Category: General Interest

The City of Vienna is sending out more than one million PCR tests from its “Alles gurgelt” campaign to Viennese households. Just before the vacations, the tests should detect a few more asymptomatic cases. Detecting mutations with PCR testsCurrently, “Alles gurgelt” test kits are being sent to all Viennese households. The campaign is taking place in cooperation with the postal service and covers more than one million households in the federal capital. In a release on Friday, the city pointed out the relevance of the PCR tests, especially in light…

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Behind an SMS with the content “New voicemail” or “Your SIM card will be deactivated” is a scam that can cost a lot of money. Fake SMS messages with malware are currently in circulation. The Forum Mobilkommunikation (FMK) together with the mobile network operators Drei, Magenta and A1 warned on Friday against SMS with the texts “New voicemail” or “Your SIM card will be deactivated”. There is a link in the text message: If you click on this, you install the Trojan “Flubot” on your smartphone. Trojan sends SMS to…

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The first Corona infections in humans are likely to have occurred as early as between early October and mid-November 2019, according to calculations. However, officially confirmed infections did not occur until early December 2019. According to new data modeling, the first human cases of Sars-CoV-2 likely occurred between about early October and mid-November 2019 in China. This is confirmed by an analysis presented in the journal PLOS Pathogens. According to the calculation, a date around November 17 is likely, the researchers report. Accordingly, the virus is likely to have spread…

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Today, Friday, the first 20,000 vaccination appointments for 31- to 39-year-olds will be released. This age category was the last one missing in Vienna. But it’s only a “special promotion,” according to the city. The vaccinations start with Monday, first begins the parent-child vaccination. The rush will be on with 20,000 vaccination appointments to be given to 31- to 39-year-olds. In total, there are nearly 309,000 Viennese in this age category. Among 30- to 39-year-olds, 20 percent have been fully immunized so far and 45 percent have received a partial…

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The so-called delta variant of the coronavirus, first detected in India, is also spreading rapidly in Austria. Virologist Andreas Bergthaler believes that based on AGES figures from the previous week, this mutation now accounts for 25 percent of new infections. In a few weeks, the delta variant could dominate 90 percent of case incidence. Bergthaler pointed out, however, that there are now significantly fewer cases. For example, case incidence was significantly higher due to the spread of the alpha variant in early January. “We currently have an infection incidence at…

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By Sunday, 220 million Europeans will have been vaccinated against Covid-19 at least once – around 60 percent of adults in the EU. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave this figure today at the EU summit. In July, the Commission expects to receive at least another 90 million vaccine doses from Biontech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. In addition, there could be more than 30 million doses from Astrazeneca, but this has not been confirmed. The projections put the commission on track for its vaccination target, with enough…

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Soon, vaccinated people will once again be allowed to dance the night away in clubs and flock to stadiums in their tens of thousands. It is nonsense for Corona skeptics to see Austria and other european countries on the way to a two-class society. A small but loud group has been taking its protest to the streets for months. But apparently many people at home are also making fists in sacks. A significant part of the resentment has to do with the vaccination campaign – and with the question of…

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The delta variant of the coronavirus, which first appeared in India, is expected to spread significantly in Europe over the summer, according to the EU health agency ECDC. “It is very likely that the delta variant will circulate strongly during the summer,” ECDC Director Andrea Ammon said Wednesday. She said this is especially true for younger people who are not among the target groups for vaccination campaigns. This could cause a risk that more vulnerable people could become infected and experience a serious course of the disease or die if…

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The free test offer is to be scaled back in Austria as vaccination progresses. Those who do not get vaccinated would then have to test at their own expense, demands Municipal Association President Alfred Riedl. Corona tests over summer free of chargeThe federation of municipalities wants to reduce the free test infrastructure in the municipalities with continuous inoculation progress. Over the summer the free test offers are still to be maintained, “we owe that to the tourism”, said community federation president Alfred Riedl to the “newspaper “Kurier”. Afterwards this will…

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