Category: Feature Stories

A hyper-contagious viral mutation in the UK is causing EU countries to cut flight connections, including Austria. The virus is “out of control,” Britain admits. The variant of the coronavirus discovered in the UK is causing great concern to authorities in the UK, but increasingly also in EU countries. Austria will also ban planes coming from the United Kingdom from landing. The health and foreign ministries confirmed this on Sunday. “This variant virus is out of control and we need to get it back under control,” British Health Secretary Matt…

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Christmas threatens “tears instead of joy”: crooks are pulling a lot of money out of people’s pockets at home right now with a simple scam. Caution: If the phone rings unexpectedly in the next few days and you do not know the number displayed, it is unfortunately not the Christ child! Instead, fraudsters are often found at the other end of the line, especially during the holidays. For a few weeks now, the number abuse hotline has again been registering an increasing number of so-called “ping calls” with the area…

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After the discovery of a new variant of the corona virus in the UK, Austria wants to stop air passengers from the UK from entering the country. The health ministry confirmed this as reported by oe24.at. “There will be a landing ban on flights from the UK. The details of this are currently being worked out.” Currently, there are already strict requirements, the Ministry of Health in Vienna stressed: the UK is considered a state with an increased risk of infection, which is why there is a quarantine requirement for…

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Vienna is at the bottom of the league when it comes to waste separation. At Christmas, a time when a lot of waste is generated, this has a particularly strong effect on the amount of residual waste. Around Christmas, 20 percent more waste is generated than in the rest of the year. The Association of Austrian Waste Management Companies (VOEB) drew attention to this on Sunday. Gaby Jüly, president of the VOEB, appealed for more waste separation: “Our goal: less residual waste, more separate collection. Who wants to reduce waste,…

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The first Covid vaccinations are scheduled to start as early as January. Who can get the vaccine and when? An overview Question: When is the possibility to be vaccinated in Austria?Answer: As it looks, certain groups should be able to get vaccination as early as January. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) plans to submit its opinion on the first vaccine as early as Dec. 21 – eight days earlier than originally planned. This means that the vaccine could be approved in the EU before Christmas. After that, the first vaccine…

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EU could approve vaccine earlier than planned. A good 9 months after the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, approval in the EU is imminent.The Corona vaccine from Pfizer and Biontech could also be approved in the EU before Christmas. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) wants to clear the way for this. Already on 21 December it will present its appraisal over the permission of the vaccine of the Pharmaunternehmenes from the USA and Mainz, announced the authority on Tuesday in Amsterdam. That is eight days earlier than planned. It is…

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The risk of severe Covid 19 disease is much higher for physicians, nurses and paramedics than for people in non-systemic occupational groups, according to a British study. In the United Kingdom, the rate is seven times greater, epidemiologists at the University of Glasgow found in a study. The researchers did not compare the numbers of CoV infections, but only those of Covid 19 patients in British hospitals, including those who died. The World Health Organization (WHO) had already reported in September that 14 percent of all reported infections worldwide were…

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Styrian chip manufacturer develops first digital Covid-19 antibody rapid test with German company, which does not require a laboratory. In the future, the digital test kit will make it possible to perform a Covid 19 antibody rapid test without an external laboratory. In other words, they will be able to find out whether they have already passed Corona and are immune. Developed by an interdisciplinary team consisting of German immunologists and Austrian sensor experts, the novel rapid test consists of a small white cassette with the heart, the electronic sensor…

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“RECIPES for Keeps” is a lockdown project of the European Network of Filipino Diaspora – Austria (ENFiD-Austria) in lieu of its activities and events which were either cancelled or re-scheduled to 2021 due to the CoViD-19 pandemic. What started out as a simple cookbook for its members, became a collection of recipes developed while sheltering in place, consisting of 79 mouth watering recipes from 46 contributors from 5 continents across the world: Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, South America. For Ana Maria Langer, ENFiD Auditor, Cookbook Coordinator, who developed the…

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