Category: General Interest

From July to September, the U2 line will partially operate in Donaustadt. The reason for the closure is construction work in the Hausfeldstraße area. The planned city road will cause a nine-week partial closure of the U2 line this summer. From Friday, July 1 to Sunday, September 4, trains will run exclusively between Schottentor and Aspernstraße stations. Wiener Linien is setting up a comprehensive replacement service during this time. The replacement bus line U2E runs daily between Aspernstraße, Hausfeldstraße and Aspern Nord. Bus line 84A, which runs from Aspernstraße via…

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What will Austria see in terms of new Corona infections in July? Experts expect a seven-day incidence of between 922 and 1,518 for the first Wednesday of the new month. 12,509 new cases on WednesdayOmicron subvariants BA.4/BA.5 are dominant for corona infection incidence in Austria, driving the increase in case numbers currently being observed. The forecasting consortium presented this less optimistic outlook on Wednesday. According to the consortium’s prevalence estimate, variants BA.4/BA.5 are responsible for about 80 percent of Corona cases in Austria. Over 19,000 new Corona infections next Wednesday?For…

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The risk of CoV infection continues to increase. The trend has recently been upward in all federal states, which can be read from the working document of the traffic light commission. According to the paper, there is also no longer a low risk in any state. This is due to the criteria used as a basis. For a short time now, the positivity rate of the tests or their number is no longer considered. This benefits those countries where hardly any testing is carried out. More tests, more evidenceAs a…

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New Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Junior has taken office. The son of longtime Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos took his oath at the National Museum in the capital Manila. The 64-year-old had clearly won the May 9 election in the Southeast Asian country and succeeds incumbent Duterte. Duterte’s daughter Sara was elected as Marcos’ vice president. During the campaign, he and Sara Duterte avoided controversial issues and focused on calling for national unity. Marcos Jr. appealed to be judged “not by my ancestors but by my deeds.” Last week, Marcos Jr.…

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Last year, more people left the Roman Catholic Church than ever before. 359,338 Catholics turned their backs on their church in 2021 alone, the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) announced in Bonn on Monday. This is a new negative record. “For us, this is the highest number ever,” said DBK spokesman Matthias Kopp. The Catholic Church still had 21,645,875 members – accounting for 26 percent of the total population. DBK chairman Georg Bätzing said he was “deeply shocked by the extremely high number of people leaving the church.” The figure is…

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More than 30 degrees Celsius are expected this weekend. Airing out in the morning hours, taking a siesta at midday, and taking lukewarm showers – a few tips to cool down. It’s going to be hot these coming days. Not only soils and plants are suffering. People are also suffering from the heat and the high UV exposure. It is hottest in the late afternoonThe sun is highest at noon. However, not at noon, but because daylight saves time, only around 1 o’clock. But that’s not when it’s warmest. The…

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According to the ZAMG forecast, the new week will continue to bring us midsummer temperatures and the risk of thunderstorms. Temperatures are expected to climb to 36 degrees by midweek. Midsummer is warm to hot and not always sunny – this is how the forecast for next week’s weather in Austria can be summarized. According to the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), there is also a high risk of thunderstorms. This is especially true for tomorrow Monday evening and then on Friday from the west. The new week…

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The outbreak of monkeypox in more than 50 countries, including Austria, is not being assessed as an “emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO). The U.N. agency in Geneva made the announcement Saturday evening after an emergency committee convened deliberations out of concern about the infections. However, the committee plans to reassess the situation quickly if there is a sharp increase in the number of infections or affected countries, if clustered cases occur among vulnerable groups, or if the virus changes. “I am deeply concerned about the…

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Vienna simplifies access to the fourth Corona vaccination. Effective immediately, all city residents twelve and older whose third vaccination was six months ago can get the booster. “These people we ask to go as soon as possible to refresh. For those who want to do it already after four months, we will make it possible in all municipal vaccination centers and will not deny anyone,” Mario Dujakovic, spokesman for City Health Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ), told APA. The current Covid vaccination schedule for mRNA vaccines stipulates that it takes three…

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