Category: General Interest

Students do not necessarily have to have their coronatests administered in schools. External test certificates are also allowed, such as the gurgle tests in Vienna.These are the corona rules for the start of the schoolyearStudents do not necessarily have to take their required corona tests at school. Also allowed are antigen or PCR tests issued by other authorized testing agencies. This is provided for in the new Covid 19 school regulation issued by Education Minister Heinz Faßmann (ÖVP). This applies both to the three-week safety phase at the start of…

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As of August 26, 2021, 57.9 percent of Austrians were fully vaccinated in Austria. However, the vaccination campaign is progressing sluggishly.Although experts warn that the fourth wave is getting out of hand, only 20,092 Corona vaccinations had been given as of Thursday. In early June, more than 143,000 people were vaccinated on the peak day. In total, 5,473,749 people have already received at least a partial vaccination, according to E-vaccine passport data: That’s 61.3 percent of the population. Meanwhile, exactly 5,169,410, or 57.9 percent of Austrians, are fully immunized. Vaccination…

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A booster shot of Johnson & Johnson’s Corona vaccine significantly boosts immune defenses, according to the U.S. pharmaceutical giant. In two clinical trials, the number of antibodies increased ninefold after a second dose of the vaccine compared with 28 days after the first dose, the company said Wednesday. The data would support the use of a second vaccine dose as a so-called booster shot. While two doses of each of the Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna Corona vaccines are needed, one dose of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine has been sufficient so far.…

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US immunologist Anthony Fauci is positive about the future and predicts an end to the pandemic at a very specific time. Some of Fauci’s colleagues paint a somewhat bleak picture as far as the Corona pandemic is concerned, but the U.S. immunologist has now made people sit up and take notice with a positive message. He expects that the U.S. could return to a “certain normality” as early as spring 2022. The prerequisite is that enough people get vaccinated. At a press conference, he said, “I want to appeal to…

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For days, daily Corona infections have far exceeded 1,000 new cases. Now a new Corona forecast paints an even bleaker picture. As recently as Aug. 17, there were 866 new Corona infections, a three-digit level. Since then, however, things have gone steeply upwards: 1,221 cases on the following Wednesday heralded a sad series of four-digit infection figures: 1,226 new infections on Thursday, then 1,258, 1,328, 1,121, 1,077 cases measured by Tuesday. Then Wednesday saw an even new high of 1,574 new Corona cases recorded, followed by 1,438 new cases on…

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U.S. pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson presents studies on an additional dose of vaccination with its coronavaccine. According to the data, a second vaccination would greatly increase the immune response.A booster vaccination of Johnson & Johnson’s Corona vaccine significantly boosts immune defenses, according to the U.S. pharmaceutical giant. In two clinical trials, the number of antibodies increased ninefold after a second dose of vaccine compared with 28 days after the first dose, the company said Wednesday. The data would support the use of a second vaccine dose as a so-called…

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In its latest analysis, the Covid 19 Prognosis Consortium predicts that the trend in new infections will continue to rise, resulting in a significant increase in the number of intensive care patients. Experts estimate that their number will have more than doubled from 87 yesterday in two weeks. For September 8, they predict 180 critically ill patients, in addition to 626 patients in normal wards. Thus, more than 800 Covid 19-infected people would be in the hospital again then. Intensive care unit utilization will rise from 4.2 percent to 8.9…

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The fourth wave is just piling up in Austria. And it’s rolling in earlier than last year, as complexity researcher Peter Klimek noted a few days ago. The number of new infections is rising sharply, also in hospitals more patients have to be treated against Covid-19 again. The trend is upward. As epidemiologist Gerald Gartlehner notes, along with other experts, the fourth wave will be one of the unvaccinated. The solution: get more people to vaccinate. But therein lies the main problem. Fewer and fewer people are motivated to free…

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A Corona vaccination without registration is available in various parts of Vienna. By Sunday, 63,969 such vaccinations had gone over the stage. One place stands out.Most people have been immunized at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV), with 45,989 stings so far. Because the campaign is “going very well” according to the office of City Health Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ), it has been extended by a week. Up to 800 people were vaccinated daily at the ACV last week. Corona vaccine can be chosenThe vaccine can be freely chosen at the…

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