Category: General Interest

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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Vienna’s mayor Michael Ludwig is again consulting with experts and plans to announce further plans in the corona pandemic on Tuesday. The federal capital is currently operating with stricter rules than the rest of the country.In Vienna should be announced next Tuesday the further steps in the matter of Corona measures. According to information from City Hall available to APA, Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) will again consult with experts on that day. Afterwards, he will presumably explain the further procedure. Vienna has recently repeatedly imposed regulations that were stricter than…

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Today, temperatures rise to a maximum of 24 degrees, and in the early morning the thermometer sometimes drops below ten degrees.The summer temperatures are over for the time being. As the Vienna Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) announced on Sunday, the coming week brings a hint of autumn with corresponding temperatures. On Monday, a band of clouds and precipitation moves off eastward and southeastward, but Austria remains under the influence of low pressure. With a mix of intermittent sunshine and clouds, a few rain showers will pass through…

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The Austrian government plans to start booster vaccinations in September. Now it is also clear what role vector vaccines will play. The federal government on Saturday announced further steps on the Corona strategy for the coming months. Booster vaccinations will also play a key role in this strategy. Booster vaccinations for AstraZeneca and Johnson vaccinees, for example, are to be given at least six months, but no later than nine months, after full immunization. This rough schedule also applies to high-risk groups, according to the federal government. In addition, “all…

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An antibody drug from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca provides good protection against corona disease, according to clinical tests. The drug, AZD7442 – a combination of two long-acting antibodies – is specifically designed for people for whom vaccination is not particularly suitable for certain reasons. The drug reduced the risk of symptomatic Covid-19 by 77 percent in tests from a Phase III clinical trial, AstraZeneca said Friday (Aug. 20) in London. None of the subjects given the drug became severely ill or died. In the comparison group, which received a placebo, there…

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The WBA took the belt that Manny Pacquiao won in the ring away from him in January and gave it to Yordenis Ugas. But on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, Ugas won the belt fair and square, landing at a far higher percentage than the 42-year-old Filipino senator in what may have been his final fight. Judges score the bout: 115-113, 116-112 (x2) and the winner by unanimous decision… Yordenis Ugas! The Cuban celebrates a career-defining night and retains his WBA belt. Yordenis Ugas wants to unify the welterweight division –…

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Current AGES figures show that about one-third of all Corona cases in the past week are associated with travel abroad. Corona numbers in Austria continue to rise. On Friday, authorities recorded 1,258 new infections. This brings the total number of infections detected in Austria to 5,912 during the week of August 9-15. According to current figures from AGES, the source of infection has been clarified in 70.7 percent of cases. In almost one third (32.1 percent), the infections could be traced back to travel. Within only one week, the travel-associated…

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