Category: General Interest

A new mutation of coronavirus is also spreading in Austria. The delta subspecies AY 4.2, or “delta plus,” is causing concern among experts. The new coronavirus mutant AY.4.2 is a sub-variant of the delta virus, which currently dominates infection in Europe. It is currently spreading mainly in Great Britain, where AY.4.2 is already responsible for one in ten new infections. The mutant is said to be up to 15 percent more infectious than previous variants. But “Delta Plus” has also already made it to Austria. According to “Kronen Zeitung,” more…

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Health City Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) announced new Corona rules on Saturday. It goes blow on blow! Only a day ago, the government around Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) has decided tightening of the Corona measures, which affect particularly unvaccinated people. The original 3-step plan was extended for it by two further steps. Just one day later, Peter Hacker (SPÖ), the city’s health councillor, took notice and announced new Corona regulations in the federal capital. According to Hacker, there will soon be new measures that will mainly affect the cultural sector,…

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Cost increases and staff shortages are hitting domestic agricultural goods traders. For the dealers of wine, fruit, vegetables and grain, as well as slaughter and cutting plants, it becomes inevitable to pass on at least a part of the cost increases. That goes out from a common dispatch on Friday, in which representatives of the different dealers sound the alarm.The argument is that inputs and raw materials such as energy, packaging, machinery, as well as rising labor costs were causing problems for the industry. All economic sectors throughout Europe are…

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Biontech/Pfizer’s vaccine is 91 percent wrksam in children, according to a document submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA panel will consider approval next Tuesday.Biontech/Pfizer’s Corona vaccine has nearly 91 percent efficacy in children, according to group data. According to a document Pfizer submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, protection against Covid-19 disease in five- to 11-year-olds is 90.7 percent. The data are based on a study of 2,250 participants. No severe disease progression was recorded. Marketing authorization application also in the EUAn FDA expert…

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There has been a significant increase in the number of coronavirus infections detected by PCR tests at schools this week. After 922 positive tests in the previous week, 1,420 cases were registered this week, according to data from the Ministry of Education and the City of Vienna, respectively. That’s a new high – before that, the numbers initially fluctuated between 1,100 and 1,200 before dropping to 1,020 and then 922 in the last two weeks. Rising numbers in almost all statesRising numbers were reported in almost all federal states: In…

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Daytime highs around 15 degrees with increasingly sunny weather. A weak cold front is expected to pass through on National Day. In Vorarlberg and Tyrol, as well as in East Tyrol and Upper Carinthia, sunny and dry weather will prevail throughout Saturday. Only in some basins and valleys fog patches may persist at first. Everywhere else, however, there will initially be an interplay of dense clouds and sunshine. With a snow line between 1,000 and 1,300 meters, individual rain showers cannot be ruled out. During the afternoon hours, however, the…

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Expected on October 25, the EU Medicines Agency (EMA) will announce the outcome of its review of the Moderna booster vaccine. A review of the Covid 19 drug molnupiravir is also pending.Emergency approval requestedThe agency made the announcement Thursday. Currently, only the Biontech/Pfizer vaccine has a booster vaccine recommendation in the EU. At the same time, the rolling review of Merck’s (MSD in Europe) drug Molnupiravir is scheduled to start next week. The antiviral would be the first tablet against Covid-19. Tablet against Covid-19: Molnupiravir in Rolling Review.“Molnupiravir showed a…

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According to a study, the Biontech/Pfizer vaccination reduces the risk of infection with the delta variant of the coronavirus in adolescents by 90 percent.It also provided 93 percent protection against contracting symptoms of that variant of the virus, a spokeswoman for Israel’s Clalit health insurance company confirmed Wednesday. Together with researchers from Harvard University (USA), data from 94,354 twice-vaccinated adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 were evaluated, a statement said. These were compared with data from a corresponding number of unvaccinated adolescents. The findings have been published in…

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Booster vaccination is primarily recommended for people over the age of 65 and for health care workers. High-risk patients and those vaccinated with AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson are also encouraged to receive the booster. Everyone else 16 and older should wait nine to 12 months after basic immunization, Maria Paulke-Korinek of the Health Ministry told ORF radio. “The data are increasingly indicating that it really should be the case, even with the Covid 19 vaccines, that we simply need those three doses. And when the immune system has seen…

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