Category: General Interest

Just two weeks ago, a right-wing mob stormed the US Capitol. In the same place, Joe Biden has now been sworn in as the 46th president. The leitmotif of his speech: “Unity is the way forward.”Joe Biden has taken office as the 46th president of the United States with a call for unity and reconciliation. The 78-year-old took the oath of office Wednesday in a solemn ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol in the nation’s capital, Washington. “I will be a president for all Americans,” Biden promised. He said he would…

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The Ministry of Health warns against dubious vaccine offers from the Internet. The coronavirus crisis does not stop at online fraud. Currently, attempts are being made to sell vaccine on the Internet via dubious e-mails, the ministry said. Back in December, the international police organization Interpol published a global warning against fake counterfeit coronavirus vaccines and test kits. Vaccine is offered via dubious emailsNow the Ministry of Health is also drawing attention to the fact that only vaccines that have also been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) may…

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Every Austrian throws an average of 60 kilograms of perfectly good food in the trash. That’s the equivalent of 500 curd cheese golaches ending up in the trash. On Wednesday Too Good To Go, an initiative against food waste, drew attention to this. In austria, about one million tons of surplus food per year land in the garbage. For half of the avoidable food waste (521,000 tons), households are responsible, Too Good To Go referred to the result of a study by WWF from the previous year. “Most of the…

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Online survey: half of Austrians think about changes in standard of living and plan savingsSobering result of a recent survey: the corona-induced crisis makes Austrians rather pessimistic about the future. Corona: Life value index remains the same. Crisis is a major concern67 percent assume a general deterioration of economic conditions and people’s quality of life, according to an online survey of 1,000 people by IMAS. About half (46 percent) have already thought about changing their standard of living and making savings in the area of daily life. Partly forcing savingsSavings…

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Whether RNA vaccines can prevent transmission of coronavirus in addition to Covid-19 lung disease was long unclear. Now there are positive signs from pharmaceutical company Pfizer – but no proof yet. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla spoke to the Irish newspaper “The Journal” of “encouraging” data. In animal studies, he said, it has already been possible to prove the prevention of infection, but in humans it is not yet fixed. Bourla expects more concrete data in February. Proof still pendingThe British tabloid formats “The Sun” and “Mirror” have already reacted to…

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Vaccination campaigns are taking off around the world. Will we only be able to see the world with a Corona vaccination? Initial signals point in a different direction. Will the Covid 19 vaccination soon catapult us back to normality, or is it not as harmless as people assume? Will we only be able to travel with proof of vaccination in the future? Many questions are currently being hotly debated on the subject of vaccination. Not everyone is happy about the fact that there could even be a vaccination obligation for…

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Monday afternoon, about 263,000 people had already registered for Corona vaccination. Temporarily, the rush also caused waiting times. Run on registration: in Vienna, 263,000 pre-registrations for a Corona vaccination had already been recorded by Monday afternoon. This was communicated by the office of Health City Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) to the APA. The rush also led temporarily to waiting times. Official start for registration on MondayRegistration at https://impfservice.wien/ has been possible since Saturday – although the official start was only today. According to City Hall, however, the “soft start” has…

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According to the published decree, Austria extends border controls with the Czech Republic and Slovakia for another two weeks. On Sunday, the extension of the lockdown in Austria was announced until February 8 (for now). Now the border controls to the two neighboring countries Czech Republic and Slovakia, which were introduced ten days ago, have also been extended for another two weeks. The borders to these two countries are thus to continue to be controlled up to and including February 7. This is stated in the corresponding published decree. The…

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FFP2 masks should be offered at cost in grocery retail stores. FFP2 masks should be used more often, experts now advise in view of the new virus variant.Flowered, colorful, patterned or otherwise creative masks will be seen less in the future than before. Because starting from 25 January the FFP2 mask is to be carried obligatorily at least in the trade and the public means of transport. In the press conference on Sunday it was called besides that the FFP2-Masks, which offer more protection than conventional cloth masks, in the…

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