Category: General Interest

“On Friday it will snow in many regions of Austria. Only at very low altitudes it is still rain or sleet in places. Black ice due to freezing rain is also possible, especially in the eastern half of Austria. The snow line is mostly between 200 and 400 meters, in East Tyrol, Carinthia and southern Styria partly still around 1,000 meters,” elaborated Thomas Krennert of ZAMG. “On Saturday, it will snow and rain at times, especially on the southern side of the Alps, everywhere else it may clear up a…

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All of Austria remains deep red on the CoV traffic light, i.e. in the maximum risk range. This emerged from the meeting of the responsible commission yesterday afternoon. The committee sees “the medical care of the Austrian population in large parts of the country seriously threatened”. The announced vaccination obligation is expressly welcomed, likewise third sting and child inoculation. Measures in the school sector are seen only as a “last resort”. The Commission recommends pushing “booster vaccination”, which could make a significant contribution to curbing the current wave. In view…

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The EMA has already given the green light for the use of BioNTech/Pfizer’s Corona vaccine in children between the ages of five and eleven. Now the vaccine is also recommended by the National Immunization Panel (NIG). EMA: Green lightThe head of the NIG, Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt, said at a press conference in Vienna. “Childhood vaccination is safe,” Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein stressed. Corona vaccination obligation also for children?258,000 doses of the company’s own vaccine with a new formulation are to be delivered to Austria by the end of the year. “That…

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Most of Austria is expecting its first snow this weekend, and Vienna could also experience its first snow this fall. Wintry driving conditions are to be expected on higher freeway sections. “At the weekend, movement comes into the so far very dry autumn. Cold air from the north and low pressure areas over Upper Italy will provide cold and damp weather in Austria. In many regions it will snow from Friday to Sunday for the first time this autumn,” says the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). Only at…

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As reported, travel abroad is permitted. They would serve the “mental and physical recovery outdoors”, it says from the Ministry of Health. Since the goal of shutting down the country is basically to limit contact in order to push down infection rates, this can be argued. Day trips abroad are allowedBut this interpretation, as far as vacation trips are concerned, in turn opens the door to gastronomic and shopping trips beyond the Austrian border, as constitutional lawyer Peter Bußjäger also confirms: “In my opinion, this is possible.” For if vacation…

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That the Corona vaccination helps especially in severe courses, show the latest the figures on the vaccination status of Covid-19 hospital patients from the Ministry of Health. As of yesterday (Tuesday), 584 people across Austria were in intensive care with an infection. 428, or 73.3 percent, of the ICU patients had either no vaccination or incomplete vaccination. The much smaller proportion, 156 people (26.7 percent), had been vaccinated. Figures for ViennaThe figures were similar in the federal capital, Vienna (as of November 22). There, 113 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection required…

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The vaccination panel has updated its recommendations: Booster is available for everyone 18 and older – four months after last dose. Decision on childhood vaccinations in the EU today. The National Immunization Panel NIG now officially makes boosters available to everyone 18 and older, including those who have recovered – four months after the last dose.Here is an overview: ▶ The general recommendation now: “The 3rd vaccination can be given starting at 4 months and should be given starting 6 months after the 2nd vaccination.” ▶ In any case, the…

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In Austria, 69.9 percent of the population (6.2 million Austrians) have been vaccinated against corona virus at least once.Against the backdrop of a sharp rise in Corona infection rates and intensifications, particularly for the unvaccinated, the number of first-time vaccinations rose sharply in late October/early November. Number of first-time vaccinations increased in NovemberWhile only 66 percent of people in Austria had been vaccinated against the coronavirus at least once at the end of October, this figure has now risen to 69.9 percent three weeks later. Naturally, the proportion of residents…

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Booster vaccination raises antibody levels significantly more than first and second vaccinations, U.S. researchers report. After booster doses with an mRNA vaccine, protection against severe covid 19 disease lasts longer than after the first two vaccinations. That’s according to a new, small study published on medRxiv but not yet peer-reviewed. Antibody levels increased 25-foldAntibody levels were measured before and after booster vaccination in 33 healthy middle-aged adults who had received their second dose an average of nine months earlier. Before the boosters, their antibody levels had decreased about tenfold compared…

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