Category: General Interest

Next vaccination on the way: the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is starting a rolling review of the vaccine from Chinese developer Sinovac for effectiveness, safety and quality, the agency reports. The vaccine contains dead SARS CoV-2 virus, which is inactive and cannot cause the disease. The Covid-19 vaccine (Vero Cell) also contains an “adjuvant,” a substance that boosts the immune response to the vaccine. When a person receives the vaccine, his or her immune system identifies the inactivated virus as foreign and makes antibodies against it. When the vaccinated person…

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In Lower Austria, registration for Corona vaccination opened Monday for people age 50 and older. Almost 60,000 pairs of appointments were allocated within the first two hours alone, LHStv. Stephan Pernkopf (ÖVP) announced in a statement. Further age groups will have their turn from Wednesday onwards, until next Monday the time slots will finally be available for all Lower Austrians aged 16 and over. Strongest phase: 1,600 bookings per minuteAccording to Notruf NÖ, the strongest phase was recorded at exactly 10:33 a.m. with 1,600 bookings per minute. 50,000 of the…

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When – as planned – restaurants, hotels and cultural institutions open their doors again on May 19, Austrians who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to use their yellow paper vaccination card as an “entry permit”. This was confirmed today by the Ministry of Health. In any case, the document must show the date of the first vaccination, which must be at least 21 days ago. Which vaccine one has received for protection against the coronavirus does not matter. At the beginning of June, the digital vaccination passport…

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According to the survey, (made by Austria Trend by Peter Hajek for APA and ATV), 73 percent say no to the Corona vaccine from AstraZeneca. The second approved vector vaccine from Johnson&Johnson also has a slight image problem, with 31 percent disapproving. Overall, however, willingness to be immunized has increased. In the April survey, 52 percent said they were either already vaccinated or would at least get vaccinated. Twenty-seven percent said immunization was at least unlikely, and the rest were considering it. In January, the ratio was still 41 to…

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The city of Vienna, which has entered into a close cooperation with the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry promotes vaccinations against the Corona virus. The participating companies should nominate a vaccination coordinator and assigned their employees to five different risk categories. Priority is given, for example, to sales representatives working abroad and to particularly exposed professions in the health sector, such as cleaners or technicians in hospitals. Once these two risk groups have been dealt with, employees with direct personal customer contact are considered. This includes supermarket employees. Depending…

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Vienna and Lower Austria end the hard lockdown on Monday. This means that stores and body-related service providers are allowed to open up again, just like in the rest of Austria. Museums, libraries and leisure businesses such as zoos will also open. The lockdown of restaurants and hotels remains, however, as in all of Austria with the exception of Vorarlberg, at least until May 19. Masks and spacing remain mandatory indoors. Rising vaccination numbers feed the hope that lockdowns are now over. However, a new closure is not completely ruled…

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In Nickelsdorf, for the first time, there are three cases of concrete suspicion of the Indian corona virus mutation. In Salzburg, there is also said to be a second suspected case. Indian mutation suspected in AustriaThis was the result of an initial examination by the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), confirmed the coordination staff coronavirus in the afternoon. “The affected persons are in a family relationship and are segregated by the authorities.” PCR test station set up in the municipal office NickelsdorfIn the environment of the infected persons,…

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The storm center has issued a storm warning for the federal capital, with winds peaking at up to 100 km/h. From Sunday morning to Sunday afternoon, the wind from west to northwest will reach gale force at times with peak gusts of 80 to 100 km/h. Especially the two districts of Donaustadt and Favoriten will be affected. The following effects should be noted: ➤ Trees may be uprooted, larger branches may break off. ➤ Roofs and chimneys may be damaged, larger objects may also fly around, signs and advertising boards…

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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) announced on Saturday on the sidelines of a media appointment in Vienna that supermarket employees will be among the first to get their turn at company vaccinations against Sars-CoV-2. “Because these were also heroines and heroes in the Corona crises,” as the chancellor said. Operational vaccinations will begin “as early as May.” Vaccination against the virus “is progressing steadily,” Kurz held. And he reiterated, “Everyone who wants to be vaccinated will be able to be vaccinated by the end of the second quarter.” Meanwhile, the…

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