Category: General Interest

26 degrees: According to a forecast by the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), these daily highs will occur on Thursday.The autumn weather in Austria continues. At least until Wednesday, it will remain cool and unsettled under the influence of low pressure. From Thursday, it should become friendlier and warmer again. Today, MondayFrom Vorarlberg to southern Upper Austria and the Enns Valley in Styria, it will rain frequently and sometimes heavily, and with a partly brisk westerly wind, temperatures will reach a maximum of 12 to 18 degrees. In…

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Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen has called on the population to be immunized against the coronavirus: “I ask you, take up the offer of vaccination,” he appeals in a video posted on Facebook and YouTube last night. “It’s a little sting and it’ll go away.” By getting vaccinated, he said, you not only protect yourself, but everyone you come into contact with. “It’s still summer. A beautiful summer,” the Austrian president said in the video, which shows scenes of his encounters in recent weeks. People meet friends and relatives,…

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Corona numbers in Austria continue to rise. On Saturday, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health reported 1322 new infections in the past 24 hours. This is above the average of the past seven days (1305). In the hospital must be treated again more patients, Austria-wide 429 need now a care in the hospital, around nine more than on Friday. 109 seriously ill patients are in intensive care units. Within a fortnight, the number of Covid 19 patients in intensive care has thus more than doubled. Last…

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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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