Category: Austrian News

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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Those with corona symptoms and who want to prevent infecting others with the virus usually resort to an antigen test. But how reliable are the results still due to immunity and different variants? With the arrival of autumn, the cold season is upon us again in Austria. However, symptoms such as cough, fever, sore throat, etc., can also be an infection with the coronavirus. To get clarity, many people usually resort to the antigen test, which can be carried out conveniently at home. In the meantime, however, there are already…

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The postal service has delivered 1.2 million letters with climate bonus vouchers. Around 950,000 people have redeemed them for money at bank99 so far. While in other years, there is a lot of activity in the post offices and at Post partners in the run-up to Christmas, this year, it was already the case from September. The reason for this was the payment of the climate bonus, which started on September 7. As an acceptance partner of Sodexo Benefits & Rewards Services Austria GmbH, which handled the climate and anti-inflation…

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Fewer and fewer people in Austria follow the National Immunization Panel (NIG) recommendations on corona vaccination. This is shown by data published online 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 wants to discontinue the corresponding statistics and only publish the number of vaccine doses administered. Since the end of June, the Ministry of Health has published online how many people follow the expert recommendations for…

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On Sunday, 2,999 new Corona infections were reported by AGES. This is below the average for the previous seven days, when 3,816 cases were added daily. The seven-day incidence thus dropped to 295.9 cases per 100,000 population. There are 39,524 laboratory-confirmed corona-active cases in Austria, up 316 from the previous day. 5,517,893 confirmed corona cases in Austria since the start of the pandemicSince the pandemic began, there have already been 5,517,893 confirmed corona cases in Austria. In the past seven days, 37 deaths have been registered. The Covid 19 pandemic…

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On Saturday, the Christkindlmarkt at Vienna’s Rathausplatz was ceremoniously opened by Mayor Michael Ludwig. All information about the ChristkindlmarktThe Christmas tree was illuminated by the Governor of Styria, Christopher Drexler. After nightfall, Ludwig brought the lights on the tree at the Christkindlmarkt on Vienna’s Rathausplatz to light up at 5:30 p.m. on the dot by pressing a button. Illumination of the Christmas tree at the town hall squareGiven the energy crisis, it was emphasized that the 28-meter-high Christmas tree from Styria is decorated with 1,650 economical LED lights. To save…

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The forecasts were correct: On Saturday, the first snow of the winter came to Vienna. Even in the morning, flakes were still trickling down. In the northeast of Austria, there was a natural onset of winter from night to Saturday. From Waidhofen a der Thaya to Mariazell, snow warnings were issued on the part of the UBIMET storm center. Also, as announced, the federal capital Vienna was covered by a thin layer in the morning. Today, Sunday will start in the far north, along the western northern Alps, and initially…

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Four thousand one hundred ten new coronavirus infections were reported in Austria on Friday. Ten additional Corona deaths were also reported. There were 934 Corona patients in hospitals, including 72 in intensive care. On Friday, 4,110 new Corona infections were reported in Austria, according to the Agency for Health and Food Safety figures. This is above the average for the past seven days, where 3,749 new cases were added daily. In the hospital lay on Friday morning, 934 were infected, precisely 100 less than a week ago. Seventy-two affected are…

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The current free Corona vaccination and testing services and free medication are to be extended until the end of June 2023. This provides for an initiative motion introduced by the government factions ÖVP and Greens on Friday evening in the National Council, which is to be decided in December in the National Council plenary. The federal government has decided to “continue the existing funding of these important measures until the end of June 2023, thus providing security in the continued fight against the pandemic,” the health department of Minister Johannes…

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