Category: General Interest

Starting in 2022, there should also be Corona vaccines for infants. At least, that’s what German pediatricians expect.German pediatricians expect Corona vaccines for infants to be available starting in 2022. “We firmly expect that there will be vaccines for all age groups from next year, even licensed up to newborns,” Munich pediatrician Florian Hoffmann, senior physician at the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Children’s Hospital, told the Funke Mediengruppe newspapers. Vaccines for children under the age of twelve can be expected as early as the end of this year, he said.…

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With a three-week “safety phase” the new school year begins today in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland for about 490,000 children and young people. During this time, three Corona tests per week must be taken in order to participate in the face-to-face classes, one of which must be a PCR test. Testing can be done at the school; alternatively, certificates from other authorized testing sites can be brought in. Outside of class, students must wear a mask.For about 38,000 children in these three provinces, it is the very first day…

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In a Zeit im Bild 2 interview (ORF 1) Medical Association President Thomas Szekeres pleads once again that vaccination in Austria must be pushed further. Several million Austrians are still unvaccinated, he said. “The only way to get out of the pandemic is to vaccinate.” Mask, 1G and distanceIf it doesn’t work out with the vaccinations – “I’m an optimist and hope it works out” – it will be necessary to take further measures, he said. The physician leader advocates both mandatory masks indoors, safe distance and 1G rule at…

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There are still many people in Austria who do not want to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The virologist Dorothee von Laer, who works in Innsbruck, now explained that there is probably only one alternative to a general vaccination requirement in the country. And that would be to “let the virus pass through” – meaning that almost everyone who has not yet been vaccinated or recovered would then be infected with it. The still-rising incidences are a concern for the virologist at the Medical University of Innsbruck. In the last…

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Vienna. From week to week, Austria falls further behind the EU average in the vaccination rate. For the past week, the country has stagnated at a rate of about 58 percent fully vaccinated.And has thus clearly fallen below even the government’s worst-case scenarios. Burgenland (66.4 percent) and Lower Austria (61.4) are the best of all the provinces, but have also failed to reach the goal of vaccinating 70 percent of the population before school starts. However, the low vaccination rate puts the unvaccinated – including children, for example – at…

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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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