Category: General Interest

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…

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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…

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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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In the fight against Corona, AstraZeneca has achieved positive results with an experimental antibody combination in a study.According to the results, the antibody combination reduces the number of seriously ill and dead people among Corona-infected patients, the British pharmaceutical company announced on Monday. Patients who have been symptomatic for seven days or less and do not require hospital treatment have a 50 percent reduction in the risk of becoming seriously ill or dying, it said. AstraZeneca agreed million-dollar deal for RNA technologyThe late-stage trial of the drug, called AZD7442, found…

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In Austria, cool autumn weather is expected in the coming week. According to the forecast of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), the snow line will drop to up to 800 meters above sea level.Vienna weather in detailIn the east and southeast, Monday will start with residual clouds, in southern Styria and southern Burgenland it may initially also rain a little. Further in the west and north, the sun will often shine from the beginning, only in places there will be fog patches. In the course of the…

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Global pandemic activity has slowed for the fifth consecutive week. The number of daily new Corona infections decreased by eleven percent to 457,000.That’s according to a count by the AFP news agency based on official data released Thursday. Infection numbers had been rising since mid-June because of the highly contagious delta variant, but they have been declining for more than a month. Countries have different testing strategieshe confirmed cases reflect only a fraction of the actual infections, however, because counting and testing practices differ among countries. Nevertheless, much of the…

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Austria: Since October 1, the new climate ticket is available in advance: To date, it has been sold 25,117 times in Austria.This was reported by the responsible minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) on Saturday: “You can clearly see: many people want to travel in a climate-friendly way.” The greatest demand so far has been for the Climate Ticket Classic. Of these, 13,814 tickets were ordered (55 percent).8,289 of the Klimaticket Jugend have been sold so far (33 percent). 2,763 tickets fell into the Climate Ticket Senior category (eleven percent) and 251…

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Every year, the police are looking for around 600 new recruits in Vienna alone. Since 2007, the Vienna Police have been making a targeted effort to recruit Viennese with a migration background for police work.Yesterday, Deputy Mayor and City Councillor for Integration Christoph Wiederkehr attended the “Vienna needs you!” event at the Amtshaus Floridsdorf. “Vienna is a city of diversity and we want to reflect this diversity in all areas of life. The long-standing and successful cooperation between the city and the Vienna Police is a showcase project for this.…

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After data from Israel had already suggested effectiveness among over-60s, the same could now be shown for all age groups. In Israel, as is well known, administration of the Corona booster vaccines began comparatively early. They also rolled out the booster vaccines to the entire population (over-12s) before any other country. A corresponding amount of data is now available there on the effectiveness of the third-party vaccinations. On Thursday, a group of researchers led by biologist Yinon M. Bar-On of the Weizmann Institute of Science now published results for the…

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