Category: General Interest

The Österreichische Gesundheitskasse (Austrian Health Insurance Office) warns of fraudulent calls in which policyholders are offered light therapy. Currently, insureds are once again receiving calls in which light therapy is allegedly offered in the name of the Austrian Health Insurance Office (ÖGK). “Hands off: these calls are an attempt to defraud. Do not go for it,” warns ÖGK in a statement. With a supposedly new light therapy, insured persons of ÖGK are currently being lured by scammers. The callers are mostly female and claim to be working on behalf of…

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Infection figures are rising rapidly, the crisis team is drawing a gloomy forecast. On Wednesday, the government will discuss new measures. 1,510 new Corona infections on Thursday, up from 1,848 the previous day. Hospital workload is still manageable: 396 covid patients are in the hospital, 142 in intensive care. But it won’t stay that way. According to the Corona Commission, the situation worsens dramatically in September. The commission provides data for government talks with countries and experts that restart next Wednesday. On average, new infections will rise to 1,700. The…

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ABBA are back. After 40 years, the legendary Swedish pop group (“Dancing Queen”) is releasing a new album. This is to be released on November 5. The band announced this on Thursday at a press conference broadcast worldwide. At the same time, there will be concerts in London – with the musicians as avatars. An arena will be specially built in the British metropolis for the digital show, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulveaus said. Talking about the reunion in the studio, Andersson said, “At first it was just two songs.…

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This weekend, sunshine characterizes the weather pattern across Austria. According to the ZAMG, temperatures will rise to up to 26 degrees, so September will begin with late summer warmth.After the end of the coolest and dullest August since 2014, September presents itself by far friendlier so far. Also for the coming weekend, thanks to the influence of high pressure, late summer weather is offered with maximum temperatures that are mostly around 25 degrees Celsius, as the forecast of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) promises on Thursday: rain…

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Already since August 18, the number of new infections in Austria has consistently exceeded a value of 1,000 Corona cases in 24 hours. The more contagious delta variant has brought the Corona situation in the country to a head again, causing the numbers to rise mercilessly. Most recently, a total of 1,848 new infections were recorded in just one day on Wednesday, a high since the month of April! And also in the hospitals the number of the Corona patients increases inevitably. 545 persons had to be medically treated on…

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Many European cities and towns have been enforcing 30 mph since this year. There are also calls for Vienna to lower the speed limit, but there is no widespread support for a citywide 30.As of this week, 90 percent of the streets in Paris are a 30 zone. In Vienna, too, more and more are slowly being added, such as Thaliastrasse in the Ottakring district from December. Especially in the seventh district (Neubau) there are many 30er limits. Speed limits of 30 already apply on about two thirds of Vienna’s…

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Of the 5,135 active cases reported last Monday, more than four-fifths – exactly 81 percent – involved unvaccinated Viennese.Adding the six percent who became infected after the first vaccine dose, 87 percent of all active cases were not fully immunized. 82 percent of active Viennese Corona cases unvaccinatedParticularly noteworthy is the comparison of seven-day incidence (the infections in the past seven days per 100,000 population, note) by vaccination status. While in Vienna the incidence among those fully immunized in the previous week (Aug. 23-30) was 45.1, it climbed to 281.7…

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In Vienna, the number of new infections more than doubled within 24 hours. 653 cases were reported, compared to 275 in the same period. In Upper Austria, 359 cases were reported, in Lower Austria 230, and in Styria 158. In Tyrol, the numbers have also risen sharply: from 74 to currently 130. Salzburg reported 113, Vorarlberg 86 (compared to 48 in the same period before), Carinthia 81 (before there were 42) and Burgenland 38 new infections. At the same time, the number of vaccinations increased again on Tuesday. 15,911 Austrians…

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Due to an EU regulation, certain high-consumption fluorescent lamps may no longer be marketed as of September; however, retailers may still sell what is still in stock. This applies to compact fluorescent lamps with integrated ballast – better known as energy-saving lamps – as well as linear halogen lamps with R7s base > 2,700 lm (equivalent to about 140 watts) and low-voltage halogen lamps. Anyone who still has such lamps in their drawer does not have to dispose of them, however, but can use them as normal. In addition, similar…

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