Category: General Interest

“About 6,000” people in Austria have been administered the Biontech Pfizer since the end of the previous week, the Social Ministry said Wednesday. The first 9,750 doses of the vaccine had been divided equally among the provinces. By the end of this week, an additional 53,000 doses of vaccine are to be distributed, and in the first week of January, the next delivery is expected in the amount of 63,000 doses of vaccine. They “will be distributed to the provinces according to the population key,” the Ministry of Social Affairs.…

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Around 6,000 people have now been vaccinated against the coronavirus in Austria, the Ministry of Health reported in a statement. This is the first “symbolic” delivery of the Biontech-Pfizer vaccine, which began vaccinating across Europe on Sunday. The total of 9,750 for each EU country were used in Austria in retirement and nursing homes and health care facilities. Another 53,000 vaccine doses will be delivered to Austria by the end of this week, the ministry said. In the coming weeks of January, 63,000 vaccine doses will be delivered each week.…

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An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale was registered not far from Zagreb on Tuesday. The center of the quake was at a depth of ten kilometers, Italian media reported. The Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) registered an earth tremor of magnitude 6.1 in the Sisak area at 12:19 pm. It was still unclear whether there were any victims. The earthquake was also strongly felt outside the country’s borders. APA received reports that the earthquake was felt in Carinthia and Styria. In Graz, for example, not only…

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The new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus has been detected for the first time also in the USA. The mutation was diagnosed in a 20-year-old patient in the state of Colorado, as the governor there Jared Polis announced yesterday on Twitter. The man is in quarantine in Elbert County, he said. He had not been traveling, he said. Today we discovered Colorado’s first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the UK. Biden: U.S. may face toughest phase in pandemicU.S. President-elect Joe Biden…

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The global community needs to better prepare for future pandemics, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “This is a wake-up call,” WHO Director of Medical Emergencies Michael Ryan said Monday, referring to the corona crisis. “This pandemic is very bad.” The novel coronavirus has spread “rapidly” around the world, he said. But the mortality rate is comparatively low, he said. “We need to prepare for something that may be more severe,” Ryan said. Not adequately prepared WHO expert Bruce Aylward also urged increased vigilance. To be sure, he said,…

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This week, AstraZeneca’s vaccine could be approved in England. The pharmaceutical company assures 100 percent reliability. The recently criticized vaccine from Swedish-British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is close to approval in the UK. According to information leaked in advance by British media from a source close to the company, the vaccine is now 100 percent effective. “We believe we have found the winning formula,” company chief executive Pascal Soriot confirmed to The Sunday Times. He said AstraZeneca’s vaccine can provide “100 percent protection” against severe courses of disease caused by the…

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Due to the new lockdown, there will be no public church services in the Catholic Church from Monday until January 17. Thus, at the beginning of the week, the pandemic-related restrictions also apply in the church area, after public services could still be celebrated on St. Stephen’s Day and Sunday. “Churches continue to be open during the day for personal prayer,” the current framework order of the Bishops’ Conference states in this regard. In addition, the celebration of services not open to the public in the smallest circle on Sundays…

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On Sunday COVID 19 vaccinations kicked off at 9 am. The first people to receive the vaccine were three women and two men aged between 80 and 93. They had volunteered to be volunteers and received the first of two partial vaccinations. The vaccinations were administered by Univ. Prof. Dr. Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt, chairwoman of the national vaccination committee and professor of vaccinology at the Medical University of Vienna. Even though the first people have already been vaccinated, many questions remain unanswered for some: How safe are the vaccinations? Are vaccinated…

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Austrians’ confidence has decreased in 2020. Never since the introduction of its New Year’s survey in 1972 has the Linz-based opinion research institute IMAS registered such a poor basic mood. A year with Corona has apparently meant that only one third of the population is now in a positive mood going into the new year. According to the latest study, just 22 percent thought 2020 had been a good year. The study, published on Monday, shows that three-quarters of respondents regard the year ending as “bad” (29 percent) or “not…

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