Category: General Interest

Everyone who wants a vaccination should have received two stitches and be fully immunized by September, Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) announced Tuesday. To prevent a fourth Corona wave, 80 percent of the Austrian population should be fully immunized by the fall. Currently, we are at 37 percent of the over-12s. At present, however, vaccination readiness looks poor: Several provinces report that vaccination appointments are available but not yet booked. In Upper Austria alone, almost 89,000 appointments are free. This “registration valley” in the summer was to be expected, says…

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From July 1, the fabric masks celebrate a comeback. One is no longer obliged to wear the FFP2 masks. Starting 22 July the obligation to wear mask would no longer be necessary. Until then, however, it will still be necessary to wear masks in places of daily use, such as supermarkets and pharmacies, public transportation and its stations, and museums. However, the familiar fabric mask will suffice. An FFP2 mask with its significantly better filtering effect is then not even mandatory in hospitals and nursing homes. Everywhere else, the mask…

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According to Moderna, a U.S. vaccine manufacturer, the vaccine stimulates an immune response against the Delta variant of Corona. Biontech also protects against Corona variantsLaboratory studies using blood from vaccinated individuals have also shown the effect in several other coronavirus variants, the company said Tuesday in Cambridge. Moderna vaccine also effective against Delta variantThe research was based on blood samples from eight participants, taken one week after the second dose of vaccine. The results have not yet been reviewed by other scientists. A detectable immune response in a vaccinated person…

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As of July 1, Austria will continue to relax. Accordingly, the Ministry of Health presented the 2nd COVID-19 opening regulation on Monday. As announced in advance, from July 1 there will be no more curfew under the Corona regulations, also the mask requirement will be relaxed or lifted. In addition, the minimum distance of one meter and the square meter restrictions will be dropped. Everywhere where the 3-G proofs apply, the mask requirement will basically be omitted as of July 1. However, there are exceptions for old people’s and nursing…

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ForecastIt will be turbulent again, the meteorologists agree. Today, the previous heat record of the year should fall. Experts believe that temperatures of up to 37 degrees are possible. This maximum value is realistic in northern Burgenland. A high with the name “Afra” pulls again with all strength the heat from Africa over the Mediterranean Sea up to us. Record JuneAccording to ZAMG (Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik), this June is one of the five hottest of all times. It may even make it to third place, that will be…

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The Vienna night subway returns. After the corona-related break, the trains will be running again for the first time in the night from Friday to Saturday. The metro’s night service was launched in 2010. It is offered on weekends and the night before holidays. After the outbreak of the pandemic, the service had been suspended in March 2020. Now that gastro hours have been extended, the UBahn are once again running every 15 minutes at night. The additional streetcar line U2Z will also be available on the Ring. It was…

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In a heat wave in western Canada, local authorities have recorded the highest temperature in the history of the North American country. In the city of Lytton (British Columbia province), authorities recorded 46.6 degrees on Sunday, according to the local weather agency. This clearly surpassed the previous record of 45 degrees set in Midale (Saskatchewan) in 1937. Local record temperatures of well over 40 degrees were also recorded in numerous other locations in North America, including the state of Oregon in the western United States. Heat is forecast to continue…

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Microbiologist Michael Wagner of the University of Vienna warns in an interview with “Wien heute” of “mini-epidemics” in the fall. These can arise if not enough people are vaccinated. “If only 80 percent of Austrians get vaccinated, we still have millions who will be there unvaccinated in the fall and that can then lead to mini-epidemics, which then burden everyone,” Wagner said in the interview. In Vienna, about 48 percent of the total population is currently vaccinated, but the under-25 age group is only about five percent. There is currently…

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In terms of new infections, the European Anti-Disease Agency expects the delta variant to dominate soon. To prevent a new wave, the EU Commission is urging member states to increase vaccination as well as “targeted policy measures.” Faced with the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, the EU Commission has called on EU states to “redouble their efforts” on vaccinations. “For the unvaccinated and only partially vaccinated, the delta variant is a real threat,” EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides told Die Welt. Until higher levels of…

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