Category: Feature Stories

In some regions in Austria, it has still snowed in the last few days. All the more reason to look forward to the first warm days of spring. The sunlight could bring not only nice weather but also fewer Covid 19 deaths, according to a British study. Sunlight is directly linked to lower corona death rates, according to researchers at the University of Edinburgh. However, the positive effect is not believed to be triggered by vitamin D, which is often treated as a “miracle drug.” Analyses in three countries confirm…

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Am I allowed to go on vacation? The answer to this question is a bit more complicated, because if you come from Vienna, Lower Austria or Burgenland, then not. The three federal states are still in a hard lockdown until at least April 18 – including an all-day curfew. This means that traveling is basically prohibited. Residents of all other Austrian states are allowed to travel abroad – more or less unhindered. I have to go abroad on business, is that allowed? Yes, if the trip takes place for professional…

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This week, the two millionth vaccination will be administered in Austria.Despite AstraZeneca’s total supply failure, nearly 66,000 vaccinations were administered in Austria on Thursday – more than ever before. So far, nearly two million people in Austria have been vaccinated at least for the first time. AstraZeneca delivery failureAccording to a Health Ministry release, Thursday marked the strongest vaccination day in Austria so far since Corona vaccinations began. According to the statement, “almost 66,000 vaccinations and thus for the first time more than 60,000 people could be vaccinated in one…

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Day 410 in the Corona pandemic – and things are moving. Vienna has already been vaccinating over-65s since Friday, and the two-millionth vaccine dose is to be administered in Austria this weekend – and even the number of new infections is slowly going down, while a new record was set for tests: 76,482 new PCR tests were evaluated by laboratories in the past 24 hours. What’s encouraging about this is that only 3.53 percent of them were positive. With the 2,702 confirmed new infections in the past 24 hours, the…

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Every year, around one million tons of edible food is thrown away in Austria. However, numerous initiatives are working to prevent this. Here’s an overview of nonprofit organizations, companies and networks working to combat food waste. According to a recent UN study, food waste is responsible for 8 to 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. This affects everyone: socially, ecologically and economically – according to the study’s findings. In Austria, too, the oversupply is enormous and the quantities of good food that are thrown away are unimaginable. vienna.at published…

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Paracetamol pain helps. Australian researchers have found that paracetamol may be ineffective for many aches and pains. At the slightest hint of physical discomfort, many people swallow a painkiller – some even prophylactically. Whether this is healthy or not remains to be seen. An Australian study has looked into a different question: Does the popular painkiller paracetamol also work effectively? The result is clear: for many complaints, it is said to be hardly better than a placebo. Does paracetamol help with any kind of pain? A team from the University…

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If you’ve survived Corona, you’re far from healthy. Numerous study report severe long-term consequences of covid infection. And the list keeps getting longer! The largest study to date on long-term mental effects warns of a significantly higher risk for numerous mental and neurological disorders. Stroke, dementia, depression and psychosis – these are just some of the psychological and neurological diseases whose risk is significantly increased by covid infection. That’s what a British study has found, examining long-term consequences in Corona-Geneseen patients. About one-third were diagnosed with a neurological or psychological…

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The first vaccination dose alone does not protect against infection with the coronavirus: With the first dose, the effectiveness in the 28 days until the second dose is only three percent and thus in the range of the statistical margin of error, as a study of the University of Chile found. By contrast, two weeks after the second vaccination, efficacy was 56.5 percent. For their study, the researchers combined the efficacy of the Chinese vaccine Coronavac and Pfizer-Biontech’s vaccine. Coronavac is used in 93 percent of doses administered in Chile,…

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Going to the park with friends or having tea with relatives. Such private meeting could turn into zillions of Corona risks. Unless one has a negative test result.As if there is no temporal horizon, no hope, confidence, outlook, this is how many people privately treat their Corona risks. “Enough is enough” is the refrain of many private groups. Invitations are extended to dinners, family celebrations, visits to neighbors in the living room. It’s time to celebrate birthdays again, to sit together a bit, to resume the skat evening, to watch…

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