Category: General Interest

As of today, Monday, some of the students are allowed back to school classes. The first school day since Christmas began for all of them with the rapid test, which can be done in a few minutes. After all, reports the Vienna Education Directorate, there were 31 students for whom the rapid test showed a positive result: 13 of them in elementary schools, three in middle schools, seven in AHS and two in BMHS, plus one positive result each in a special school and with a special education teacher. Actually,…

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A new corona mutation is harder for the immune system to catch, but it weakens disease progression. However, new vaccine variants may be needed. The E484K mutation, which has now also emerged in the United Kingdom, strengthens the coronavirus against defense mechanisms in the body, according to virologist Alexander Kekule. “The virus escapes the immune system more easily,” the Halle-Wittenberg University professor said Wednesday. Like other mutations, the mutation affects the so-called spike protein, which gives the coronavirus its crown-like shape. E484K: Antibodies less effectiveAntibodies, however, are significantly less effective…

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As part of a pilot project, 400 pharmacies in Austria will offer free rapid antigen tests starting Monday. Registration is required. All Pharmacies offering free covid 19 test, click here The free corona virus tests will be launched in about 400 pharmacies across the country, and the offer will be expanded gradually thereafter, according to the Austrian Chamber of Pharmacists. “Corona testing is an important pillar of the strategy to combat the pandemic and can bring a bit of normality and freedom back to people in many areas of daily…

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The chancellor takes the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to task and urges it to also test the Russian and Chinese vaccines. He himself would also be vaccinated with the vaccines. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) wants to have the Russian and Chinese Corona vaccine produced in Austria. Following approval of the two vaccines, “Austria would certainly try to make production capacities available at suitable domestic companies for Russian or Chinese vaccines,” Kurz told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. “Just as it would for manufacturers in other countries,” he added. “After all,…

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According to a newspaper report, the vaccine developed by the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca apparently does not offer comprehensive protection against the B.1.351 coronavirus mutation, which was first discovered in South Africa and recently spread strongly in Tyrol. The drug does not protect against mild and moderate illnesses caused by this viral variant, reports the Financial Times, citing a study to be published at the beginning of the week. The AstaZeneca vaccine plays a key role in Austria’s vaccination schedule. A first shipment of 36,000 doses arrived in Austria yesterday night,…

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As of Saturday, 6 February, 165 cases of the South African coronavirus mutation have been confirmed in Tyrol. The majority of the mutations were detected retrospectively, the province announced. Of these 165 cases, only eight people were still actively positive. A mutation was suspected in numerous other cases, which were being further clarified according to standards set by AGES, it said. The focus of the confirmed mutation cases is still in the district of Schwaz and its surroundings. In this regard, the state referred to the package of measures currently…

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On February 8, Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo will also reopen its gates to visitors. However, Corona rules such as the wearing of FFP2 masks and a maximum of 1,500 visitors at the same time will apply. “Our visitors can experience the new female orangutans Sari and Surya and our bull elephant Tembo for the first time. Of course, many are dying to see the koala girl Millaa Millaa. Visitors will be amazed at how big the cheetah cubs, elephant girl Kibali and polar bear girl Finja have already grown,” says zoo…

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Starting next Monday, free rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 will be available in the first “pilot pharmacies.” This was announced by the President of the Chamber of Pharmacists, Ulrike Mursch-Edlmayr, on Friday. The list of participating pharmacies – the offer is to be continuously expanded – will be available on the Chamber of Pharmacists’ website starting next Monday. As Mursch-Edlmayr explained, 20 percent of pharmacies currently offer rapid tests, which previously had to be paid for. In the future, these will be available free of charge, although registration will be…

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The vaccine developed by Astra Zeneca and Oxford University is also effective against the British Covid 19 mutant: this was reported by the British university on Friday, citing new data. The pathogen variant, first identified in Kent, England, is transmitted more rapidly than those previously known. Previously, it had been announced that the vaccine also works well in older people. This has been confirmed by new study data from the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company, says a representative of the regulatory agencies, citing new study data. In many countries, the vaccine is…

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