Category: Austrian News

All trains are at a standstill because the union wants them. An all-day strike paralyzes all rail traffic in Austria today. At 11:07 a.m. yesterday, talks on a new collective rail agreement broke. Employers offered an increase of 8.44 percent, but the union refused, and 50,000 railroad workers have been on strike since midnight. Meaning: Nothing works until 0 o’clock today. All regional trains of ÖBB and Westbahn are canceled. Train traffic on the entire ÖBB rail network has been suspended because the dispatchers are not working. In the Verkehrsverbund…

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At the beginning of the year, the “CO2 tax” will increase, which will also affect the gas pumps. This is how expensive full refueling with gasoline and diesel will be. There is no escape anymore. If it was only with the introduction of the “CO2 tax” in October that fuel prices have already climbed by 9.9 cents (diesel) and 8.6 cents (gasoline) per liter, prices at the pumps are already rising again as of January 1. A curious phenomenon occurs: record inflation causes fuel prices to rise less than feared.…

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According to AGES, the number of new Corona infections registered in Austria on Thursday is below the 5,000 mark. Fewer than 1,000 infected people were in the hospital on Friday morning. According to the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), 4,136 new Corona infections were registered in Austria on Thursday. This is in line with the average of 4,089 cases over the past seven days. There were 942 infected people in the hospital on Friday morning – four fewer than the previous day but eight more than a week…

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A 2,000-euro nursing bonus was already decided in October and will be paid out this year in December. For 2023, the bonus will be transferred 14 times with the monthly salary payments. Employees in care professions can look forward to an additional Christmas bonus this year. The care bonus, already decided in October, is to be paid out as early as December. Although the amount includes non-wage labor costs and must be taxed according to the income tax scale, it should provide additional financial relief for this occupational group. Full-time…

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According to the Corona forecast, there could be an increase in infection numbers in the coming days. In addition to seasonal effects, the spread of new variants also plays a role. The Corona hospital situation is expected to remain stable over the next two weeks. In terms of infection numbers, the Covid forecasting consortium believes a general “trend reversal to increasing numbers” is possible within the next seven days, according to the model calculator update released Wednesday. Corona forecast: hospital numbers stable, infection increase possibleThere has already been a slight…

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Despite their unwieldy names, Corona variants BA.5+R346TandBQ.1 could soon dominate everything – and drive up case numbers. After weeks of decline, the numbers of new coronavirus infections detected daily appear to have bottomed out. “Most age groups continue to show stagnation in reported case numbers,” the Covid Prognosis Consortium reported in its latest report Tuesday. The only exception is among 5- to 14-year-olds. But that is not likely to remain the case. Both the reported positive tests and the wastewater signal currently show a tendency to increase in some states.…

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There were 4,311 new Corona infections reported in Austria on Tuesday, according to figures from the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES). The number of new Corona infections reported is above the seven-day average of 3,907 new cases. The seven-day incidence was 303 cases per 100,000 population. There are currently 38,824 laboratory-confirmed active cases in Austria, up 1,609 from Monday. 867 Corona patients in Austria’s hospitals.As of Tuesday morning, there are 867 infected patients in the hospital, eleven more than on the previous day. Within a week, there was…

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Fewer and fewer people in Austria are following the National Immunization Panel (NIG) recommendations on Corona vaccination, according to data published by the Ministry of Health. According to the data, only over half are vaccinated, according to the expert recommendation. That is 817,000 fewer people than in July. The Ministry of Health now intends to discontinue the corresponding statistics and publish only the number of vaccine doses administered. Corona vaccination via NIG recommendationSince the end of June, the Ministry of Health has been publishing online how many people are following…

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Anyone who suddenly loses consciousness while socializing in a bar, at a party, or a celebration in their private surroundings may have had so-called knockout drops mixed into their drink.Women, particularly, are affected, and the numbers have risen recently. The City of Vienna is now launching an information campaign to raise awareness of the danger and to provide information on what to do if a suspected case has occurred. “Nothing is OK with knockout drops”.Victims often lack memory for a few hours. They sometimes wake up in strange places; missing…

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