Category: General Interest

In a study involving more than 14,000 subjects, the Novavax vaccine proved highly effective, with an 89.7 percent response rate. Novavax is the next vaccine candidate that is expected to be approved in the EU this year, vaccinologist and head of the National Vaccination Panel Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt told today’s Ö1 Morgenjournal. In this process, the spike protein – i.e. the surface molecule of the virus – is used and mixed with an active ingredient booster, which is supposed to guarantee that the vaccination then also triggers a correspondingly strong immune…

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The third Corona vaccine dose will now generally be possible for all adults (18 years and older) four months after the second sting. This clarification comes from updated recommendations from the National Immunization Panel (NIG) released Monday. Previously, the NIG provided for this possibility only in “justified exceptional cases” – for example, after two doses of Astra-Zeneca. Refreshing also applies to convalescents. In the federal capital in Vienna, even before the now latest NIG recommendation was available, nevertheless, the third prick was released for all and also vaccinated. “The 3rd…

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One is allowed to leave Austria even during the lockdown.Travel abroad is also possible during the nationwide lockdown, which strictly regulates leaving one’s home area. This was confirmed by the Ministry of Health on Monday, published by APA. The entry regulations of the destination country and to Austria are to be taken into account “of course”. Austrian regulations were tightened at the same time as the lockdown, antigen and antibody tests are now only accepted in exceptional cases. Exceptions are only made for commuters – 3G still applies to them…

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As of last week, a lockdown on unvaccinated people was in effect in Austria. This 2G regulation was checked by the police about 150,000 times throughout Austria.Since last Monday, there has been a lockdown for the unvaccinated in Austria, starting Monday for a maximum of 20 days for the fourth time a hard lockdown applies to all people. Around 150,000 police checks in lockdown for the unvaccinatedLast week, police checked the 2G rule in public spaces “150,000 times throughout Austria,” Interior Minister Karl Nehammer reported at a press conference on…

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The fourth lockdown in Austria starts with rain. In terms of weather, fog will follow again, but also sun and foehn, forecasted the meteorologists of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). The snow line drops to 700 meters at the beginning of the week. The daily highs will reach a maximum of ten degrees in the coming week. Start of the week foggy and cloudyA weak cold front from the northwest will bring many dense clouds to all parts of the country at the beginning of the week.…

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This is how often you need to go for Corona vaccination booster in the futureThe delta mutant of the corona virus turned out to be much more dangerous and contagious than the original variant. The case of the Corona vaccine also shows how dangerous Delta is. Despite immunization, more and more people are becoming infected with the virus. The vaccination does not offer 100 percent protection against infection, but it does prevent severe courses in the event of an illness. In order to be protected well enough, many people need…

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The third prick of the Corona vaccine, known as a booster, is turning out to be increasingly important. “Efficacy and safety of vaccines are continuously monitored further, which is why it is now also clear that basic immunization includes a third vaccination after about six months,” emphasized Robin Rumler, Pfizer’s country manager in Austria. The pharmaceutical company has developed Biontech, one of the vaccines approved to date. In addition to the four vaccines already approved throughout the EU, other vaccines are in the pipeline, including other technologies. These include an…

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Yesterday, Saturday, it was not at all easy to get one of the coveted parking spaces in in numerous shopping malls all over the country. In Shopping City Süd near Vienna, already 96 percent were occupied by mid-morning. “You can feel that there will be a lockdown again from Monday,” one custumer said. For Burkhard Dünser, head of the Dornbirn shopping center, it was already clear in the morning: “This will be a very strong day.” Not only the fair city dwellers took the opportunity to once again quickly jump…

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The government and provincial governors have agreed on a general vaccination obligation from February. Infection figures at a record high, overcrowded intensive care units and a low vaccination rate of about 65 percent have made this necessary, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday, explaining the move. Record high for vaccinations in ViennaAt the same time, more Corona vaccinations were administered in Vienna in recent days than ever before. So came on Thursday 29,955 people vaccinated, on Friday it was even 30,788, announced the spokesman for Vienna Health City Council Peter Hacker…

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