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ÖVP and Greens have launched new measures for sustainability. The disposal of food should be prohibited. Around one third of the food produced worldwide is lost. In Austria, too, hundreds of thousands of tons of food, which would still be suitable for consumption, end up in the trash every year. The governing parties ÖVP and the Greens presented a resolution on a comprehensive action plan against food waste to the Consumer Protection Committee on Tuesday, which was unanimously adopted. Specifically, the action plan, which is anchored in the government program…

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Three vaccinations against the coronavirus are about to be approved and the first doses could be administered in a few weeks. Countries around Austria are using this outlook to prepare themselves. Spain is defining 13,000 vaccination stations, Germany is securing millions of doses, Italy is deciding who will be vaccinated first. The goal: to get started in a structured manner as soon as the vaccine is available. Great Britain: Mass vaccinations could start in Great Britain in just one week. This is reported by British media with reference to government…

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The World Health Organization (WHO) warns against relaxing corona restrictions over Christmas if authorities do not have full control over the infection. “If people become infected with each other and if a country does not have the necessary infrastructure to track cases and isolate and quarantine contacts, then easing will lead to more widespread infection,” said WHO Emergency Relief Coordinator Mike Ryan in Geneva last night. Governments must be aware that they can only weigh up the risks. There is no scientific formula for determining what relaxation is justifiable or…

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Since the first lockdown in March, many Austrians have spent more time at home. This has also affected order and cleanliness in their own four walls, according to a survey commissioned by ImmoScout24. One third of Austrians stated that these aspects are now much more important, 29 percent tidy up more often, 28 percent clean more often. The 18 to 29-year-olds in particular have discovered their love of cleanliness and order during the crisis, at least according to the survey. According to the survey, 44 percent in this age group…

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After Pfizer, Biontech and Moderne, AstraZeneca, together with the University of Oxford, also submitted data on its vaccine. In the search for a corona vaccine, a third vaccine project has reported a study success. Following the duo BioNTech and Pfizer as well as the US group Moderna, the British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, together with the University of Oxford, also presented positive data on the efficacy of its vaccine. AstraZeneca announced on Monday that the vaccine could achieve an efficacy of around 90 percent against Covid-19. No serious side effects have…

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The test results are promising, that is why the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Biontech have already applied for emergency approval for their coronavirus vaccine in the USA. In Europe, too, a procedure for approval has been underway since the beginning of October – albeit somewhat differently. An emergency approval like in the USA does not exist in Europe. Here, a so-called rolling review process is currently underway for the vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer, with manufacturers submitting information from the vaccine studies since the beginning of October. The data will…

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In the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) plans to deliver two billion doses of vaccine to a total of 92 low-income countries. The logistical preparations are already underway, UNICEF announced today. One billion injections are also to be shipped. “As work on the development of Covid-19 vaccines continues, UNICEF is stepping up efforts with airlines, freight companies, shipping lines and other logistical associations to deliver life-saving vaccines as quickly and safely as possible,” said UNICEF’s Director of Supply, Etleva Kadilli. “Historic mammoth task”This should…

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Can constant hand disinfection also be harmful? No, says a hygiene expert. His advice on the use of disinfectant dispensers is therefore clear. The increased use of disinfectants since the beginning of the corona pandemic is completely harmless in the opinion of a hygiene expert.Only in very rare cases could there be a tolerance of disinfectants for bacteria, says Johannes Knobloch, head of hygiene at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). This means that the bacteria do not die off so quickly. “We have never seen this with viruses before,”…

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It is well known that there is a connection between social status and people’s health. The Economic Research Institute (Wifo) has now looked at how the unequal use of the health care system in educational groups affects the future development of costs. The Wifo study showed that the health of people with a higher level of education is significantly better than that of other educational groups, regardless of gender. Accordingly, Wifo calculated that the costs are 13 percent lower over the course of a lifetime, at least for women with…

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