Category: General Interest

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…

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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…

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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:…

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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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