Category: Austrian News

On Tuesday, 14,398 new coronavirus infections were reported in Austria. 1,393 Corona patients were treated in hospitals. Twenty-three deaths occurred in the past seven days. Corona numbers and hospitalizations are rising massively again in Austria. On Wednesday, the Agency for Health and Food Safety reported 1,393 patients hospitalized with Covid-19, up 94 from Tuesday. New infections are also up massively, with 14,389 cases recorded in the past 24 hours, up by more than 6,000 from 8,264 a week ago. 14,389 new Corona infections were reported WednesdayThat was not only well…

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All motorists in Austria should fill up their cars this week by Friday at the latest, advises ARBÖ President Peter Rezar: “Because the CO2 tax is coming on October 1, and that will make fuel a good 8 cents more expensive per liter.” A tankful of fuel for a vehicle with a 50-liter tank will cost around four euros more from next Saturday, which is why a rush to the gas stations must be expected before then. “If too many motorists want to fill up at the same time, queues…

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The number of new Corona infections continues to rise: For the first time since late July, more than 10,000 – 10,449 to be exact – new SARS-CoV-2 infections were reported on Tuesday. The 10,449 new Corona infections were above the average of 8,058 conditions per day over the past seven days. On Tuesday of the previous week, there were “only” 5,937 new infections. Meanwhile, the pandemic activity is also reflected in hospital patients. One thousand two hundred ninety-one hospitalized with Covid-19 meant 143 more than the previous day. 10,449 new…

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New edition for an old bonus: Those who missed out on the 150 euro energy voucher now get a second chance to get it after all. The energy voucher was already issued to Austrian households at the end of April and beginning of May 2022. It was intended to curb the rapidly rising energy prices – around 2.6 million vouchers were submitted and reduce the annual electricity bill by 150 euros. However, approximately four million vouchers were sent out – and many citizens probably forgot to redeem the voucher. Or…

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On Monday, 5,828 new Corona infections were reported in Austria. This is 805 fewer than yesterday and 405 fewer cases a week ago. No more deaths were recorded from Sunday to Monday. That was according to figures released by the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) on Monday. Corona: seven-day incidence on Monday at 575.3The seven-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants on Monday was 575.3. The province with the highest incidence of this was Upper Austria with 746.1 cases, followed by Tyrol (639.1), Carinthia (602.8), Salzburg (600.2), Lower Austria (554.8),…

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Corona numbers are rising rapidly again. Nevertheless, according to a survey published by “heute.at” the majority of Austrians believe the pandemic is over. Earlier this month, there were daily infection numbers between 3,000 and 5,000 people. In the past few days, there have been around 8,000 in each case. This is not a problem for the population, as the current question of the week from “Unique Research” for “Heute” (500 respondents, max. fluctuation range ±4.4 percent) shows: Clear resultA full 57 percent consider the pandemic to be over. Forty percent…

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Currently, demand far exceeds the available vaccine against monkeypox in Vienna. Starting next week, however, the vaccination offer will be expanded. The City of Vienna is meeting the robust demand for vaccination against monkeypox (MPX) – more than 2,200 people have already registered for preventive immunization in the federal capital, and interest far exceeds the available vaccine. At the beginning of the coming week, the vaccination offer is extended, announced by the office of health city councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) on the weekend. Further monkeypox vaccinations in Vienna are possibleMore…

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The number of new Corona infections and those actively infected is rising again. Authorities say 8,321 new infections were recorded from Friday to Saturday. That’s well above the average of 6,790 cases over the past seven days. The number of active cases increased by 3,835 people to 66,972 in one day. There has also been an increase in the number of patients hospitalized with Corona. According to the latest figures released Friday, 1,034 people are hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2. This is 68 more than the previous day. The number of patients…

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In this week’s meeting on the current Corona situation, the GECKO Commission dealt with a new Omicron subvariant that was detected for the first time in Austria in early September. BJ.1 is a variant of BA.2.10.1 with many additional mutations at the spike protein. The number and location of mutations in BJ.1 indicate strong immune escape properties. The New Omicron variant arrived in Austria“How much BJ.1 can better evade immune protection due to particularly numerous new mutations is currently still unclear,” says virologist Andreas Bergthaler, who is also a member…

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