Category: Austrian News

At 9:00 a.m. Saturday, 5,407 new Corona infections were registered in Austria within 24 hours. This is above the average for the past seven days (4,921). A week ago Saturday, the number was 4,107. There have been seven deaths since yesterday, with a seven-day average of 4.9 daily. There were 527 people in the hospital, up by four from the number reported yesterday. 34 Corona patients were cared for in intensive care units (down two since yesterday). The seven-day incidence was 383.6 cases per 100,000 population. As of Saturday, there…

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The rise in new Corona infections continues to gain momentum due to omicron subvariants BA.4/BA.5. Ministries across Austria reported four thousand nine hundred forty-one new infections. A week earlier, this number was 4,271. The nearly 5,000 new infections are thus above the average of 4,735 over the past seven days. The seven-day incidence reached 369.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The day before, it was 361.7. The number of active cases also continues to skyrocket. Currently, 54,534 people are laboring with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Austria. This is 1,813 more than on…

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Family allowance, cold progression, climate bonus: The government is handing billions to the population. How do the benefits reach the population? Relief package: How citizens get their money in concrete termsHigher family allowances, deductions, indexed social benefits, one-time payments for the needy: The Federal government is bringing billions to the people because of high inflation. Specifically, five billion will be paid out this year; 22 billion will follow in the coming years. But how exactly will the money reach the people? Many details are still open, explains Silvia Rocha-Akis, an…

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The numbers continue to rise: 7,093 new Corona infections were registered in Austria yesterday (as of 9:00 a.m. Thursday). This is above the average for the past seven days (4,639). The seven-day incidence was 361.7 cases per 100,000 population. Five deaths related to the disease officially occurred within 24 hours (seven-day average: 4.7 daily). There were 500 people in the hospital on holiday, down by eleven from the number reported yesterday. Thirty-one people were cared for in intensive care units. This number dropped by three since yesterday and is down…

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From Tuesday to Wednesday, 6,869 new infections were registered in Austria. This is well above the 7-day average of 4,361 infections. The 7-day incidence rises to 342.96. In the past 24 hours, 107,152 new PCR tests were made. This results in a positive rate of 6.41 percent. Currently, there are 49,108 active Corona cases in Austria. In addition, there are nine new deaths. Thus, 18,715 persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died so far throughout Austria. BA.4/BA.5 and travelResponsible for the increase is the omicron subvariant BA.4/BA.5. According to AGES data,…

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Given the enormous inflation, the population is being supported with various measures. Below are the individual points of the relief package in detail. 6 billion packages to combat inflation  Payments to be made this summer The government presented a 6 billion euro anti-inflation package on Tuesday. The package includes short-term measures that will provide immediate relief to the population and long-term structural changes. The measures will be implemented in a three-stage process: In the summer, the first step will be to ease the burden on those most affected by the…

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From Monday to Tuesday, 4,242 new infections were registered in Austria. This is above the 7-day average of 3,878 infections. The 7-day incidence rises to 304.97. Currently, there are 45,914 active corona cases in Austria. In addition, there are seven new deaths. Thus, seven persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died so far throughout Austria. New infections in the provincesVienna: 1,406Lower Austria: 741Upper Austria: 418Vorarlberg: 415Tyrol: 405Styria: 341Salzburg: 289Burgenland: 120Carinthia: 107 sozialministerium.at

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Corona numbers in Austria are rising and rising. Instead of a summer break, there are 2,989 new infections on Sunday, a dramatic development.Corona numbers continue to rise. Virus cases are blatantly taking off, despite significantly fewer tests. Already on Thursday, there was a sharp jump upwards. Five thousand one hundred forty-four positive findings were registered, almost twice as many as in the previous week. On Friday, the trend continued. Four thousand two hundred seventy-one positive results were documented. A week earlier, it was “only” 3,211 new infections. This increase continues…

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The National Immunization Panel (NIG) comes into a discussion about the fourth Corona vaccination. It is known that when autumn comes, temperatures drive people indoors again. It provides the ideal breeding ground for the virus to multiply and cause another wave of infection – that’s what experience shows. Currently, the numbers are on the rise again. Therefore, would it not be advisable to advise vaccination now to forestall the impending autumn wave? This is against the background that the vaccine adapted to Omicron by Moderna seems to produce better antibody…

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