to Ancona. The NJ 295 runs from…

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Since the turn of the year, all plastic packaging throughout Austria has been collected in yellow bags or garbage cans. Here’s how it works. In the past, plastic packaging waste was collected differently in the respective federal states. As of January 1, there is a uniform recycling regulation throughout Austria. More plastic packaging waste may now go into the “yellow garbage can” or the “yellow bag.” An increase in the collection of at least 20 percent is expected. The responsible MA 48 expects higher waste quantities in the yellow garbage…

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