The Austrian Integration Fund is offering free Corona vaccinations at its premises in Vienna.The Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) offers a mobile vaccination station at its premises in Vienna. It was organized in collaboration with the City of Vienna and the Samariterbund.In order to further increase the Corona vaccination rate, the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) offers a mobile vaccination station at its premises in Vienna. The campaign, organized jointly with the City of Vienna (Mobile Vaccination Vienna), the Health Service of the City of Vienna (MA 5) and with the support…
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Lotto jackpot: 5.5 million euros are waiting
After a five-month break again Lotto five-fold jackpot.After a five-month break, there is a lotto 5x jackpot again on Friday. Around 5.5 million euros are waiting in the pot.Sunday’s draw will be for around 5.5 million euros in the first prize, Austrian Lotteries reported. The first five-fold jackpot in January developed further to the six-fold jackpot according to the information, the two further in February and in May ended in each case with two sixes. Very well one Jackpot was cracked with the drawing on Wednesday with the five with…
Read MoreEuropean Medicines Agency (EMA) reviews new drug
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started the review process for a new CoV drug. Swedish-British manufacturer AstraZeneca has developed Evusheld, a combination drug designed to prevent Covid-19 disease in adults, the EMA said today in Amsterdam. Initial test results indicated the drug was effective in protecting against the disease. Only Remdesivier approved so farExperts are now continuously evaluating data from tests and weighing the benefits and drawbacks of the drug. It is not known when a final result will be available. According to the authorities, the manufacturer has not…
Read MoreTraffic lights: Salzburg in the red zone again
Salzburg is again CoV high risk zone. The traffic light commission put the state on red Thursday afternoon. That means very high risk. The two westernmost states of Vorarlberg and Tyrol, as well as Vienna and Burgenland in the far east, have been placed in the medium-risk yellow zone by the traffic light commission, according to APA information. The rest of the country is at high risk, which is represented by the color orange. Salzburg has the highest current risk number, which decides the classification, with 103.1. This means that…
Read MoreHow to erase (or format!) a hard disk properly
A quick click on the [Del] key and the file is gone. You’d think. Because moving pictures, documents and co. to the recycle bin does not delete the files permanently. Even after the trash garbage can has been emptied, the data stubbornly remains on the hard disk. But how do I delete my hard drive correctly? We have summarized the most important information for you. Why is my data not completely deleted?The fact that data remains on the hard disk even after emptying the recycle bin is due to the…
Read MoreApple ships fewer iPhones due to chip shortages
Apple is unable to produce millions of smartphones due to global supply shortages, according to a report. It is likely that the Californian group will have to revise its production target for the new iPhone 13 downwards by ten million, the news agency Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing insiders. Apple had informed its manufacturers that supplier companies such as Broadcom and Texas Instruments were having problems delivering chips.Apple shares fell about one percent in after-hours trading. Apple, Broadcom and Texas Instruments could not initially be reached for comment. source: k.at/picture:…
Read More61.5 percent vaccination rate in Austria against Corona
Since the end of December 2020, vaccination has also been available in Austria. The start of vaccination gave many people hope that they would soon be able to return to their old lives. But the matter turned out to be more complicated than initially thought. If the vaccine was lacking at the beginning, the authorities were working primarily on low-threshold vaccination offers in the summer of 2021. The question of how to tackle widespread vaccination skepticism, on the other hand, is still open. As of October 13, 61.5 percent of…
Read MoreNew neutralizing antibody against virus discovered
A team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and Lausanne University Hospital (Chuv) has discovered a monoclonal antibody in blood samples from hospitalized Covid patients that effectively neutralizes all currently known coronavirus variants. In the hamster model, administration of the antibody was shown to provide protection against coronavirus infection. The monoclonal antibody, called P5C3, could prove to be a prophylactic agent in immunocompromised individuals who respond poorly to vaccination. The researchers report this in the journal Cell Reports. In addition, the active substance could also protect infected…
Read MoreWHO advisory panel recommends third Corona vaccine dose
People with weakened immune systems should receive a third dose of the Corona vaccine, according to an international expert panel. This should be given between one and three months after the original vaccination, it said.Booster vaccinations to begin in mid-October Green light for third sticks with BiontechThis will ensure that they are about as well protected from infection as people with intact immune systems who have received two doses, the experts reported Monday in Geneva. They are part of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Independent Advisory Group on Immunization (SAGE).…
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