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Recently, the Phone Number Abuse Hotline has seen a drastic increase in complaints about fake SMS that pretend the imminent delivery of a package.“Ignore these text messages! Under no circumstances click on the link they contain!” warns Dr. Klaus M. Steinmaurer, RTR’s managing director for the Telecommunications and Postal Division, explaining, “The dubious package notifications usually contain a link as a lure, smuggling a malicious app onto cell phones.” Since the beginning of September, 1,900 complaints have been registered with the number abuse hotline within a few days, with over…

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Brown bananas taste sweeter than yellow ones. But do ripe fruits also have more calories? It’s true of all fruits, but it’s especially noticeable with bananas: the riper they get, the sweeter they taste. You can take particular advantage of this when baking banana bread: completely brown bananas make any added sugar superfluous. But do ripe fruits therefore also have more calories? First of all, it’s important to note that when it comes to fruit, there’s no need to worry about calories as part of a healthy, figure-conscious diet. It…

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On Wednesday, the government presented new Corona measures. Now the ordinance is ready: 3G rule also applies to private parties. Corona numbers continue to rise dramatically in Austria. Also in the hospitals more and more beds are occupied. The government therefore announced on Wednesday a new package of measures for the fall. It is a step-by-step plan that is linked to a factor, namely the nationwide utilization of intensive care units with Corona patients. Depending on the “percentage hurdle,” i.e., whether 10, 15, or 20 percent of Corona patients fill…

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On Wednesday, the federal government presented a “phased plan” for Corona protections. This depends on the occupancy of intensive care units and will apply from September 15. New Corona rules to take effect Sept. 15The first steps of the Corona step-by-step plan will already be put in place from September 15, including a tightening of the mask requirement. The following is an overview of the details. Corona stage plan from September 15 in detail STEP 1: Beginning Sept. 15 or 10 percent occupancy (200 beds), the FFP2 mask requirement will…

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There will be no more lockdown for vaccinated citizens. This has already been announced by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Monday evening in the ORF summer talk. Instead, there will be tough measures only for the unvaccinated – to protect them and the health system from being overburdened. For example, there will be a FFP2 mask obligation for unvaccinated in the trade. After a meeting with state governors, the federal government today, Wednesday, unveiled the whole “toolbox” – all the measures that are planned. Essentially, a phased plan will apply, based…

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Plastics not only pollute the oceans or harm health as microparticles, they also cause 1.8 billion tons of greenhouse gases each year.Microplastics measured in the DanubeThey also cause billions in follow-up costs. If plastic were a state, it would be “the fifth largest CO2 offender worldwide,” a WWF release said Monday on the findings of a study with the self-explanatory title “Plastic: The Costs To Society, The Environment And The Economy.” Plastic caused costs of 3,100 billion euros in 2019The consequential costs of plastics on society, the environment and the…

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The coronavirus variant Mu is spreading. It is now Colombia’s dominant viral strain and is behind most corona deaths, according to Marcela Mercado of the state health agency.Mu resistant to vaccination?The World Health Organization (WHO) recently classified Mu as a “variant of interest” and warned of possible resistance to vaccines. Mu causes deadliest corona waveMu is responsible for the deadliest wave of the Corona pandemic in Colombia to date, Mercado told a local radio station. Not only that, “It’s now in at least 43 countries and has shown itself to…

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On Wednesday, 8. September 2021, the government will consult with the provincial governors on further measures against the spread of the coronavirus. The number of new infections has recently increased significantly, also in the hospitals have to be treated in the normal and intensive care units again significantly more Covid-19 patients. Meanwhile, the pace of vaccination has slowed considerably, with initial vaccinations in particular making slow progress over the past few weeks. Figures from the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) show significantly higher incidences among the unvaccinated.…

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Although even vaccinated people can become infected with the coronavirus, the shot helps them. In any case, they are less likely to get sick. Received the full Corona vaccine and still infected or even sick: the number of such vaccine breakthroughs is increasing and unsettles many people. But such infections are not a sign that the shots are not working, as experts point out. Vaccinated people would still have a significantly lower risk of falling ill or even dying. In fact, in view of such infections of vaccinated people, it…

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