Category: General Interest

Police have been carrying out 2G checks in retail since Tuesday, when they became mandatory. 1,000 violations have been penalized. Since Tuesday, retailers have been required to check for compliance with the 2G rule in stores, or people must wear an FFP2 mask outdoors if the two-meter distance can be maintained. Police checks 2G controls in storesBy Saturday morning, some 180,000 checks had been carried out since the introduction of these new rules, with the focus on retail, restaurants and tourist hotspots, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. 1,000…

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The Covax international vaccine program hit the billion-dose mark in CoV vaccine deliveries Saturday. The milestone was announced by Gavi, the vaccination alliance of governments, companies, foundations and UN agencies that runs the Covax program. The one billionth dose was in a shipment that arrived in Rwanda yesterday, according to Gavi. Covax now supplied 144 countries. The alliance mainly supplies poorer countries that don’t have the money to order the vaccines themselves. The program received more than ten billion dollars (8.74 billion euros) in donations. Austria also participates in Covax.…

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The most popular Messenger is missing a key feature when compared to similar services. Anyone who wants to react to a message on Signal or Facebook Messenger can do so with the help of Reaction emojis, without having to send a standalone message. This is an extremely practical function, especially in group chats, because the clarity of the chat is maintained. This Reaction feature is not yet available on WhatsApp. Here, a separate message has to be composed for each reaction – even if it is only a thumbs-up emoji.…

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In Austria, delivery is expected from the eighth calendar week. However, postponement is possible. Corona vaccinations using the drug from U.S. manufacturer Novavax are expected to be delivered in the eighth calendar week, or Feb. 21-27. in Austria. However, the exact date is not yet fixed and can still be postponed, reported the Austrian Ministry of Health after an APA inquiry. Most recently, the vaccine was expected to arrive in the first quarter of 2022, but no exact date was given. Austria has ordered 750,000 doses of Novavax for the…

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The Innsbruck infectiologist and director of the University Clinic for Internal Medicine, Günter Weiss, sees a contagion in progress due to the current Omicron wave, which “cannot be stopped”. In an interview with the APA, Weiss said that a “targeted contagion with the handbrake on”, i.e. with the observance of efficient preventive measures, would offer a real chance of a longed-for return to normality. This scenario is currently playing out throughout Europe, Weiss said. The contamination with the Omicron variant is a “dynamic process that is going on now” and…

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Being caught by a nettle is not exactly pleasant. This is probably one of the main reasons why most people tend to avoid this plant or regard it as a weed. Yet the stinging nettle not only contains an extremely large number of nutrients, it seems to be a veritable miracle herb. Hardly any wild plant is as robust as the nettle. And there is hardly a meadow, path or forest edge where it cannot be found. Only very few people take the opportunity to pick it and use it…

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The Corona rest period is over. What the daily infection figures already indicate, can also be read from the Corona traffic light as of today. Even the last three orange spots Styria, Burgenland and Carinthia are colored red, according to the working document of the responsible commission. The Austrian Press Agency published the report. This means there is a very high risk of infection throughout the federal territory. This range begins from risk number 100. Burgenland has 214, 1,716 in Tirol. That is almost a quadrupling of the risk figure…

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U.S. biotechnology company Moderna expects results from its clinical trial of coronavirus vaccine for children ages two to five as early as March. If the data and discussions with regulators were positive, Moderna could then seek emergency approval for the vaccine, the company announced Wednesday. “In the first half of 2022”The other makers of an mRNA vaccine, Biontech and Pfizer, had said in mid-December they expected to seek emergency approval for ages six months to five years “in the first half of 2022.” The Biontech-Pfizer product is already approved in…

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Next week on Thursday (January 19), the Wiener Eistraum will start – with more ice skating space than ever before. This year’s Ice Dream will once again consist of the large areas on Rathausplatz in front of City Hall, the “Sky Rink” – a kind of ice-skating terrace complete with a new platform – and the Dream Trail in City Hall Park. The two free children’s and practice areas are also making a comeback. For those who want to ice skate, the 2G rule and mask obligation applies to the…

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