Category: General Interest

Because of the pandemic, people are generally encouraged to pay by card. The number of transactions with domestic ATM cards increased by more than 20 percent from 900 million to 1.1 billion, as announced by PSA Payment Services Austria (PSA) on Thursday. If the ATM use of foreign cardholders in Austria is added, more than 1.2 billion transactions with a volume of 58.3 billion euros were processed on behalf of banks via the PSA – for the first time in the history of Austrian ATM cards, according to the data.…

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Twitter has suspended Donald Trump’s account for 12 hours for now, but threatens to delete it completely. In view of the riot at the seat of the US Congress, major online services have blocked the accounts of the outgoing President Donald Trump for the time being. The short messaging service Twitter blocked the account of the outgoing incumbent for twelve hours on Wednesday. The company also threatened Trump with a permanent exclusion from his preferred communication platform. The online network Facebook also blocked the president’s page for an initial 24…

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The approval of Moderna’s Corona vaccine has cleared another hurdle. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) gave the green light. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended conditional marketing authorization for U.S. pharmaceutical company Moderna’s Corona vaccine. The EMA made the announcement in Amsterdam on Wednesday. The final decision on the approval must now be made by the EU Commission – which is considered a formality. The EU can call a total of 160 million doses of Moderna. For Austria, which is always entitled to about 2 percent of the EU…

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The “Magi” or the Three Kings and their star were guests of the Mayor of Vienna. Due to Corona, there was no live singing this year. In the coming days, several more politicians will receive the traditional visit. Due to Corona no live singing this yearThis year the four carol singers were not allowed to sing live as usual due to the Corona rules, so the carol song was played from a tape recorder. Afterwards they delivered the message of peace and the blessings for the year 2021 as well…

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Austrian Press Agency reported that the Logistics experts from the Ministry of Defense and representatives of the Ministry of Health and the federal states agreed that around 21,000 doses are to be vaccinated this week. It was further reported that by next Tuesday, another 43,000 has been registered for vaccination. With the approximately 6,800 vaccinated so far, the target until Tuesday of next week is to vaccinate almost 71,000 people against the coronavirus. The 60,000 doses arriving in the coming calendar week will be inoculated rapidly, it was likewise reported.…

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Experts warned against gatherings on holidays. In many countries, the numbers of dead and infected are now rising. While vaccination promises hope for normality, numbers of newly infected are skyrocketing in numerous countries across Europe. Experts warned against gatherings over the Christmas holidays. Now the predictions have come true:40 percent of tests in the Czech Republic turned out positive in recent days. On Monday, authorities recorded 6220 new infections within 24 hours. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 12,070 infected people have died in the Czech Republic. That is almost…

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Two weeks after the first alarm call from the British government, it is clear: the corona mutation B117 has reached Austria.The South African variant was detected in a 30-year-old Austrian woman who had returned from vacation in the African country on December 6. She was in home quarantine for 18 days with mild symptoms.The British variant has surfaced four times so far: in an adult Austrian who arrived on one of the last planes from London on December 21, and in three children between the ages of nine and 12.…

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In the UK, 82-year-old Brian Pinker has become the first person to be publicly vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s new vaccine. The vaccine, which the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company developed together with Oxford University, does not have as high an average efficacy as already approved Biontech preparations, according to preliminary data to date. On the other hand, it is significantly cheaper and easier to store. Initially, 530,000 doses of this vaccine are available, according to government figures. In total, the UK has ordered 100 million doses from AstraZeneca.So far, more than one million…

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The coronavirus mutation, which already appeared in Great Britain in September, was also detected in Austria for the first time. The genetic material of the virus variant was found in four samples taken at Vienna-Schwechat airport. In another person, the distinctive Sars-CoV-2 variant, which probably originated in South Africa, was also detected. Among the five affected are three children. This was announced at a press conference in Vienna on Monday. The mutation is now detected in 32 countries, said Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens). Among them are now also 15…

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