Category: General Interest

Vienna has recorded 1,134 positive PCR tests at schools so far this week, twice as many as in the same period the previous week. However, the results of the second round of testing are still missing.This week, there have been 1,558 positive results in PCR tests at schools for the time being. However, the results of the second Viennese testing round from Wednesday are still missing from this data (in all other federal states there is only one PCR test per week at schools). This means that significantly more positive…

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In Austria, a “climate ticket” for public transport valid for the entire federal territory is likely to be launched on the national holiday, October 26. Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) apparently reached an agreement with the provinces of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, which are still outstanding. The department head will announce details together with the respective state governors at a joint press conference today. With the “Klimaticket Now” it is possible to use any scheduled transport (public and private rail transport, urban transport and transport associations) in a given…

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Of the 190,365 laboratory-confirmed Corona cases with clinical symptoms since the beginning of February – taking into account only those over 12 years of age, as younger people are not vaccinated against Covid-19 in Austria – 13,075 affected individuals were fully vaccinated. This means that the proportion of vaccination breakthroughs currently accounts for 6.87 percent, as the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) has now made public (cut-off date: September 28). HospitalizationsAt least 249 affected persons had to be treated in hospital, which corresponds to 0.13 percent of those…

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Starting December 13, the Nightjet will run three times a week from Vienna to Paris with a stopover in Munich. Tickets are available for booking now.The connection is offered jointly by ÖBB with Deutsche Bahn (DB) and France’s SNCF. Departure from Vienna is at 19:40, arrival in Paris the next day at 9:42. New night train connects Vienna with Paris via Munich“With the Nightjet from Vienna to Paris, we are setting another milestone for a European night train network,” ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä also said. He added that additional direct…

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According to “Wien Heute”, the Austria-wide climate ticket will also be implemented for the eastern region. Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) had announced the launch of the ticket for October 26, but without Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland.Starting signal for climatic ticket falls without ViennaThe launch for the Austria-wide climate ticket had been announced by Transport and Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) in mid-August for October 26, the national holiday – although Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland were not on board at the time of the presentation. Now, however, talks…

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On Tuesday, the northeast of Austria is initially still on the edge of a dissolving low pressure system, but in the course of the day, an intermediate high pressure system makes itself felt in large parts of the country. On Wednesday, the Alpine region comes under the influence of a marginal low over northern Italy and with the passage of a cold front, somewhat cooler air masses enter the country. In the course of Thursday, the next intermediate high will spread over Central Europe. Tuesday will start mostly cloudy with…

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is reviewing an application from vaccine manufacturer Moderna for approval of a third dose. The data submitted should be evaluated under an accelerated procedure, the EMA said Monday in Amsterdam. The so-called booster could be injected into people aged 12 and older at least six months after the second vaccine dose to increase protection against corona infection. So far, these boosters are already offered in some countries to people with a weakened immune system. The EMA again stated that, in principle, a third vaccine dose…

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Actually, “No Time to Die” was supposed to hit theaters in 2019. Then it had to be postponed because of Corona. Now the day of the premiere is fixed. After several corona-related postponements, the premiere of the new James Bond film “No Time To Die” is finally set. The film is scheduled to be shown at the Royal Albert Hall in London on September 28. Lead actor Daniel Craig, producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and U.S. director Cary Joji Fukunaga plan to be on hand. In Germany, the…

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In the wake of the Corona pandemic, life expectancy in many countries has fallen by the most since World War II in Western Europe. Researchers at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science at Oxford University report this in the International Journal of Epidemiology. The decline was greater for men than for women. For the study, the scientists examined data from 29 countries, most of them from Europe, including Germany, as well as Chile and America. According to the study, life expectancy fell in 27 of these countries in 2020, and…

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